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"bombing" poems
Kudos to Kaepernick. I just cannot drown all my beliefs and ideas, even if it contradicts my flesh and soul. When I heard that not standing up to the tune; that has always succeeded on sweeping all of the messes underneath the sad reality, to be deemed as subversive, I know that Rosa would definitely clench onto the seat tighter than ever. Kneel, my friend, kneel. To drag our body out there, all over the precious hills and fields, while acting as if the scale has always been set fairly beneath you all this time, will hurt you more than myself. How can a mere matter of things decide our future, our destiny? We shall shape our fate, you shall shape your own fate, and to be judged on the perception biasedly built in the name of order for thousands of years, is a situation that should not be endured by anyone or anything in a tiny dot within this vast universe. Kneel, my friend, kneel. And for that, I cannot stand proudly and profess my love to you as of now, even though I will always wear my heart on my sleeve for you to see. To be cheated, to be manipulated, to be deemed as surplus, by those at the tip of the plateau, that cunningly asked us to forget all the tangles and wrangles for the love of this sacred land, while unashamedly distribute everything off the land, off the ocean amongst them, is the last thing that we should allow to happen. I am one of those people that are not able to put on the mask on top of our meant-to-be honest faces, to say hail to the thief is worse than the eternal grief. I have never dreamed of burying the hatchet with them, not even for a second and if I ever do it, I shall be condemned and dismissed for forgetting the roots, the fons et origo of mine. To love you does not mean to stand still to the soulless melodies, to love you does not mean to bow down to the meaningless piece of cloth that has overseen countless infiltration and bombing over the years. Kneel, my friend, kneel. To love you is to fight for the rights of many, by any means, even by not standing up. When black is no longer the symbol of miserable, filth and calamity, we shall then breath with ease, stand on our feet and fully embrace the real meaning behind all those majestic words. Kudos to Kaepernick.
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Oct 23, 2017
Oct 23, 2017 at 10:09 PM UTC
Kudos to Kaepernick
Kudos to Kaepernick. I just cannot drown all my beliefs and ideas, even if it contradicts my flesh and soul. When I heard that not standing up to the tune; that has always succeeded on sweeping all of the messes underneath the sad reality, to be deemed as subversive, I know that Rosa would definitely clench onto the seat tighter than ever. Kneel, my friend, kneel. To drag our body out there, all over the precious hills and fields, while acting as if the scale has always been set fairly beneath you all this time, will hurt you more than myself. How can a mere matter of things decide our future, our destiny? We shall shape our fate, you shall shape your own fate, and to be judged on the perception biasedly built in the name of order for thousands of years, is a situation that should not be endured by anyone or anything in a tiny dot within this vast universe. Kneel, my friend, kneel. And for that, I cannot stand proudly and profess my love to you as of now, even though I will always wear my heart on my sleeve for you to see. To be cheated, to be manipulated, to be deemed as surplus, by those at the tip of the plateau, that cunningly asked us to forget all the tangles and wrangles for the love of this sacred land, while unashamedly distribute everything off the land, off the ocean amongst them, is the last thing that we should allow to happen. I am one of those people that are not able to put on the mask on top of our meant-to-be honest faces, to say hail to the thief is worse than the eternal grief. I have never dreamed of burying the hatchet with them, not even for a second and if I ever do it, I shall be condemned and dismissed for forgetting the roots, the fons et origo of mine. To love you does not mean to stand still to the soulless melodies, to love you does not mean to bow down to the meaningless piece of cloth that has overseen countless infiltration and bombing over the years. Kneel, my friend, kneel. To love you is to fight for the rights of many, by any means, even by not standing up. When black is no longer the symbol of miserable, filth and calamity, we shall then breath with ease, stand on our feet and fully embrace the real meaning behind all those majestic words. Kudos to Kaepernick.
