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May 2018 Frances

Brent Kincaid

We learned that freedom of speech is
Is a privilege granted by some
For seeing the abasement of millions
And remaining politically mum.
The violations of human rights today
Are too numerous to record
And the rich perpetrators of the crimes
Grant each other the rewards.

We learned that rich people only care
About the money they make
And the rest of us can congregate
And please go jump in a lake.
If the forests are all sawed down and gone
They don’t give a stinking ****.
If they bees are all dead and we all die
They lie and say ecology is a sham.

We saw that fossil fuels are the biggest game
And they’ll **** to win and get rich
And anyone that gets in their billion dollar way
Will be a sad and sorry *******.
We know that our country is run into a ruin
By the greedy whims of a stinking few
And they care not all that much among them
For the outcome for me or you.

#gop #thugs #liars #despoilers #traitors #criminals #poetry #kincaid

May 2018 Frances

May flowers

May 2018 Frances

Edmund black

May flowers

May is my absolute favorite month.
                I met the love of my life
                                   In May.
Got married in May, fathered my first son in May.
   New beginnings always happen for me in May.
Everything is in bloom and beautiful almost like a picture for their glorious unveiling. There is no doubt May gives me a new perspective and a fresh start.
                  May songbirds serenade me every step I take along the way , oh May I am satisfied.
May blooms the most beautiful flowers for an unforgettable view.  May shared for the first time his beautiful Son for the world to see.
                  May 6 indeed a King was born . May is absolutely my favorite month by far.
May the Month of Edmund Black.
                                  Happy birthday to me!

Early birthday writing, why not ;)

May 2018 Frances

Many Where's

May 2018 Frances

Sjr1000

Many Where's

Invalid curtains
Broken down houses
Mold is growing
Everywhere

Not many live here anymore
Used to be a boom town
babies born
Everyone was employed
Took coupons at
the company store
Milled that wood
Ground that red ore
they don't build
washing machines
around here anymore

Invalid curtains
blowing in a toxic wind
nuclear plant failed
but that wasn't
the end.

The wind is still blowing
down main street
twitching the
"For Lease" signs
If the mud doesn't getcha
The *** holes will,
Schools?
Salting the roads?
There isn't any more revenue

At least Rays is open
the general store
Thomas's, the hardware store
next door
Tony's One Stop Coffee Shop
Barney's Pharmacy
Sellin' out those Oxys
The gas station pulled out their tanks
The doctor's gone
The dentist closed
Got to go forty miles to go to Costco

Still catching trout
at Jackson Meadow
down the highway
Pulled out an 8 pound bass
Never knew it was there
Put it back
Old guy one more life to live.

Staying here is all we know
No one knows we're here
Just like that 8 pound bass
One more life to go?
even though
We keep hearing singing
in the sundown snow,
the dying song
of a dying town.

In the tradition of James McCurtry, Greg Brown, Emmylou