.


Way too


UGLY

///

it's a safe place

( being UGLY )

Mean

Dull of mind

/:/

Pretend you are

A little bit         Crazy

& they will be

Fear for their lives

!!

UGLY

we love to be UGLY


••

No responsibilities

UGLY

TOO USELESSLY BLIND

••

watching you die

As I      Die

|||||||
|||||||
Gentle are

The twilight breezes
---

She dreams of perhaps living
Another day
--
Her children are in jail

(being tortured & *****)

BUT STILL...........(?)

•••••
•••••

Oh GOD!     let us be healed!

//~~\
//||\

" gentleness shall not die here"-- we say

But it is already gone
--

Only the twilight breezes are here

Above the fire escape
The Moon shines
upon the barren streets
••

She walks ------ thinking of her children

She weeps

She tries not to die

But it's already happening

Right here

(                      
•
                    )



              ­                             /\ ^ /\ ^ ~~~~~~~/\^/\ ^

••

Yeah the day and off we go

Oh boy what a scene

Madness stalking the child / see

Eyes on fire hunting these

Reminders of what once we were

Before the demons came

•

Seems they came so long ago

Seeing our perverted schemes

And the way we do suppress

All calls for gentle decency

••

Little child burnt offering

On the altar of abuse

And what makes it more obscene

Is they way they do abuse each other

And how they abuse themselves and so much worse

••

Yeah the new day here it is

Another ghastly ***** show

Oh see ! / the whips and chains

The empty eyes / the razor blades

•

And soon the flow of poetry

The unloving love's possessiveness

The unremitting ugliness

The hungry hate / the cheap conquest

The salivating and applause

For these young ones as they fall

///

Oh yeah another day

Oh yeah

Here it is

.


She wore her loneliness

Like it were a saintly

Cross of gold

::

Speaking of DEVINE pain

( for she knew so very

Little of love )

:•:

she lies in her bed and begs

For

A dream to descend

Into her bitter

Cold despair

•

I who love her smile at her shame

Knowing laughter as what might heal

Knowing her as one in a "hiding place "



Allowing sadness to become her friend

Is what destroys her in the end



.

What?
Wisdom?
Here?

you shittin' me!

dumb babes
Up and down the street
Dumb  babes

Lovin' everything about the person
Everything BUT the person!
LOVE?

*you shittin'me*
------
Singin a song bout brainless zombies
It's called
"AMERICA!  AMERICA!"


We live here!
..
*I hope you shittin' me

playin them silly games !

/|/        /|/

                                                               ­   she wanders dark hills

She is not afraid to be alone


•

She does not read your poetry

She sees the vision in your eyes

Your brutal lack of honesty

They way you hide from any light

••

where she is becomes the home

For all children and their immortal " friends "

/////

The moon and the ET's

Talk together

About her

And just how she has changed the world

••

AND YOU !

WHAT ARE YE GONNA DO ?

are YE gonna stop playing

Them silly games ?

//

You seem so stupid all the time

and as the years
and as the faces change

and as the dreams remain the same
here am i

where is there to go?
there are no hiding places

we are on the sacred shore
we have our special lines to speak

and as the dreams DO
remain the same

i'll always
remember
you
and what it was you tried to say

years
faces

come
stand strong
then  fade

and i

and you

and i

in our faces and years

with our special lines to speak

i

being of "good cheer"

speak

plainly and clearly

within the tenor
of
the day

to

the

"glad-to-listen"
sort

----

appearing soon

on a street corner

in your town

----

i

hope that i

shall see you
there

and that

you too

have

something to say

"""



All the suffering there is in this world comes from
Wishing ourselves to be happy ( or loved )

All the happiness in the world comes from
Wishing others to be happy ( or loved )

SHANTIDEVA

& I...   ...    ...
                          (?)
•

We tell eachother so many stories

•

(Erased...  ... ...
                        the stories)

We

Are being erased

••

There are no----

Lonely Bars
no

Empty dreams along
The polluted Rivers

••

I...   ... ..,
&

(?)