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Send my dreams to the paper press I've got too much to confess This whole mind is a mess And it's mine It's all I could find As I was spending too much time Screaming and crying **** my brothers in the Middle East Let their souls be released As the mongrel dogs have a peaceful feast On our blood Down in the mud When it's someone you don't love You don't even shrug Break my bones over color pride Don't you see what I have inside? For my thoughts, I must die Or else I'm a joke Lost within the smoke If I'm not rich then I must be broke A dying man unknown Make the streets a place of peace Instead of hate and bombing grease Power only makes us weak To ourselves To you and myself Take a long look at yourself And you can tell The morning comes and someone's gone Sent away to a funeral song They lost their life being young And still bright Now they only see the night As their mother tries to sleep at night Without life I'm dead and gone someday soon But still I love each sun and moon As they pass over my room I kneel down I start to look around I start to love everything I've found And I'm proud
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Nov 26, 2015
Nov 26, 2015 at 8:40 PM UTC
Death and Apathy
The irony of mankind, They maketh technology to better their lives And yet, Their technology Is ruining their lives.... The irony... As tis they couldst use that wired technology for healing They use it for bombing and killing.. As tis they couldst use it for connecting The fact is They've all gone unconnected!!!!!! Hiding behind some screen, Forgetting what an old fashioned phone call is..... Connection, man thought this technological advance wouldst do. Disconnection is what is hast really brought them...... The irony..... ©Brandon nagley ©Lonesome poet's poetry
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Jul 24, 2015
Jul 24, 2015 at 8:51 AM UTC
Irony of technological advance
We live in a time of uncertainty No jobs Climate change Mass killings warnings of pandemics Where is our utopia where is our heaven on Earth 1900's we had San Fransisco's earthquake McKinley was assassinated First Nobel prize The Tunguska Event nothing as changed in my eyes 1910's we had Spanish flu The sinking of the unsinkable ship, the Titanic and World War 1 What else is needed to say about this decade nothing changed as the human race lived on 1920's we had Discovery of penicillin The great depression and prohibition 1930's we had Bonnie and Clyde Hindenburg disaster Discovery of Pluto Al Capone imprisoned 1940's we had World War 2 Mount Rushmore completed Big bang theory formulated Israel founded Nothing changed but who knew 1950's we had Castro becomes Dictator of Cuba Laika the dog goes into space Korean War began History never changed and neither will the Human Race 1960's we had The rise of the Berlin wall First man on the moon Vietnam War Nothing changed and won't any time soon 1970's we had First test tube baby Tangshan Earthquake Kent state shootings Elvis died 1980's we had Chernobyl Tiananmen square massacre Exxon oil spill Nothing changed and never will 1990's we had Oklahoma city bombing Princess Diana died Columbine massacre World Trade Center bombed End of the Cold War 2000's we had Hurricane Katrina Pluto reclassified Obama elected September 11th 2010's we had Haiti Earthquake Japan Earthquake Bin Laden killed BP oil spill England riots Brazil riots China banned time travel. We're only 4 years in. **** sapiens are nearly 200,000 years old nothing changed and never will
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Jun 8, 2014
Jun 8, 2014 at 6:07 AM UTC
Nothing Changed
We live in a time of uncertainty No jobs Climate change Mass killings warnings of pandemics Where is our utopia where is our heaven on Earth 1900's we had San Fransisco's earthquake McKinley was assassinated First Nobel prize The Tunguska Event nothing as changed in my eyes 1910's we had Spanish flu The sinking of the unsinkable ship, the Titanic and World War 1 What else is needed to say about this decade nothing changed as the human race lived on 1920's we had Discovery of penicillin The great depression and prohibition 1930's we had Bonnie and Clyde Hindenburg disaster Discovery of Pluto Al Capone imprisoned 1940's we had World War 2 Mount Rushmore completed Big bang theory formulated Israel founded Nothing changed but who knew 1950's we had Castro becomes Dictator of Cuba Laika the dog goes into space Korean War began History never changed and neither will the Human Race 1960's we had The rise of the Berlin wall First man on the moon Vietnam War Nothing changed and won't any time soon 1970's we had First test tube baby Tangshan Earthquake Kent state shootings Elvis died 1980's we had Chernobyl Tiananmen square massacre Exxon oil spill Nothing changed and never will 1990's we had Oklahoma city bombing Princess Diana died Columbine massacre World Trade Center bombed End of the Cold War 2000's we had Hurricane Katrina Pluto reclassified Obama elected September 11th 2010's we had Haiti Earthquake Japan Earthquake Bin Laden killed BP oil spill England riots Brazil riots China banned time travel. We're only 4 years in. **** sapiens are nearly 200,000 years old nothing changed and never will
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I heard the bullets scream Smashed by the moment Silence as the pin dropped His head had hit the pavement ****** in the window Blood spattered wall Brother taken before me Intrepid moment takes us all Held his hand within mine Closed his open eyes Angered by the second Said my final goodbyes Bombing in the distance Death cuts through the air War is such a ***** and life isn't fair Ribbons fill the trees Markers field the green Memories not forgotten Brothers forever seen
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Nov 11, 2014
Nov 11, 2014 at 1:44 AM UTC
War is such a *****
I said, "God, I hurt." And God said, I know." I said, "God, I cry a lot." And God said, "That is why I gave you tears." I said, "God, I am so depressed." And God said, "That is why I gave you Sunshine." I said, "God, life is so hard." And God said, "That is why I gave you loved ones." I said, "God, my loved one died." And God said, "So did mine." I said, "God, it is such a loss." And God said, I saw mine nailed to a cross." I said, "God, but your loved one lives." And God said, "So does yours." I said, "God, where are they now?" And God said, "Mine is on My right and yours is in the Light." I said, "God, it hurts." And God said, I know." ~ Posted on the wall at the Oklahoma City bombing site.
