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"canons" poems
Oh do not look at me like that. Although I pulled the trigger you loaded the gun a long time ago. Oh do not complain that my loose canons of speech are finally repulsively soaring. When you gave me a deadly spark. If you do not blame, Then I promise I won’t too, The collateral damage of two wishful hearts needs no ownership. So stop trying to win a forgotten war, What’s done is done. No more friendly fire.
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Jun 26, 2018
Jun 26, 2018 at 12:41 PM UTC
We were always good at teamwork
You brave heroic minds, Worthy your country's name, That honour still pursue, Go, and subdue, Whilst loit'ring hinds Lurke here at home with shame. Britons, you stay too long, Quickly aboard bestow you; And with a merry gale Swell your stretched sail, With vows as strong As the winds that blow you. Your course securely steer, West and by South forth keep; Rocks, lee-shores, nor shoals, When Eolus scowls, You need nor fear, So absolute the deep. And cheerfully at sea, Success you still entice To get the pearl and gold; And ours to hold Virginia, Earth's only Paradise. Where Nature hath in store Fowl, venison, and fish; And the fruitfull'st soil, Without your toil, Three harvests more, All greater than your wish. And the ambitious vine Crowns with his purple mass The cedar reaching high To kiss the sky, The cypress, pine, And useful sassafras. To whom the golden age Still Nature's laws doth give, No other cares attend But them to defend From winter's rage, That long there doth not live. When as the luscious smell Of that delicious land, Above the sea that flows, The clear wind throws, Your hearts to swell, Approaching the dear strand. In kenning of the shore, (Thanks to God first given) O you, the happiest men, Be frolic then! Let canons roar, Frighting the wide heaven! And in regions far Such heroes bring ye forth As those from whom we came, And plant our name Under that star Not known unto our North. And as there plenty grows Of laurel everywhere, Apollo's sacred tree, You may it see A poet's brows To crown, that may sing there. Thy voyages attend Industrious Hakluit, Whose reading shall inflame Men to seek fame, And much commend To after-times thy wit.
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Passions in PoetryTo the Virginian Voyage
You brave heroic minds, Worthy your country's name, That honour still pursue, Go, and subdue, Whilst loit'ring hinds Lurke here at home with shame. Britons, you stay too long, Quickly aboard bestow you; And with a merry gale Swell your stretched sail, With vows as strong As the winds that blow you. Your course securely steer, West and by South forth keep; Rocks, lee-shores, nor shoals, When Eolus scowls, You need nor fear, So absolute the deep. And cheerfully at sea, Success you still entice To get the pearl and gold; And ours to hold Virginia, Earth's only Paradise. Where Nature hath in store Fowl, venison, and fish; And the fruitfull'st soil, Without your toil, Three harvests more, All greater than your wish. And the ambitious vine Crowns with his purple mass The cedar reaching high To kiss the sky, The cypress, pine, And useful sassafras. To whom the golden age Still Nature's laws doth give, No other cares attend But them to defend From winter's rage, That long there doth not live. When as the luscious smell Of that delicious land, Above the sea that flows, The clear wind throws, Your hearts to swell, Approaching the dear strand. In kenning of the shore, (Thanks to God first given) O you, the happiest men, Be frolic then! Let canons roar, Frighting the wide heaven! And in regions far Such heroes bring ye forth As those from whom we came, And plant our name Under that star Not known unto our North. And as there plenty grows Of laurel everywhere, Apollo's sacred tree, You may it see A poet's brows To crown, that may sing there. Thy voyages attend Industrious Hakluit, Whose reading shall inflame Men to seek fame, And much commend To after-times thy wit.
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I can't deny it anymore. I am in love with you. I didn't fall mind you. I chose this. I chose you. And I can't help but feel that I have chosen wrong. That I have chosen too soon. And it didn't help that you chose me as your beta. As your apprentice. As your most trusted photographer. Didn't help that you nursed all of my fangirl tendencies. Didn't help that you claimed to be my alpha, my coach, my captain. Didn't help that you made me feel like it is just the two of us in the pack. Didn't help that you verbalized my feelings and told me there is only us in the crew. That I am your first mate. The co-captain of a ship That only the two of us can set sail. The only thing is... I am the only one shipping us. And one day, you'll go canon with someone else. And believe me darling, those canons can sink our ship.
