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Michael John Dec 2024
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at the supermarket they treat me
like a thief yet it is they who
steal from off of me..

(and for so little too)
they have cameras and two way mirrors
and private detectives and yet

they are the thieves..
not just the prices but in
other ways too prosaic to mention..

lily wonders and wonders when
the revolution comes and blood runs
in the gutter..will they remember..

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and if i complain they say
something but in their
eyes is hate..

it is 14 cents-yes-but i notice
you never give me too much-now,
i am an anarchist communist  trouble maker

they make millions
why be so petty
don´t understand..
Michael John Dec 2024
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can you see now
why we hated you
in retrospect..

the greed and corruption..
ah,the 1980´s..
i was young

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on the south side of crete
young and innocent
people from all around

the world-
cheap wine and time
it was fun..
Michael John Dec 2024
hope is snow
on a merciless planet
too..

when guilt is passed
on
each an individual
one..
Michael John Dec 2024
hope is snow
each a flake of genius
belief so..

the wee bird in my
window
we want to share o..
Michael John Dec 2024
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i have understood
the secret of writing
poetry..

make it short and snappy
forget the world
imagine you re somebody..

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looking forward to christmas
lily..?
a new pair of docs

on the horizon?
well,the materialism
of the greatest anti-materialist

seems a bit of a contradiction-
i think i will fast..
and what of the magi

bearing gifts..?
i will stick with the sermon
on the mount..

some of the greatest poetry
ever conceived..
in jesus i live..

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or just go to the pub
and dance
hard to say..

probably a bit of
each
hope is snow..
Michael John Dec 2024
we only have two cats now
over the years
we must have had thirty!
now, we are too old..

they are a lot of work
it is a myth
their independence, i mean..
no doubt

she will conceal another
under her jumper
with an ominous smile-say,
look what i found..
Michael John Dec 2024
don´t look surprised
it´s a two way mirror
truth and lies
a perfect reflection eh..

burger and fries-
it´s all there
o my-my..
what a pair..
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