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Mar 1, 2015
Mar 1, 2015 at 12:47 PM UTC
And God Said...
The pick All the stress that an orange has caused is painful. It is painful for the tree from which it came. Snatched away with promises of sweetness. A tree mostly green, engulfing Small speckles of that deceptive orange. It was such a bright colour – high hopes! Handpicked by a man only looking for the best, Choosing poorly not for the first time. The green leaves frantically try to reclaim what’s theirs. Branch after branch reaching out, trying to uproot him. Close, so close. But they are a sea apart, At least an apple has a core, a heart. The peel Now it is pilfered, the painful process begins, Never quite ending: disappointment beckons. To try and taste these orange juices You soldiers must bear the burden. Each soldier, a finger digging themselves Into the tough stressful shell. Fingernails stained with orange blood, Eyes blinded by the same tangy juices. It never slips off in one go Like a roomy balaclava, But crumbles like the remnants of a bombing. Brick by brick, orange by orange it crumbles. Now it is finally undone But neither tree nor man has won. The preparation The crust collapsed, but now It is time to untangle the web the mantle holds. First, a division – the separation of brothers Who served side by side at birth. Dissected by these soldiers Acting as a bomb squad, Searching for those hidden pips. Found, but not without casualties – Sticky fingers with no taps in sight. Once removed the web is untangled. Tired, he hopes that the stress will swiftly end Unaware that the sweetness was just pretend. The pain Finally the moment has arrived And illogical ceremonies commence. I fear the celebration is far too soon, For as white touches orange and tries So desperately to unite, The tartly taste slays the poor man’s buds: Igniting like petrol on his burning tongue. He wishes he could return that orange To the green tree to which it belongs, To return a bullet-sprayed windscreen is not an option. The orange, once bitten, enjoys its trance Latching on to those pained tingling taste buds. His orange, a disaster to undress: Bad taste – a foolish price for such a mess.
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Feb 14, 2011
Feb 14, 2011 at 12:06 PM UTC
Orange
The pick All the stress that an orange has caused is painful. It is painful for the tree from which it came. Snatched away with promises of sweetness. A tree mostly green, engulfing Small speckles of that deceptive orange. It was such a bright colour – high hopes! Handpicked by a man only looking for the best, Choosing poorly not for the first time. The green leaves frantically try to reclaim what’s theirs. Branch after branch reaching out, trying to uproot him. Close, so close. But they are a sea apart, At least an apple has a core, a heart. The peel Now it is pilfered, the painful process begins, Never quite ending: disappointment beckons. To try and taste these orange juices You soldiers must bear the burden. Each soldier, a finger digging themselves Into the tough stressful shell. Fingernails stained with orange blood, Eyes blinded by the same tangy juices. It never slips off in one go Like a roomy balaclava, But crumbles like the remnants of a bombing. Brick by brick, orange by orange it crumbles. Now it is finally undone But neither tree nor man has won. The preparation The crust collapsed, but now It is time to untangle the web the mantle holds. First, a division – the separation of brothers Who served side by side at birth. Dissected by these soldiers Acting as a bomb squad, Searching for those hidden pips. Found, but not without casualties – Sticky fingers with no taps in sight. Once removed the web is untangled. Tired, he hopes that the stress will swiftly end Unaware that the sweetness was just pretend. The pain Finally the moment has arrived And illogical ceremonies commence. I fear the celebration is far too soon, For as white touches orange and tries So desperately to unite, The tartly taste slays the poor man’s buds: Igniting like petrol on his burning tongue. He wishes he could return that orange To the green tree to which it belongs, To return a bullet-sprayed windscreen is not an option. The orange, once bitten, enjoys its trance Latching on to those pained tingling taste buds. His orange, a disaster to undress: Bad taste – a foolish price for such a mess.