••

& if you ever "see" me would you say?

••

We heed our instructions
We

Comply

••

The earth is dying so we die

I'm looking for you

OH THE MANY HIDING PLACES!

••

You are not so subtle in the description of your Pain

But that is not where you're hiding

••

Everyone has a TRUTH

(an Ideal)

You have run off together

You and your Truth

Hiding huddled

Together
Somewhere

In some Shadowy corner

In some secluded alleyway

Pressed closely to the wall

Shelter from the wind and rain

••

I am looking for you

OH THE MANY HIDING PLACES

••

I shall find you

I know

That you really want me to find you

••

You and your Truth

You and your Ideal

()
<><><><>
()
()

All who would live ---- do

All who would die --- do

COME
LET US WALK THE STREETS TOGETHER

OF ZOMBIE -LAND

••

The talk !

The ignorance in perpetual perculation

••

The I WANTA BE LOVED !  screams

Of the armed children

Who fill the streets
Of
ZOMBIE-LAND

--

If you want to live --- do

If you want to die --- do

••

But there ain't no love
NONE !

In
ZOMBIE-LAND

0
00
|||||
/// • • |||
~

/ ( • ) ( • ) \
/\

"""""""

QUESTION

why doesn't anyone write a love poem

BEFORE they  " break up ! "

ANSWER

it's pretty obvious

isn't it  ?

We come

We come across deserts

We

••

( But we are here )

••

Ain't no excuses

No explanations

••

Just take back the world

•

Ain't gonna be no books about it

••

Just do it

And then it's done




••

We move slow
..
--
People actin like they be actors
And it's all  "staged"
..
Love !
.
Ha!
---
Power trippin
Wavin parts a bodies
In each other's face!
---
And
Then
.
playing around with razor blades !
--
WE MOVE SLOW
---
We move---"clear and clean."
---
We wander DARK streets
..
We call you By NAME
--
WE RAISE
YOU
FROM
THE
DEAD
---
The real song lingers
Long
And you may
Come
To hear
...

We move slow

---

SHE
--
Sings with me
---
LOVIN for real

REAL ENOUGH
TO
RAISE YOU
FROM
THE
DEAD

Fleeting

The glimpse of  the freckled face behind
The screen door

••

The way to the river twists thru the forest

---

Images of pantheistic gods and goddesses

Are there

To guide you on

•••

The freckled face
The smile

Did you see it?

••
Do you love me?

I'm your friend

••

The high mountain has been bombed to ruins

All the cities are in flames

••

Be YE the wise child of tomorrow

•••

Standing in the center of the storm

•••

In the middle of the madness

The only place

YE can't be harmed

(                                                
               ­                            )
(                                  
                           ­   )
(                  
                 )
(
\/
/\
/     \

                     ^^^

ride !                                                    
••

The lonely Hippie boy !

All the girls are selling wuss - burgers on elm street
And becoming business men !

And those who were once his friends
Are going transgender and may never
Be seen again

Except maybe as something as unreal
As an icon of this **** eating Culture

of Ravenous Vultures

••
••

Ride boy ride !

Outta this dark scenery

Throw your wuss - burger away !

The ingredients ? ---- ugh !

You wouldn't believe

( mostly death and pain ---- death and pain)

••

Ride to the home of free men in sacred hills

To where true maidens flower

And children are nurtured by truth and wisdom and dignity

And real winds

And visions of infinity

••

Yes !

MY LOVE is the Love

That created this world !

•

MY LOVE was here before god was here

MY LOVE never changes

( or ...........BREAKS ! )

///

MY LOVE
is the reason that anyone should even want to live at all !

/////

So

Be cool ! Dude!

And ride !

Right thru unto and into the light
That is always burning

And is never consumed

•

In the hands of the ANGEL

BEFORE THE GATES OF EDEN

there forever

To

WELCOME YOU HOME

Easy
--

Truth is NOT a talent
Nor an art
..