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Jun 16, 2015
Jun 16, 2015 at 10:32 AM UTC
First mate
Where the sunlight splashes through The barely moving branches of the Magnolia tree It makes a fascinating pattern on the patio. Amy Lowell wrote of patterns in a lovely, angry verse When she was writing about how she hated war. I bend to trace the patterns with my toe And focus on the possibilities of now With monster canons rolling down the boulevards And goose-step imitators marching by While in the stands a devilishly evil Buddha smiles. A zephyr gently stirs the leaves And all the patterns rearrange again I look at them with half closed eyes And I can’t find the symmetry That I saw just an hour ago. The Kraken still is held by chains And though he gushes fire and venom The patterns on the wall contain him As he thrashes to replace the sun With a new one of his own creation. Amy walked a peaceful garden path In dappled sunlight long ago Creating lines that live today. I trundle down a brick-lined walk And hope that I will have tomorrow. ljm
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Mar 2, 2018
Mar 2, 2018 at 12:00 PM UTC
PATTERNS
Fire suns out of canons of old and decay in daylight. There might not be blood under your fingernails if you'd refused to laugh. Don't doubt it though, you're being watched. It thinks about your thoughts in thoughtless ways. Dance, pony, humor it. Fail to see the source. Research more. Someone else already answered your stupid questions. Go home. Go broke. Go on as long as you go away. Get a job, you idiot, and make sure it's a good one. If it isn't, fire yourself out of a canon into the Sun. Morphing is addictive. So is heroism. Go, sally gently forth. Froth. Growl low in the gut. Yeah, breathe the fear; die ******* mad about it.
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Mar 11, 2013
Mar 11, 2013 at 7:47 PM UTC
Eye
Neither Nightingale or Crow Neither Whippoorwill or Sparrow Perched on phone lines, never trees Still those birds have the right to sing. Target of bad boys’ B B Guns Splashed with water canons They fly til they can fly no more And tremble in the shadows. Their feathers have a bit of shine When sunbeams fall just right But all too often that just makes Them that much easier to find And targets them for hatred rocks Thrown by those who only Recognize a Woodpecker And a Robin Red Breast. Too bad their music goes unheard Most often it is beautiful If they could sing with the other birds The music would become symphonic.                  ljm
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Mar 6, 2017
Mar 6, 2017 at 8:15 AM UTC
LGBT
There Is But One Law (The Dancer's Coda) There is but one set of laws, One that need be obeyed, One that brooks no heresy, One that gives no absolution. One that needs no priests, no canons, One that that refuses disobedience. We all bend knee at altar invisible, Though feasance never requested. The Laws of Physics. A body at rest, a body in motion. Laws immutable, unconditional, Equations, proofs, demonstrable, Inequalities inexcusable, banished. Dancer says: I am heretic, even these laws I refuse. My body denies limitations, My mind believes I will make do What it could not, but yesterday. Defiance from wire to wire is the Fuel in my veins, fear but a detail, Leaping from from ten meters more, My Declaration of Independence. My body plastic, my mind ethereal, Some mock, call it trickery, Some hail, call me hero. There are forces greater than mine, Forces irrevocable, mathematically superior. Each day my force grows as well, Visions imagined supersede the Tedium of definitions, of boundary lines. Bend the law, conquer the null, fill the void. Each day sketch, devise, organize a New rebellion, follow only one command, Honor but a single battle cry. Leap, then fall! That dancer, your only law, That heretic, thine only coda. Action is freedom. For you are dancer, Whisper as you leap: The Fifth Freedom I possess, The Freedom to Fall. May 17th, 2013
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May 18, 2013
May 18, 2013 at 4:12 PM UTC
There Is But One Law (The Dancer's Coda)