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Listen my dear daughter, to my first song of caution Earmarked for you my wonderful sire, come and listen, That tall old man with white hair all over his head Standing over there is not good; he is gnomish in the mind Be careful with him, he is not human in the heart But a mermaid of Yoruba poetry, just like Thespis of Greece Even the pecuniary psychopomp of Sweden gave him an accolade His heart is selfishly full of avarice; he wants everything for himself, Don’t recite him any of your poetry, lest he spells an abyss Against your juvenile poetic talent, he will fool you with a gift; A white sheep or a scarlet goat for your birth day anniversary Please don’t take it or anything else from him, as nothing from him is genuine But only machinations of evil spell aimed at mahyeming your talent Finally to decimate your girlhood and life, this is my caution For you dear little African girl. Listen my dear little daughter, to my second song of caution That short man in a Muslim gear loafing yonder, is suspect The Muslim beret on his head is merely a smokescreen to aghastly behaviour He is in no way an avatar of god of love and humane piety He is a terrorist working with Boko Haram and Algaeda He is an Alshabab that is bombing young girls in Mombasa and Nairobi All over Kenya he has killed the young people; his long egret-white sari is not for holiness, It is merely a nefarious sanctum of grenades, other tools of work in terrorism trade His loudly prayers, body movements and pocket bursting monies are only a stunt To have you kidnapped into death conduit, once you goof to join his courts, His sanctimony is a total picaresque film, (s)heroes of terror the centerpiece And thus, this is my caution for you dear little African girl. Listen my dear daughter, to my third song of caution Those tourists thronging our streets are deadly *** pets, they also skulk **** Their handsome outlook is not a stamp to any good conscientiousness They derive pleasure from poverty and *** tourism; they yearn to see a girl in poverty, Often rarely will they help an African girl, out of milieu of beggarly squalorism, Instead they go straight for the purse between your thighs, Regardless of the legacy they leave out of this lewdness, they are showy, They regret not in their Byronic broadcast of *** and fatherless urchins in the poor streets Foundation for their further poverty tourism, this is my caution for you dear little African girl.
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May 26, 2014
May 26, 2014 at 4:20 AM UTC
VERSES OF CAUTION TO AN AFRICAN GIRL
Listen my dear daughter, to my first song of caution Earmarked for you my wonderful sire, come and listen, That tall old man with white hair all over his head Standing over there is not good; he is gnomish in the mind Be careful with him, he is not human in the heart But a mermaid of Yoruba poetry, just like Thespis of Greece Even the pecuniary psychopomp of Sweden gave him an accolade His heart is selfishly full of avarice; he wants everything for himself, Don’t recite him any of your poetry, lest he spells an abyss Against your juvenile poetic talent, he will fool you with a gift; A white sheep or a scarlet goat for your birth day anniversary Please don’t take it or anything else from him, as nothing from him is genuine But only machinations of evil spell aimed at mahyeming your talent Finally to decimate your girlhood and life, this is my caution For you dear little African girl. Listen my dear little daughter, to my second song of caution That short man in a Muslim gear loafing yonder, is suspect The Muslim beret on his head is merely a smokescreen to aghastly behaviour He is in no way an avatar of god of love and humane piety He is a terrorist working with Boko Haram and Algaeda He is an Alshabab that is bombing young girls in Mombasa and Nairobi All over Kenya he has killed the young people; his long egret-white sari is not for holiness, It is merely a nefarious sanctum of grenades, other tools of work in terrorism trade His loudly prayers, body movements and pocket bursting monies are only a stunt To have you kidnapped into death conduit, once you goof to join his courts, His sanctimony is a total picaresque film, (s)heroes of terror the centerpiece And thus, this is my caution for you dear little African girl. Listen my dear daughter, to my third song of caution Those tourists thronging our streets are deadly *** pets, they also skulk **** Their handsome outlook is not a stamp to any good conscientiousness They derive pleasure from poverty and *** tourism; they yearn to see a girl in poverty, Often rarely will they help an African girl, out of milieu of beggarly squalorism, Instead they go straight for the purse between your thighs, Regardless of the legacy they leave out of this lewdness, they are showy, They regret not in their Byronic broadcast of *** and fatherless urchins in the poor streets Foundation for their further poverty tourism, this is my caution for you dear little African girl.
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As the wind blows across the fiery desert, The desperate people of Yemen sigh. How many more will suffer today? How many more children will cry? A Saudi-led coalition Strikes with a heartless disregard, Leaving behind misery-- Death and destruction its calling card. Choking the poor country, the Saudis Organized a major blockade, Cutting off vital medicine, Food, and water, and stopping all trade. Cluster bombs have fallen on cities. Thousands of innocent people have died. Hospitals and schools have been hit. How can such horror be justified? Millions of people risk starvation If all the bombing does not end. The Saudis hunger for more and more weapons, And they have billions of dollars to spend. A bomb made by Lockheed Martin Hit a Yemeni school bus Killing fifty-one people, and hurting Many more, thanks to us. A U.S. bomb hit funeral mourners; One destroyed a marketplace. That our support causes such Atrocities is a disgrace. The people suffer from cholera-- Something that is hard to avoid When a country's sanitation Facilities are being destroyed. A massive humanitarian crisis Plagues the country despite appeals To end the conflict by caring nations, While major players dig in their heels. Sunni-Shiite conflicts continue With innocent citizens caught in between. Callous leaders turn their heads, Afraid to speak up or intervene. -by Bob B (10-17-18)
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Oct 17, 2018
Oct 17, 2018 at 11:05 AM UTC
Death in Yemen
All is calm. relaxing and re-energizing in the sun. enjoying the sweet sugar-rich liquid. With no time to spare, Enemies zoom by in a flash! Faster than a bullet But still able to see its distinct wings. Flying over again, Dive bombing, trying to take over. Both take off into the air soaring all around! whizzing faster than the speed of light! Racing high up to the heavens then plunging to the ground at full force! but able to pull back at the last second! gliding swiftly across earth. shrieks condescend between the two! As they fight flying over the land They don't even notice what has happened. another hummingbird lands and enjoys the sweet victorious nectar.
