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 Sep 2014 Ryan Jakes
Jonny Angel
I thought I left them
in the ****** desert
with the burning diesel
& the screams,
the ratta-tat-tats
& the bad dreams.
But I was ******* wrong,
they're still here brotha,
buried here,
deep inside
my aching head.
A payback poem for Mr T for Texas.
 Sep 2014 Ryan Jakes
Jonny Angel
I was unborn
when the psychodelic bus
left the station,
but I was told about the trip,
the wild flowers
& mystic smoke,
the electric music
that blew minds
& glass tubes.
I heard it was groovy,
that it moved hippie-souls
into a positive-karmic state,
a place I wished
we had stayed.
 Sep 2014 Ryan Jakes
echo
Once
 Sep 2014 Ryan Jakes
echo
Once upon a time
   she had a secret
Once within her heart
   she swore she'd keep it

Once upon her time
just   o ne
          n ight
           c hanged
            e verything

This is the danger of love
   the catch of her beauty -
That secrets disappear
   when people see them

    and
       *Once before her time
                         he knew her secret.
for a dear friend
 Sep 2014 Ryan Jakes
wordvango
forage through
my carrots polish my tomato
smile as you suggestively
swallow the banana
devour all the
sour cream
on the red hot long
burrito
gulp the vanilla
ice cream
smile shyly
when I get a taste of pie.
 Sep 2014 Ryan Jakes
wordvango
women
 Sep 2014 Ryan Jakes
wordvango
I know nothing of
             women
they are beauty
             but,
beyond that I cower
             witlessly.
I timorously politely
             grimace
in their presence
              dimly
wondering if they
               see me.
They, women shimmer
               brightly,
like a mirror of my
                sister
or mother so pure,
                i think.
too pure to vision them
                as I do.
 Sep 2014 Ryan Jakes
wordvango
Equality and the Golden One

Wrote with her hand
scribed a desire so  primal
inside all of us

A union formed of prose
describing an Anthem
a value, reason

without number disavowing
a collective will.
Men are free, Ayn said

In turmoil  Equality and the Golden One
found the tunnel and electricity
and began again

our struggle.
Seeing you up close
is like seeing the sun
pop out behind grey clouds.

Seeing you smile
is like running through a
field of flowers.

And seeing you far away
is another reminder
that you are not mine.
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