the child's house domicile of estrangements his parents dressed him like a little girl against his will a pox of gender confusion glum aura he ascended by violence and lived through the logic of a mirage except for copulating with demons which of course was ruined by the good Christians they who always hate *** not wanting to be reminded they are animals too their heaven withheld their halo's sullied the vulnerability of desire their crime Eros a disgrace still beating their genitals until a wicked thunder the pro-creative an affirmation of paradox between the continuity of life and the dread of death ***** resurrections a second ******* **** flood without redemption Satan standing on their necks while God pulls them up by their hair rebels to reason bewitchers of wit deranged by the myth of dolls wood and plastic painted corpses staring and a blossom throated Goddess ham handed monkey fist jerking off in search of a bulls eye anyway eyes bleeding on bare legs; lifting a white cotton dress a bulwark of erections like canons blasting puce spats under his frilly skirt; a red rain haunted by dead girls dancing like homeless hip bones sway a bewildered phantasm in a doll house dream
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Jul 23, 2017
Jul 23, 2017 at 2:32 PM UTC
NECROMANCER
On Bosworth field the die was cast As banners flapped and arrows flew The King of England breathed his last A new one crowned before the day was through Spewing lead the canons roared Armour glinting in the light When Henry's banner Richard saw He led his men into the fight The standard bearer he cut down Then ten feet from his foe it's said His horse got mired in boggy ground So failed the charge that he had led As Henry's men surrounded him Richard stood his ground and said I shall not flee, I'll die a King England's crown upon my head For the House of York the cause had failed His skull was smashed, the deed was done The House of Lancaster prevailed On Bosworth field the war was lost and won
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Jun 20, 2015
Jun 20, 2015 at 7:55 AM UTC
On Bosworth field
Bazooka that veruka Wage war on your warts Charge the canons against corns  And ills of other sorts Conscript regiments of Rennies Antacid to supress indigestion  Establish naval fleets   Of fisherman friends sweets  To banish nasal congestion smear your chest with Vick To ensure victory is quick And if headaches ensue Aspirin will win and subdue If your enemy is constipation Let  senna be your friend  And if your throat is sore Let strepsils make swift amends  Show viruses they're not  welcome Fight back with all your might Give germs no easy terms And soon you'll feel alright!
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Aug 3, 2014
Aug 3, 2014 at 8:44 PM UTC
Battlefront
Puisque de Sisteron à Nantes, Au cabaret, tout français chante, Puisque je suis ton échanson, Je veux, ô Française charmante, Te fredonner une chanson ; Une chanson de ma manière, Pour toi d'abord, et mes amis, En buvant gaiement dans mon verre À la santé de ton pays. Amis, buvons à la Fortune De la France, Mère commune, Entre Shakespeare et Murillo : On y voit la blonde et la brune, On y boit la bière... et non l'eau. Doux pays, le plus doux du monde, Entre Washington... et Chauvin, Tu baises la brune et la blonde, Tu fais de la bière et du vin. Ton cœur est franc, ton âme est fière ; Les soldats de la Terre entière T'attaqueront toujours en vain. Tu baises la blonde et la bière Comme on boit la brune et le vin. La brune a le con de la lune, La blonde a les poils... du mâtin... Garde bien ta bière et ta brune, Garde bien ta blonde et ton vin ! On tire la bière de l'orge, La baïonnette de la forge, Avec la vigne on fait du vin. Ta blonde a deux fleurs sur la gorge, Ta brune a deux grains de raisin. L'une accroche sa jupe aux branches, L'autre sourit sous les houblons : Garde bien leurs garces de hanches, Garde bien leurs bougres de cons. Pays vaillant comme un archange, Pays plus *** que la vendange Et que l'étoile du matin, Ta blonde est une douce orange, Mais ta brune ah !... sacré mâtin ! Ta brune a la griffe profonde ; Ta rousse a le teint du jasmin ; Garde-les bien ! Garde ta blonde Garde-la, le sabre à la main. Que tes canons n'aient pas de rouilles, Que tes fileuses de quenouilles Puissent en paix rire et dormir, Et se repose sur tes couilles Du présent et de l'avenir. C'est sur elles que tu travailles Sous les toisons d'ombre ou d'or fin : Garde-les des regards canailles, Garde-les du coup d'œil hautain ! Pays galant, la langue est claire Comme le soleil dans ton verre, Plus que le grec et le latin ; Autant que ta blonde et ta bière Garde-la bien, comme ton vin. Pays plus beau que le Soleil, Lune, Étoile, aube, aurore et matins. Aime bien ta blonde et ta brune, Et fais-leur... beaucoup de catins !