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Jul 10, 2014
Jul 10, 2014 at 10:21 PM UTC
War Planes
At Bookshop Santa Cruz I look at a book about the East Bay then and now One picture strikes me: 1969 Sproul Plaza Govener Ronald Reagan has the National Guard spray tear gas on protesters on the steps of this Berkeley Administration Building People run in black and white they look like my parents The helicopter is so close to the ground, like the Vietnam War I was three In the backseat of our VW Bug My mother was driving me to Strawberry Canyon for a swim Then she got scared--something on the radio We turned around I didn't understand She had to protect us from tear gas We lived in a war zone Everyone was very upset We were attacked by our own government Even children were fair game An innocent frog is placed in water If the water temperature is raised gradually the frog will sit there until it dies In 1980 Ronald Reagan became our President Much to our dismay "70% of pollution comes from trees" he had announced as Governer, he was obviously a man of science The vice grip clenched, the water temperature raised as we felt around us the world becoming more difficult as a middle class we were supposed to wait for crumbs to fall from the table of the rich folks fighting over the bits like starving animals Budgets were cut Prices rose, wages fell or disappeared completely We were at war 1985: I took a class in Economics in college, a UC I learned that Supply Side Economics was a silly idea written on a napkin at a fancy restaurant where the fat ones eat and the crumbs are thrown away It was all a sham An excuse The vice grip tightened, the world became more difficult not the American Dream my parents grew up in To be middle class was to struggle and struggle and still not have anything The frog began to die Somehow we saw that Reagan drifted away, but his ghost remained, a respite in the 90's Then we were at war again Not just tear gas, but carpet bombing Guerilla warfare in the streets of a hot arid country Oil companies, already saturating our ground and our air with their products Cashed in The frog is near death We struggle, and nothing gets better Only a respite At a fancy restaurant on a napkin someone wrote a new theory of Economics that became like Scientology Outgrew it's ridiculous inception And became real Ronald Reagan dropped tear gas from helicopters on Sproul Plaza and it drifted to Strawberry Canyon where children learned to swim But that is child's play now the frog is about to die I want to pull it out.
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Jul 21, 2012
Jul 21, 2012 at 5:01 PM UTC
Tear Gas and an Innocent Frog
At Bookshop Santa Cruz I look at a book about the East Bay then and now One picture strikes me: 1969 Sproul Plaza Govener Ronald Reagan has the National Guard spray tear gas on protesters on the steps of this Berkeley Administration Building People run in black and white they look like my parents The helicopter is so close to the ground, like the Vietnam War I was three In the backseat of our VW Bug My mother was driving me to Strawberry Canyon for a swim Then she got scared--something on the radio We turned around I didn't understand She had to protect us from tear gas We lived in a war zone Everyone was very upset We were attacked by our own government Even children were fair game An innocent frog is placed in water If the water temperature is raised gradually the frog will sit there until it dies In 1980 Ronald Reagan became our President Much to our dismay "70% of pollution comes from trees" he had announced as Governer, he was obviously a man of science The vice grip clenched, the water temperature raised as we felt around us the world becoming more difficult as a middle class we were supposed to wait for crumbs to fall from the table of the rich folks fighting over the bits like starving animals Budgets were cut Prices rose, wages fell or disappeared completely We were at war 1985: I took a class in Economics in college, a UC I learned that Supply Side Economics was a silly idea written on a napkin at a fancy restaurant where the fat ones eat and the crumbs are thrown away It was all a sham An excuse The vice grip tightened, the world became more difficult not the American Dream my parents grew up in To be middle class was to struggle and struggle and still not have anything The frog began to die Somehow we saw that Reagan drifted away, but his ghost remained, a respite in the 90's Then we were at war again Not just tear gas, but carpet bombing Guerilla warfare in the streets of a hot arid country Oil companies, already saturating our ground and our air with their products Cashed in The frog is near death We struggle, and nothing gets better Only a respite At a fancy restaurant on a napkin someone wrote a new theory of Economics that became like Scientology Outgrew it's ridiculous inception And became real Ronald Reagan dropped tear gas from helicopters on Sproul Plaza and it drifted to Strawberry Canyon where children learned to swim But that is child's play now the frog is about to die I want to pull it out.
