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Beating Around the Bush

The bush that I beat around

is round and profound and its not attached to the ground but,

it seems to pound aloud the sound of..

the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees

and the water that we all drown in.

If I could climb the tallest mound

in the smallest town

and sing aloud

as if I scaled the Everest Mountain.

And if he talks down on my leaps and bounds

would you be proud to stand around him?

I astound the clowns who wear the crowns and silly gowns

behind a shroud of sirens.

That claim the grounds of their compound

and are aroused by accounts of violence.

And as the body count arises...

The people around, in silence

while the clowns burn down the city now

Oh, how we've all turned out so mindless.

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brian-downs
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Dec 2, 2013
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