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Chanson
Puisque de Sisteron à Nantes, Au cabaret, tout français chante, Puisque je suis ton échanson, Je veux, ô Française charmante, Te fredonner une chanson ; Une chanson de ma manière, Pour toi d'abord, et mes amis, En buvant gaiement dans mon verre À la santé de ton pays. Amis, buvons à la Fortune De la France, Mère commune, Entre Shakespeare et Murillo : On y voit la blonde et la brune, On y boit la bière... et non l'eau. Doux pays, le plus doux du monde, Entre Washington... et Chauvin, Tu baises la brune et la blonde, Tu fais de la bière et du vin. Ton cœur est franc, ton âme est fière ; Les soldats de la Terre entière T'attaqueront toujours en vain. Tu baises la blonde et la bière Comme on boit la brune et le vin. La brune a le con de la lune, La blonde a les poils... du mâtin... Garde bien ta bière et ta brune, Garde bien ta blonde et ton vin ! On tire la bière de l'orge, La baïonnette de la forge, Avec la vigne on fait du vin. Ta blonde a deux fleurs sur la gorge, Ta brune a deux grains de raisin. L'une accroche sa jupe aux branches, L'autre sourit sous les houblons : Garde bien leurs garces de hanches, Garde bien leurs bougres de cons. Pays vaillant comme un archange, Pays plus *** que la vendange Et que l'étoile du matin, Ta blonde est une douce orange, Mais ta brune ah !... sacré mâtin ! Ta brune a la griffe profonde ; Ta rousse a le teint du jasmin ; Garde-les bien ! Garde ta blonde Garde-la, le sabre à la main. Que tes canons n'aient pas de rouilles, Que tes fileuses de quenouilles Puissent en paix rire et dormir, Et se repose sur tes couilles Du présent et de l'avenir. C'est sur elles que tu travailles Sous les toisons d'ombre ou d'or fin : Garde-les des regards canailles, Garde-les du coup d'œil hautain ! Pays galant, la langue est claire Comme le soleil dans ton verre, Plus que le grec et le latin ; Autant que ta blonde et ta bière Garde-la bien, comme ton vin. Pays plus beau que le Soleil, Lune, Étoile, aube, aurore et matins. Aime bien ta blonde et ta brune, Et fais-leur... beaucoup de catins !
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I go unwilling and unarmed Recruited by age I lay me down The medals gleaming on my coat Mean nothing now, my vessel weak Hard for my ship to stay afloat The ocean once sparkling blue A dingy grey of lowering clouds Dark and foreboding as a storm I recall standing proudly on the prow My crew would not know me now There are things to accept, things to learn Time to know my place, take the stern My orders once barked in strident tone Now a whisper, not my own My ship becalmed, canons disarmed Her flag that once flew with pride Is still, no wind can stir her, colours bled I salute and a gust raises her high, A blood red pennant in a star filled sky I am not afraid to die
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Oct 5, 2021
Oct 5, 2021 at 8:15 AM UTC
The Last Voyage
She has glowing eyes Gracing the land of skies Where dreamy times collide Lily Pad, her float Lotus flowers, speak Her fingers trace East to West Grasshoppers make their leap Earth fires off canons As she prepares her sail Green eyes strike a match Do you hear that distant wail Do you smell that burning flame She certainly is wild Arrows shooting higher She was the Archer’s child.
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Mar 27, 2019
Mar 27, 2019 at 12:10 PM UTC
The Archer's Child
I fashioned myself a dress of black lace; Dark and elegant, epitome of grace; Soft on my skin, caress like a lover's, My comfort, my design, a haven of covers. They called it macabre - filled them with unease; Dangerous, they said, termed it a disease. And yes, I'm unwell, but darkness is my veil - A reprieve from hell, solace without fail. I am the tailor, the sculptor of shadows, The reaper of melancholy my art sows. And yes, it is odd, fragile, morose - The marble thorns of an obsidian rose. The judging whispers that follow in my wake, Can't comprehend I do this for my sake: The sharp edges they call jarring and cold - They are my palace, impenetrable stronghold. Where others see emptiness, I notice lace, The gossamer threads of a misty embrace; They are but blind to the kingdom of nothing, Only see moats, and wall canons jutting. My castle of ghosts, the court I control, Those remain hidden, deep in my soul. The siren song, my foggy lullaby, The velvety clouds on which my thoughts lie. It is morphium, made in my mind Embroidered dullness only I can find. The words bounce off my protective bubble, Your bombs shatter into a gray rubble. I blow it away, along with my fears, I got good at this, during the years. Give me some credit, I am no fool, Where others would drown, I can rule; I know not to freeze, when water's too cool, The fire you'd burn in, I use as fuel. Yes, it's a thin line, I know it best, But I'm a trapeze-artist, can pass the test; A veteran of trade, the air is my nest, I've learned to live without getting rest. And I know my limits, how far I can press, Worry you not, I've survived on much less. I'm not glass, disperse your concerns, If need be, the lace to razor wire turns.