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The Slow-Bullet by rgpage In the early days of  Viet Nam the American draft was going strong. Young men in their prime of life, were forced and herded into world strife. A generation of America’s best, were then brought home and laid to rest. Wall Street smiled, the money flowed the “fat Cats” called it money owed. In towns and cities big and small, families waited, worried, and cried. Groups appeared, dissention grew. "Mothers grab your son’s and hide." There were those who felt their duty strong, to take the leap toward blood and strife with McNamara herding them along. Known to the grunts as “Mac the Knife.” The madness grew to a global scale with those that were for and those against. In bombing, selective targets became the norm keeping the rest of the world from harm. With those who didn’t feel their duty strong, a path to the north they took. They packed what they could, burned their cards and paused for one last look. With this some parents felt relief, while others felt the disgrace. Of  seeing the grief so many went through after having their futures erased. The war took over 58,000 American lives; men and women both, (before we flew away). Wall Street got their wages for blood, with broken lives in pain, many thousands more would pay. With thousands more that were yet to be lost, after returning home. Physically and mentally scarred, even those seeming perfectly whole. Then saying good-by to the ones they loved in their own special way. They stoically waited for the slow-bullet to come to finally take them away… Suicide has taken 3 or 4 times the lives than the war took. My heart cries for every last one of them…Robert G. Page, Viet Nam Vet. ‘66-’67.
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Jul 8, 2014
Jul 8, 2014 at 2:48 PM UTC
The Slow-bullet
The Slow-Bullet by rgpage In the early days of  Viet Nam the American draft was going strong. Young men in their prime of life, were forced and herded into world strife. A generation of America’s best, were then brought home and laid to rest. Wall Street smiled, the money flowed the “fat Cats” called it money owed. In towns and cities big and small, families waited, worried, and cried. Groups appeared, dissention grew. "Mothers grab your son’s and hide." There were those who felt their duty strong, to take the leap toward blood and strife with McNamara herding them along. Known to the grunts as “Mac the Knife.” The madness grew to a global scale with those that were for and those against. In bombing, selective targets became the norm keeping the rest of the world from harm. With those who didn’t feel their duty strong, a path to the north they took. They packed what they could, burned their cards and paused for one last look. With this some parents felt relief, while others felt the disgrace. Of  seeing the grief so many went through after having their futures erased. The war took over 58,000 American lives; men and women both, (before we flew away). Wall Street got their wages for blood, with broken lives in pain, many thousands more would pay. With thousands more that were yet to be lost, after returning home. Physically and mentally scarred, even those seeming perfectly whole. Then saying good-by to the ones they loved in their own special way. They stoically waited for the slow-bullet to come to finally take them away… Suicide has taken 3 or 4 times the lives than the war took. My heart cries for every last one of them…Robert G. Page, Viet Nam Vet. ‘66-’67.
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It's unfortunate that Parisians Are very hard to bear, In terms of flash obsequiousity, They drive me to despair! And patience is an attribute I don't profess to have To mercifully administer When accents veer to Slav. Baltics look like jellyfish, The Germans are obscene And loud and overbearing But the Swiss are very clean. Italians are a swarthy lot Who gourmandize on food And sacrifice their suavity By being impudently crude. The Spanish are no better, In fact they are probably worse, For obsessing in the blood sports I actually rate them in reverse. Starchiness is British They're convoluted to the core, The Old Boy system's lost it's sheen Aspirants flock to it no more. The Yanks are looking slightly crass Whilst fighting foreign wars, Their pinky held up squeaky clean To call "foul" to China's flaws. China sits inscrutably Holding all the cards Waiting for the moment To strike beneath the guards. India and Pakistan Are squabbling like kids The uproar over Kashmir Rates them lower than the Yids. The Yids are walking tightropes With Iran's nuclear ****** Whilst currying Yank approval, Eventual bombing is a must. The Dutch behave so anally They're always proven right When faced with rigid negatives They blanch with haunches tight. But not the Argentineans They love to dance and flirt, To chase the senorita Cavorting in the scarlet skirt. The South Pacific's wallowing They're adrift from World affairs Oz's self preoccupation Mirrors Kiwi's vacant stares. Africa's way past comment Lost to heat and dust, Warfare, **** and pillage And the rest decayed by rust. Eskimos are OK Clean living on the ice The population static, Zer-O pollution's nice! Marshalg @theGate Mangere Bridge 14 April 2009
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May 2, 2010
May 2, 2010 at 12:08 AM UTC
Eskimos are OK!
