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potatoes and onions cost
well so does music
my hearties..

sure,you can sit round
the corner-but not much
is free..shout insults?!

but look hard in
the mirror-you will
see yourselves..

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sick of your hypocrisy
and *******
o god..

you are the people
of god
innocent..


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no farmers no food
but plenty slaves
and four wheel drives..

so give us a tune
cause we are alone
and poor..
that is so typical of you
i write a poem and i am now
blank as i don´t know..

it does nt even sound like me..
you were angry
i was angry-i don´t know

why..there were negative forces
at work-you know what i mean..
i liked you..
Michael John Aug 10
joe,you said why
i did nt write a poem about
you

i know that´s not to
say i should but it
is sunday

and i am making falafel
and listening to hawkwind
and i am a bit ******

so here goes..i won´t post it
cause she is the jealous type..
that night in your cardboard box

was nearly the death of me
it began,with you trying to burn
a hole in my cardigan..i held your arm..

and we said hello..we went back to yours
a shanty around the factory
in your cardboard box we had *** and

in the silence laughed and it was cold..
though ok..i nearly died..
it was so cold..
Michael John Aug 9
we love the moon
because..it is non-committal
and detatched from the affairs

of man..we try to drag it in
with poetry and science
but it remains..

aloof and laughing..fearful
that someone somewhere understands
or hollow..

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we  love the moon because..
it reminds us of when we were small
and we wanted a biscuit as big as..

but have never compromised
though the smile has got madder
essentially we remained..

iii

we love the moon because..
we don´t..this is a myth
we fear it..

it is paranoid-a mad wife
with a great white carving knife
held to the throat..

iv

we love the moon because
she is high priestess witness
to our love and suffering

and if she seems to laugh
o they are great tears
and we may join in..

v

we love the moon because..
we love the moon
because..

we love..
i mean **** it all
love and the moon..synonomous..
Michael John Aug 8
right, thank you little bird
here is a song-police and thieves
a prophetic little ditty
of guns-homogenous as leafs

from the same tree-i recall joe
strummer looking at me..
it was a long curious look
i looked back..

and mott the hop will take
us to the news..
hey, steve what do you say..
so joe..

he looked at me like i  knew
i knew enough not to..
a long time ago-give them enough rope..
and hitching home from the corn-exchange..

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do people still hitch-hike, steve?
i don´t know..why not..
i will ask..

it is a dodgy business
who was more frightening me
or them..
Michael John Aug 6
hello,lily?all power corrupts?yes,
i agree,(ask shakespeare?!)
part of the human dilemma-
from milk monitor to dj and
****** favour.. but just remember the higher
the monkey climbs the more it shows it´s
bottom-hindu proverb..thankyou bill
words of wisdom..who is on the line please..?

hello,lily..hello,crow on the subject of power-
at berkley college back in the sixties
they took twenty volenteer students-
ten were prisoners and ten were gaolers

and re-enacted their roles
as near as-no violence was
the only rule..the experiment was to last
a month but broke down after a week or so
the turn-keys becoming uncontrollable..

anything else crow ..no..o i have poem..

better to love than be loved?
prisoner or gaoler..?
to be continued..

no end or a begining
your green eyes-
beter than dying..
Michael John Aug 5
hello, bill, are you there?
yes,very nice..read another one?
ok..this is called:was gary glitter
surprised when the police showed..

as my father would like to say all
power corrupts but total power
corrupts totally..(as anyone arriving

at his counter one minute past
the  hour would know..)yes, money
power and *** ammount to the same
on one foot in the desert and pray..
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