Little sweet love

I

Don't want you to need me
---

Gods amid goddesses

WE
----
Don't let THEM NEAR YOU!

Or TOUCH  you!!!!!
--

Be who you are

---

Live?
Die?

So be it

LOVE IF YOU WANT

quit bein so smarm-needy!

It ain't really

As CUTE as you think

take it away!

leave me alone!

we are so
generous

why do we pretend?

--

wars are for
profit

we know

--

in the ugly
in the vain

our elders
wallow
in abuse

---

and i too
know you know

i too
know you do

its  just a soliloquy
a solo song

its only a simple sentence
a monologue

one man
and
his word
and the world
are one

and you are a man


its one brave creation
life
its one true ending
we die

its just a soliloquy
a solo song

sing oh sing with me


the sun goes down
the son rises
the lady of the wide smile
the child of tenderness
the hour of *******
the moment when the sound
strike home

its only a soliloquy
a solo song
a simple word
or two
a monologue

that you speak
aloud
to
me

that i repeat to everyone

OjjjjjO
•|•
0

No dreams no more

Empty tales (well told !)
Of blissful *******

All that is here

••

The sadness of your betrayal is carried

By every child moving

Toward inevitable doom

••

Yes!

Talk of winds of radiance mingled with
The sweetness of the feelings
Of your *******

Bringing nature itself unto disgrace

••

SO HUMAN BEINGS **** !

Ah such wisdom !

Ah such Poetry !

The world is dying

WE --- **** AWAY !!

••

( and then
OF COURSE !
The razor blades !! )

••

666
linger...|...|... /linger

..

Like truth lingers

Like the run away kid
Lingers in the alleyway

Like you linger

Contemplating
The thoughts about yourself that linger

••

In the ONE NIGHT'S terror

In the empty Carnival at Midnight

By the Ferris Wheel

(Where you first imagined getting laid)

••

Soft hands that touch

Eyes that penetrate and hold

These now dying memories that linger and destroy

All visions of a Healthy Tomorrow

--////--

(You thought that you might just lay down and die)

/:/

(But alas DEATH also lingers !)

••

NO ESCAPE

_

The run away kid  too comes here

You come upon eachother face to face

LIFE or DEATH

(You must finally --- decide )

It ain't so easy when it's real

It ain't just lines you are jotting down

••

Numbness doesn't end the Pain

It just nullifies your Will

••

The CARNIVAL is over

The FERRIS WHEEL !

hands and ******* part forever

••

Dreams and fears

•

DEATH LINGERS

//

Soon it's the only thing that's here

((((()))))
      •
<>

/    \

/\
•

                                                            ­             new world
                      ••

now that we know that everything we think we know

As real

Is fake

/::/

We

( if brave ! )

Become free

/

And if afraid

We become Slave

••

Either way

It's a new world

//

So

Might as well pick the best one
That you can

( Don't you
Think ? )

i give you everything

i sing the song eternal

i am HE

i never falter

i am the truth most mystic

i am HE

you are just like me
why are you hiding?

you are the golden

you
the lover ancient

the story unfolding

you are just like me
why are you hiding?

-

stand up to death
die if you want
if you must

but NEVER!
NEVER!!
destroy a child's trust

i give you everything

i sing the song eternal

i am HE

i never falter

i am the truth most mystic

i am HE

come
let us not be so "american"
.
let us be REAL
-------
after the numbers fade
........
come
let us be one
one with the spirit beyond the ancestors
beyond the manipulations
beyond history
.
after the fear of poverty
is gone
....
let us be poor
let us have courage
let us know death
let us know death as "friend"
....
let us be REAL
not so "american"
REAL

So as to
Be for sure

You say LOVE is what?

Come on!

Out with it!
---
----

Scarecrow in the fields

All the angry men

Jim Crow come to AMERICA once again
----
---
Too much Hate so ain't no LOVE at all!
-----
---
---
(We are simply Sad
& maybe a bit demented)

Oh well

------

Now again

What you say LOVE is?