It's unfortunate that Parisians Are very hard to bear, In terms of flash obsequiousity, They drive me to despair! And patience is an attribute I don't profess to have To mercifully administer When accents veer to Slav. Baltics look like jellyfish, The Germans are obscene And loud and overbearing But the Swiss are very clean. Italians are a swarthy lot Who gourmandize on food And sacrifice their suavity By being impudently crude. The Spanish are no better, In fact they are probably worse, For obsessing in the blood sports I actually rate them in reverse. Starchiness is British They're convoluted to the core, The Old Boy system's lost it's sheen Aspirants flock to it no more. The Yanks are looking slightly crass Whilst fighting foreign wars, Their pinky held up squeaky clean To call "foul" to China's flaws. China sits inscrutably Holding all the cards Waiting for the moment To strike beneath the guards. India and Pakistan Are squabbling like kids The uproar over Kashmir Rates them lower than the Yids. The Yids are walking tightropes With Iran's nuclear ****** Whilst currying Yank approval, Eventual bombing is a must. The Dutch behave so anally They're always proven right When faced with rigid negatives They blanch with haunches tight. But not the Argentineans They love to dance and flirt, To chase the senorita Cavorting in the scarlet skirt. The South Pacific's wallowing They're adrift from World affairs Oz's self preoccupation Mirrors Kiwi's vacant stares. Africa's way past comment Lost to heat and dust, Warfare, **** and pillage And the rest decayed by rust. Eskimos are OK Clean living on the ice The population static, Zer-O pollution's nice! Marshalg @theGate Mangere Bridge 14 April 2009
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I hate u at least I think I do memories of your flaws I say goodbye to our relationship was a war, filled with love bombing, high walls, and gore our relationship was a chore, never effortless always depressing when I remember your rejection better than anything when you dropped my hand, the way you shifted sands around different people, I really believed you but our love met the grim reaper you kept yourself like a secret and I was a thrill-seeker you were scared, I was fearless I held you dear, you were tearless so I hate u at least I think I do memories of your flaws I am haunted by memories of all the times, I wished for, I deserved more I outpoured just to no remorse you were always ready to drop me to protect you you were always ready to knock me to suggest you were little Mr. Perfect and that this was worth it but you weren't worth these hands, these tears, my heart you weren't worth it from the ending, middle, or start it is reflected in my art that I hate u
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Dec 5, 2021
Dec 5, 2021 at 11:27 AM UTC
i hate u
Spark kissed tinder burst into flames As men gathered in tight knots Stitched up a street riot Wood warmed and glowed Militant revolution minds The embers hummed with ashes As city streets burned Tyres and tubes were rolled home brew guzzled Fuelled the fires further more streets burned Water cannons hissed As men aflame with anger Lit fireplaces up alleyways With burning brain torches Taking the political fireplaces To the palace of no return. As soon as the government Dissolved into a carpet bombing puddle The big bear licked its paws. Author Notes The Revolution continues after a lapse of two months. Most politics start around a fireplace fuelled by alcohol and hate. Once lit the fireplace chatter moves into the street and spread rapidly. The Bear anticipates a breakdown of law and order and amasses its troops along the border. © Marshall Gass. All rights reserved, a month ago
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Jun 23, 2014
Jun 23, 2014 at 9:48 PM UTC
Tinder
I am ashamed, Sister! I live in a house, I want to renovate. Yours was bulldozed, now you live in a tent. I need a new car, trade the old one away. You lost your feet in a bombing yesterday. I sleep so cozy and warm in a king size bed. You find comfort in the cold hard floor instead. Something doesn't work out I'll complain to everyone. While you hide your tears when you lose someone. My freezer is full with samosas and pies. Your tummy sounds are muffled by rockets and cries. I open my fast with plenty food in my plate. You are thankful for that single date. I do some chores my back is sore. You lost your sons your pain is much more. My Eid clothes are bought, few hundreds gone. You were forced to leave with the clothes you had on. I need a few holidays throughout the year. You won't abandon your land despite the fear. I have everything yet I still want more. You just want peace, the end of this war. Despite all this you are closer to Allah then I'll ever be. So I am ashamed sister, ashamed for being me!