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Sep 20, 2020
Sep 20, 2020 at 6:16 AM UTC
Black Lace
I fashioned myself a dress of black lace; Dark and elegant, epitome of grace; Soft on my skin, caress like a lover's, My comfort, my design, a haven of covers. They called it macabre - filled them with unease; Dangerous, they said, termed it a disease. And yes, I'm unwell, but darkness is my veil - A reprieve from hell, solace without fail. I am the tailor, the sculptor of shadows, The reaper of melancholy my art sows. And yes, it is odd, fragile, morose - The marble thorns of an obsidian rose. The judging whispers that follow in my wake, Can't comprehend I do this for my sake: The sharp edges they call jarring and cold - They are my palace, impenetrable stronghold. Where others see emptiness, I notice lace, The gossamer threads of a misty embrace; They are but blind to the kingdom of nothing, Only see moats, and wall canons jutting. My castle of ghosts, the court I control, Those remain hidden, deep in my soul. The siren song, my foggy lullaby, The velvety clouds on which my thoughts lie. It is morphium, made in my mind Embroidered dullness only I can find. The words bounce off my protective bubble, Your bombs shatter into a gray rubble. I blow it away, along with my fears, I got good at this, during the years. Give me some credit, I am no fool, Where others would drown, I can rule; I know not to freeze, when water's too cool, The fire you'd burn in, I use as fuel. Yes, it's a thin line, I know it best, But I'm a trapeze-artist, can pass the test; A veteran of trade, the air is my nest, I've learned to live without getting rest. And I know my limits, how far I can press, Worry you not, I've survived on much less. I'm not glass, disperse your concerns, If need be, the lace to razor wire turns.
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For he was a young soldier Who loved his Germany With all his honest heart Like a son and a Father They belonged together As he sank into his trench On the north side He was aware of a tide And had no one to confide For each each day he battled Against all rumor There was no where to hide As he felt trapped inside And had no one on his side As what were quiet whispers A fluttering humming bird Were now great big Rhino's All angry and stampeding Into the forefront of his mind Whats happening to the Jews And were did Alwin go Were did he go And why did I blank him The week before he went For I am lost and confused As Germany has sewn Razors around my heart What had he done Where had he gone As his heart ached With an almost ancient hollowness That echoed over his battle field His eyes all embedded Became a blood reded Two hot ball bearings Carving with a burning envy Into the enemy lines As pierced through the sky He said to himself At least their gallant fight Is in the just cause of right And he picked up his rifle Like a fire breathing dragon He roared lead every where As he drank up death Like a tonic it quenched The fiery hatred in is heart A hot lava that dripped with venom As his blindly sprayed his gun fire For he was truly lost And ran like a headless chicken Into the arm of battle As he sort peace down the Canons of a Russian tank How he loved his German uniform A beautiful rich blue With shiny new boots As I paint over my regrets For I have covered my rusty imperfection In a gold plated uniform I wear my thin skin of righteousness So that I may point To the naked imperfection of others I live within the narrow trench of my own pride As there is fear on every side As I call upon all my regrets As it is time to retreat Into the hands of my imperfection For I stand naked in the sun My ego no where to hide For I will not pick a side As it is time to let go of pride Regret is the Axe that chops down my pride The splinter that wakes my soul To its duties in this world Regret exposes the Viper That hides in the jungle of pride The pointing finger Is a sleeping soul Resting within its own pride Pride draws you into the Narrow trench of war While regret is the angel That offers you peace In the tranquil space of Your own imperfection That brings you new hope Made up in heaven That we can call on To save us from our own imperfection That one day we are perfection
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Mar 16, 2014
Mar 16, 2014 at 4:58 PM UTC
THE REGRETS OF A YOUNG GERMAN SOLDIER