Come on!

Out with it!

"trust's" just  a word
you know
you just got to wait

until you are playin
...a much truer game

than simply

the
"falling in love"

.............................one
----
---
-

how to know who you are?
a touch on the breast
may
or may not be
real tenderness

a night in his arms
both saying
"you're charming"
but the morning comes
and eyes do see

and hearts do feel
that the feelings touched
do not run very deep

a much truer game?
well
there really but ONE

and we do know
(dont we)
just what that is

the long hard sum
of all our intentions

something of
a love
for all humanity

how to know who you are?

a walk thru the park
day after day

alone or apart

a part of the whole world

and its dreams

-
--
---

"trust's" just  a word
you know
you just got to wait

until you are playin
...a much truer game

than simply

the
"falling in love"

.............................one
----
---
-

and as
the mystique
trembles

and the magic is
uncovered

and the saints
--

days divide
we are

surely
very foolish

i am ******
pure
and the
mother/father
of the human race

be ye naked only
be ye unafraid

be ye

the wind song
be ye in love

with lovers

.



When we hate

When we rage


We ****


We destroy the children who see

But don't understand

::

We sap the energy from the world


It is pure addiction


•


:::

What will we do about it ?


NOTHING

...

100 million little instances of personal rage ... (?)

WW 3 !

;;

Rage ( anger )

The ultimate terrorism !



;:

******


We are murdering each other !

Really

Yes

Really

We are murdering each other

By our rage
And anger

And meanness  


.

////
////
////

Ride the waves

Far above these forms which haunt me

••

It is the time now for you to appear

••

He  got up from the bar stool

Staggered out to the alley

Barfed up his guts

But he feels better now

••

She got tired of being ****** by strangers

She is changing her ways!

She feels better now

••

Perhaps they will meet

••
••

Far above these forms......

•

We meet in the alleys

We meet in the streets

We meet

••

There is nothing we do not understand

••

Nothing

all lies
every word
every lie every love
everyone of us
tell me why

why?

show me a face i can see
show me a heart not in
love with itself
show me a reason to trust you my friend

tell me something

now all lies
every word
every lie every love
everyone of us
tell me why

Sleepy ole song

ERRYBODY DYIN NOT GIVIN A ****!
..
Gets old
(True)

Real old
----

In the cabin in the hills
With you

We lay together

Sun and Moon
----

Dreamin of livin forever
(Ya know what I mean!)
--

Waters are flowin
Hearts are true
Dreamin of livin forever with you
(Takin every body home!)
--
Wars they rage
The world is dyin

Erryone cryin
Yet denyin the meanin
Of the show as it 's seen

IT'S EXACTLY AS IT SEEMS

(We all know)
---
And we know what "part"
we must play!

ERRYONE DYIN YET STAYIN ASLEEP!

what's it mean ta be a man

ERRYONE DYIN NOT GIVIN A **** !

Come

Take my hand
--

We have come

Let's go home

the love song

the wandering poet

the open door

--

we know
(we do)

the day is crying

--

the "bed" is *****
(groping hands
frightened minds)

the child ?
why should he come here?

--

******* are beautiful
fertile hearts

we are the pure

lovers!
be real

it aint a game

we play when bored

--

we can do one thing right

we can do what's right

--

the day is crying

why should we?
why shouls we?

and who shall truly wander
by the ole street lights and the torn down signs
into the heat of the alleyway

where the homeless saints and the
heros meet

and the lovers gather?

