diminishable gain
in trade
is this
tax return
only in
public eyes
is statute
for debt
ceiling with
a cry
for future
rehiring with
latter day
pilgrims and
not to
disarm but
degrade weapons

We're Now In Some...

... " TROUBLED Times "... !!!

So Many Crimes... !!!
And Yet We KEEP...
"Ignoring".................. SIGNS.... !!!!!

I Have A Good Friend...
Who's Always said...  

"People ignore until It Happens to them ! "...

Until THEY FACE MAJOR Problems...
Or Until They SEE A... BITTER END... !!!!

Like Losing A CHILD Cos' of Paedophiles... !!!!!
Or GRIEVING Cos' They HAD To Dial... " 999 "...  !!!!!

But Here's The Crime... !!!
Your Loved Ones Life...
Has Now... FLATLINED... !!!!!

Cos' You Were Told To...

... " Hold The Line ! "...

People Die Okay That's Fine...
But Something's FLAWED In New Designs... !!!

Police...

CLAIM To... " Save Our Lives "...
But RARELY Get To Us In Time...

Unless You're WHITE Then You're Alright... !!!
CHECK The Stats'... I'll Bet I'm Right... !!!!!

But COLOUR Ain't The Point of This...
It Is A Factor... DON'T Dismiss... !!!

What I'm Saying Is... I ABHOR... !!!  
Those Who Are... ABOVE The Law... !?!

If I SHOT Someone In DEFENCE... !!!
I'm Bound To Get A LONG Sentence..................... !!!!!

Behind BARS And STUCK In Jail... !!!!
With NO CHANCE of... Getting BAIL... !!!

But Here's THE THING... !!!
When INNOCENTS DIE From Police Shootings... !!!
Police DON'T Seem To Feel The STING... ?!?
Like The Bereaved of Their... VICTIM... !!!!!  

They Just Get Holiday Outings...
And... "PROTECTION"....
For Their KILLINGS And ASSAULTS.... !!!!!!

While Men Like Me Are Told To...
.......... " HALT "........... !!!

"Excuse me sir, is this your car ?"...

"Nah, it came from a shooting star !!!
and before you ask, i'm really from Mars !"...

"Searg, this fella thinks he's smart !!!?...

"Right, let's call The National Guard !"...

"What, just for me, don't shoot me please !!!
I don't want an autopsy !!!"...

"Right, are you gonna come quietly,
cos' we're arresting you for too much cheek !"...

"Okay Okay, but, take these handcuffs off my feet !!!"...

Did You Find Those Words Funny... ?  

Well If You Did You Just Don't See...
That This Is The Start of... TRAGEDIES... !!!

Blacks Who DIE In... "Custody"...
instead of Reaching Eighty Three... !!!!!

So FAR This Has Not Been Me...
But Now I Write True Poetry...

Will They Come....
LOOKING For Me... ?!?

It's A Matter of Time....
Let's Wait And SEE Which Policy...

I Infringe Like Muhammad Ali... !!!!!

Freedom of Speech Is What We NEED...  
In Troubled Times Such As THESE... !!!!!  

On Local Streets...
I Don't Wanna Hear... " FREEZE "... !!!!!
Like Some Cop Show On My..... " TV "......  

TV... INFECTS Mentalities... !!!

Be Careful What You Watch...
I'm Begging You PLEASE... !!!

From Satellite Feeds To London's Streets...
That's Why NOW I'm Trying To LEAVE... !!!
And Find A BETTER Place To Be... !!!  

Without GREED And POVERTY... !!!

"WAKE UP V, You're In A DREAM !"

"Leave me, let me, fall asleep,
and just recline, and ease my mind,
before I find, myself resigned
to fall victim, of........

... " TROUBLED Times !!! "...

We watch the world tell
Us how to live everyday.
We suppose we don't question, but we still question
As we live our lives
Through the lies
That we tell
Ourselves everyday.
Every day is, just another lie
That furthers us from ourselves
And what we would dream of.
We bite a lie right off another
We hide and then we cry
For our own self-made self
The one we refuse to stop.
We feel the need for the change,
But regardless we wont ever change.
We only change,
Our faces,
Our colours,
Our clothes and dresses
Just to look new, under a fresh-looking lie.
Maybe this is all a lie,
Which is hardly untrue.
And that the truth is,
You will never lie, when you lie.
Because you are made of lies.  
As a matter of fact,
We are made of lies.
We all lie, and we are the law.

Without the sun
the flower fails to bloom,
curled in with her sadness and gloom.
With no flowers out
the sun fails to rise,
to spread his rays across the sky
and bring his warmth and cheer,
Two beings on different times
leading to each of their demise,
stars lined up solemnly
as the moon bears witness
to this tragedy.

Orpheus
by Michael R. Burch

after William Blake

I.

Many a sun
and many a moon
I walked the earth
and whistled a tune.

I did not whistle
as I worked:
the whistle was my work.
I shirked

nothing I saw
and made a rhyme
to children at play
and hard time.

II.

Among the prisoners
I saw
the leaden manacles
of Law,

the heavy ball and chain,
the quirt.
And yet I whistled
at my work.

III.

Among the children’s
daisy faces
and in the women’s
frowsy laces,

I saw redemption,
and I smiled.
Satanic millers,
unbeguiled,

were swayed by neither girl,
nor child,
nor any God of Love.
Yet mild

I whistled at my work,
and Song
broke out,
ere long.

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