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Jul 26, 2014
Jul 26, 2014 at 2:50 PM UTC
Ashamed
Children .. Why are the great armies of the world not rushing to the children of Syria tonight ? Why has the world turned their backs on their plight ? Let's try carpet bombing the cities with loaves of bread and powdered milk with all our might ! Drop canned rations from our bombers ! Feed children regardless of political persuasion ! Take the children under our wing , free their precious minds from this misery ! Lay the ********* rifles down and let the children eat every night ! Why do the armies turn their backs on them tonight ?
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Jan 18, 2016
Jan 18, 2016 at 8:37 PM UTC
***Syria ---Now****
Surviving a War that doesn’t seem to end, bombing and sniping all around. This is the real story in a book called “ The Cellist Of Sarajevo”, where three characters emerge to face this adversity head on.  You have Arrow once a innocent young girl, now trained assassin to **** her targets without making a sound. Then you got Kenan a person who risks his life to fetch water for his family and others in need, no matter if it weighs a ton. Finally you have Dragan the person hard to explain, he just does what he needs to do, he will come to not care about the dangers of the outside, because he will control his own destiny. Each of them has their place in the race to survive this cruel onslaught from the men on the hills weaponry.
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Jan 2, 2015
Jan 2, 2015 at 2:45 AM UTC
"The Cellist Of Sarajevo" poem
They are bombing children as their own are hummed lullabies. They are bombing children as their own are tucked into bed tonight. They are bombing children as their own are rocked to sleep. They are bombing children with rockets burying them in rubble deep.
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Feb 25, 2018
Feb 25, 2018 at 6:04 PM UTC
They are bombing children
World leaders thunder denunciations But my dachshund puppy annoys the cats Bombing planes fly in nuclear drills But my dachshund puppy just ate a moth Religious leaders are shredding their files But my dachshund puppy barfed up that moth I don’t know if I’ll lose my job next year But my dachshund puppy got spanked by Queen Cat The fat boys on the radio yell a lot But my dachshund puppy is barking mindlessly My senator says he stands up for the flag But my dachshund puppy is stealing the cat food My president seems to play golf for the flag But my dachshund puppy is napping in the sun And the cats are quite happy about that
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Sep 14, 2018
Sep 14, 2018 at 4:48 PM UTC
Crises Both Foreign and Domestic Reduced to Dogs and Cats
I wish I can go back home, borrow a blanket from the living room that was once filled with me and my cousins' dancing, gather four ****** from the street, the same street I used to steal flowers from, that now steals people's blood and lives, borrow a branch or two from the berry tree that my mom used to make juice out of and give to our neighbours, they only reside in my head now, build a tent in my parents' backyard, the same backyard where I held my 6th birthday party at, that birthday had to end early as there was a more important event happening; the Americans were bombing the area I used to run so free in, with all of my friends, whom I never got to say goodbye to, never get to see how puberty hit them, or even know if they're still alive today, today, I live under a stable roof, I run away from the thought of home, because it kills me that I left the land that once gave birth to me, kept me warm, warmer than I would personally like, once.
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Dec 16, 2018
Dec 16, 2018 at 3:20 PM UTC
Home
**"His mind would never romp again like the mind of God." The Great Gatsby** Does he fret, Does he sweat, Does he pay his bills On Time, Even tho his personal stash Of anything, Inexhaustible and He bills himself? Is he lonely, So when he romps, His greatest pleasure is Inventing new kinds of pain? Does he like to watch butter Snowmelt, Does he turn the honey jar Upside down Because viscosity is A turn on? Is he lonely? Of course he is, Is that why he endlessly Tinkers with creative destruction? Does he put strawberry jam On his watermelon? Salt on his wounds, Caramelized onions in his Cologne and parfumes? Does he watch reruns? The bombing of Dresden, Hiroshima? The shaving of the heads of the French women? What's his fav. late night host, When he can't sleep And. his damaged dreams Become our unfortunate realities? Acting childish, a métier, So he can scold himself? Does he keep score, Ever say no more, Contemplate suicide, Or just murdering his sons? Did he kiss Shakespeare's lips, Or just his fingertips? Does he sing a Capella With Holly and Cooke, Let Beethoven play rock n' roll? What is he best excuse For playing with Tormented souls, Making so many wonderful things Forbidden fruit? Does he worship regularly at the altar? Irony his faith and skin his vestments? Are his twisted straight, His late, early? His order disordered and when bored, Does he just close his eyes and Let us live in peace?
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Aug 15, 2013
Aug 15, 2013 at 4:46 PM UTC
The Mind of God, Romping
Let’s bomb Dresden with the black fire of thousands of bookmarks with poetry of poets far and wide -so it goes- and each side is printed with verse; flip flopping through the air each to land on Dresden’s ghosts.
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Feb 26, 2015
Feb 26, 2015 at 2:34 PM UTC
70th Anniversary of the Bombing of Dresden