FOR IT NOW IS OVER
ALL WE DID BELIEVE

poisoned air and dead water
signal the start of
the total slaughter

still we may talk
still we may dance and sing

BUT STILL
IT NOW IS OVER
ALL WE DID BELIEVE

and what we are here to do
and what we've come to bring


still we may talk
still we may dance and sing

BUT STILL
IT NOW IS OVER
ALL WE DID BELIEVE

And for the umpteenth time
Though probably not the last.....................
--
Where the marshland ends and gross civilization starts.....
..
And emptiness is given unto shape
--
I hear
"Voices"

WHO SPEAKS?
---
The wild eyed gypsy calls
Begging you to become

Become a part
Of life

It's entirety
---
Will you?
Who knows!
--

Even at the edge of the sea there is no escape
__

We will capture you ere long
--
The gentle fireside
The fire will soon go out
And the love be gone
---
For the umpteenth time...:....
I give you my word
---

Ride the train to the end of the line
--
What are ya doing anyhow?

--

The sons of  Man
Are once again
Shorn of human dignity

War torn nights
Don't foster dreams
Of children
Of
Tomorrow's peace
----
There is
No tomorrow's
Peace
No
Children  
No
And
None to come
::::::::::::
No love
And lover's?
NONE
---
Revolution is a word
BUT
But
::
But we must change the world
My friend
For we are the MEN
This we are
And
So it is
This we are
So let us do
What it is
That we must
What it is
That we should

noble
we come to the "center"
of the world
..
we
................
the mountains follow
and the seas
follow
to the center of the world
_

eye to eye
we
heart to heart
we
----
at the center
the center of the holy breath
the center of the power
the center of the seed
--
we

love
..
the center of the world
...
come
the mountains and the seas
and all the noble minded people
are here
..

and the white bird
sky
and the song i sing

are always here
and you

and the day
ancient with wisdom
and the song i sing
and you, too

and my son is here
and his love is here

beneath the white bird
sky
and

and...?

ARE YOU SINGING A SONG TO ME!

"come

freely

or

not at all"

YES THAT IS THE SONG I SING

the true day shines
just below the surface
of the lie

it is pure love
and life

that is all

a simple thing

--

all the talk!!!

about what?

--

thieves claim they have
the wisdom
to save you

from them

--

we sing the one song

or stay silent

(or just make noise)

--


aint no hero

but you

aint no lover

but you

aint nothin

but you

nothin

----

the true day shines
just below the surface
of the lie

never give in!

just come here

where the real world

and its people

breathe freely

and love

and live

the total violation of sensibilities
the black hour is here

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

all the heroes and saviors
all
crawling thru the mud

WHERE ARE YOU?

YOU are wanted

no-one cares what you think

WILL YOU DARE?

everybody chooses

THE ONLY "PLAY"

in a while
it is done

slow moving.....the soft glow
of angry love,  needing
to be found while seeking
the heroic moment
when we meet
in midst the chaos and the fear

the urchin child
the mystic alleyways still contain
the saints
the lovers
and you who are there
for the duration
of creation
and the end of the human agony

i am strong

i would be pure strength
surrendered completely
within
the subtlety

slow moving
glowing with the
angry love

be ye not afraid
for certainly
i am here

No kindness no song
The sense
Of justice is gone
How can we go on?
•
She walks in the park
The fragrance has been *****
The children sulk
It's a total
Disgrace
•

How we go on
And on
(And on)?
•
We feel!
We know!
Can't breathe !
•
Something is wrong!
Everything's been changed !
No kindness no peace
•

AINT GONNA LIVE THIS WAY NO MORE

WHY DONT YOU  COME WITH ME

(WE'll just leave)

///::\\
\\::///

Dream me a River of Life that can hold
Your Blood, hold your Love;  hold your Soul to Mine
--
Dream forth dreams that seem to flow like the Gold
From the Sun & contain All those you find
-••
Wandering,& lost in their bitterness
We are the Seed, the Plow:  honest Labor
--
Of the Heart---the Lovers' softest caress
The Community;  the cherished Neighbor...
••
...come to the 'fore in his own Purity
& whose own dreams become truly expressed
---
As of the Earth, the Sky & of the Seas
The Will of Heaven--of human Strength
•••
•••
Come, be Still.  Do not let your Courage fade
This is your World---your Story---This--your Day

That *** in the rickety ole chair over by the alley?
THAT'S ME
----
The kid leanin gainst the wall with his bicycle leanin gainst his leg?
THAT'S ME
------
The lady with the scared child secured in her arms?
THAT'S ME
----
I could go on and on
But....
No need

Look around

I'm always there

&

I
Think
You'll know
Which one
IS ME

/\
--11111--
0    0
/
<>

/      O    O     \
|
/    \
|       |

                                                              ­ ( Come : the Dance ! )

••

Lingers


Pure the flesh of our dream

0000

We

///              

Decide to be human

Decide to be  HERE

||

•                                           •

see the one small tiny child in the alleyway

Black boy white boy ( they say it matters )

/:/

Some tell the story THIS way

Some tell it differently

•                   •

Some move softly

Some are still

<><><>

Some just follow the holy breath

Up into the holy hills

••

Some just follow the boy himself

Unto the streets and the holy battlefield

•

All the while calling your name

//////

Will you be here tomorrow ?

FIRST
you must be here TODAY

••

Within the pure flesh of all dreams

Where we decide

Just what's to be comin down

and she who i love....

what a day it is that can
contain us!

we embrace the world again and again

--

she

loves

--

i serve her so proudly

when we are together

and all the children come
on the run

and all the fathers
mothers
sisters
brothers

--

we paint streets
unto carnival colors

we create the joy
that heals and makes

all politics
and religion

so unnecessary

--

she loves

--

the only way to be with her
is
to love
too

and so i do

so i do

Errybody talkin!

SHUT UP!

-----

(We gettin it on------

Soon we be gone!)

••

It's only DEATH that is here

••

Playin games within

Like fools on the run

Playin with eachother like YE was dressed up dolls

With toy feelin's
••
••

cold mountain

--

Water falls

Water fallin

All around

Even a child's sigh

Even a lovers eye

Even a mother's kiss

Even some human strength

Even a place for you my friend

••

A dawn comes thru darkness and finds us alive still

Miracle or the fate of the world

Realized

By simply gathering

Yourself together

In eternal arms

Vowing to protect everyone

Little child beware
Little child be strong

••

Folks  are slumming in the alleys
And the cops' guns are drawn

••

Ain't no difference  now
Between Right and wrong

••

And no body cares what gets done to anyone

••
••

I am here

In full power

I am here

In the truth

-------

with my love for you

••••••

Little child take heed
Find you survival

••

Folks examining their souls
Seeking real revival

••

Love is acceptance
Death is denial

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And the heart of humanity
Is your only home

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I see you

In full power

I see you

Yearnin free

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Full of grace and love for me

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Little child
Little lovely child

Beware child and be strong

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(What's gettin done to you is
Gettin done to everyone)

baby


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Me 00ga b00ga baby meets the dawn

)(

she is an alien creature from earth

stranded here in ******* AMERIKKKA

)(

she does the hanky panky with the stars

When the moon is full

And we seem ready to love again

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There is a massive fierceness in her eyes

There is a gentle nature in her heart

)(

she is dancing within every breath you breath

she is the fullness of creation

I do believe

....

She is

Me 00ga b00ga baby

Yes indeed

We come just to please you

As is surely known

Come to edge of town

The ole bridge

Over the gentle stream

Spring and summer

On the other side

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Some speak of solitude
Of winter rags and coming death

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Of remembered holiness

Of lonely years in old hotels

Of prostituted high school girls

Of children come and childhood slain

Of wars for gold for god for peace

••

(The ole bridge at the end of the lonely dying town)

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Look into the mirror it IS yourself

Crossing over

COME!

DONT BE AFRAID!

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Old lover

We know you

We know you are gone

We know what you wanted and what you did

We know of the lovers

We know of the kid

Of the murders

Of the terrors

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Still

One image remains

••

Come

The bridge at the edge of town

Everybody crosses over

Even you

Even me

.••

Everybody accepts their fate

(The sense of love)

Eventually