For he was a young soldier Who loved his Germany With all his honest heart Like a son and a Father They belonged together As he sank into his trench On the north side He was aware of a tide And had no one to confide For each each day he battled Against all rumor There was no where to hide As he felt trapped inside And had no one on his side As what were quiet whispers A fluttering humming bird Were now great big Rhino's All angry and stampeding Into the forefront of his mind Whats happening to the Jews And were did Alwin go Were did he go And why did I blank him The week before he went For I am lost and confused As Germany has sewn Razors around my heart What had he done Where had he gone As his heart ached With an almost ancient hollowness That echoed over his battle field His eyes all embedded Became a blood reded Two hot ball bearings Carving with a burning envy Into the enemy lines As pierced through the sky He said to himself At least their gallant fight Is in the just cause of right And he picked up his rifle Like a fire breathing dragon He roared lead every where As he drank up death Like a tonic it quenched The fiery hatred in is heart A hot lava that dripped with venom As his blindly sprayed his gun fire For he was truly lost And ran like a headless chicken Into the arm of battle As he sort peace down the Canons of a Russian tank How he loved his German uniform A beautiful rich blue With shiny new boots As I paint over my regrets For I have covered my rusty imperfection In a gold plated uniform I wear my thin skin of righteousness So that I may point To the naked imperfection of others I live within the narrow trench of my own pride As there is fear on every side As I call upon all my regrets As it is time to retreat Into the hands of my imperfection For I stand naked in the sun My ego no where to hide For I will not pick a side As it is time to let go of pride Regret is the Axe that chops down my pride The splinter that wakes my soul To its duties in this world Regret exposes the Viper That hides in the jungle of pride The pointing finger Is a sleeping soul Resting within its own pride Pride draws you into the Narrow trench of war While regret is the angel That offers you peace In the tranquil space of Your own imperfection That brings you new hope Made up in heaven That we can call on To save us from our own imperfection That one day we are perfection
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II. Oh ! vers ces vétérans quand notre esprit s'élève, Nous voyons leur front luire et resplendir leur glaive, Fertile en grands travaux. C'étaient là les anciens. Mais ce temps les efface ! France, dans ton histoire ils tiennent trop de place. France, gloire aux nouveaux ! Oui, gloire à ceux d'hier ! ils se mettent cent mille, Sabres nus, vingt contre un, sans crainte, et par la ville S'en vont, tambours battants. À mitraille ! leur feu brille, l'obusier tonne, Victoire ! ils ont tué, carrefour Tiquetonne, Un enfant de sept ans ! Ceux-ci sont des héros qui n'ont pas peur des femmes Ils tirent sans pâlir, gloire à ces grandes âmes ! Sur les passants tremblants. On voit, quand dans Paris leur troupe se promène, Aux fers de leurs chevaux de la cervelle humaine Avec des cheveux blancs ! Ils montent à l'assaut des lois ; sur la patrie Ils s'élancent ; chevaux, fantassins, batterie, Bataillon, escadron, Gorgés, payés, repus, joyeux, fous de colère, Sonnant la charge, avec Maupas pour vexillaire Et Veuillot pour clairon. Tout, le fer et le plomb, manque à nos bras farouches, Le peuple est sans fusils, le peuple est sans cartouches, Braves ! c'est le moment ! Avec quelques tribuns la loi demeure seule. Derrière vos canons chargés jusqu'à la gueule Risquez-vous hardiment ! Ô soldats de décembre ! ô soldats d'embuscades Contre votre pays ! honte à vos cavalcades Dans Paris consterné ! Vos pères, je l'ai dit, brillaient comme le phare ; Ils bravaient, en chantant une haute fanfare, La mort, spectre étonné ; Vos pères combattaient les plus fières armées, Le prussien blond, le russe aux foudres enflammées, Le catalan bruni, Vous, vous tuez des gens de bourse et de négoce. Vos pères, ces géants, avaient pris Saragosse, Vous prenez Tortoni ! Histoire, qu'en dis-tu ? les vieux dans les batailles Couraient sur les canons vomissant les mitrailles ; Ceux-ci vont, sans trembler, Foulant aux pieds vieillards sanglants, femmes mourantes Droit au crime. Ce sont deux façons différentes De ne pas reculer. Jersey, du 7 au 13 janvier 1853.
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À l'obéissance passive (II)
II. Oh ! vers ces vétérans quand notre esprit s'élève, Nous voyons leur front luire et resplendir leur glaive, Fertile en grands travaux. C'étaient là les anciens. Mais ce temps les efface ! France, dans ton histoire ils tiennent trop de place. France, gloire aux nouveaux ! Oui, gloire à ceux d'hier ! ils se mettent cent mille, Sabres nus, vingt contre un, sans crainte, et par la ville S'en vont, tambours battants. À mitraille ! leur feu brille, l'obusier tonne, Victoire ! ils ont tué, carrefour Tiquetonne, Un enfant de sept ans ! Ceux-ci sont des héros qui n'ont pas peur des femmes Ils tirent sans pâlir, gloire à ces grandes âmes ! Sur les passants tremblants. On voit, quand dans Paris leur troupe se promène, Aux fers de leurs chevaux de la cervelle humaine Avec des cheveux blancs ! Ils montent à l'assaut des lois ; sur la patrie Ils s'élancent ; chevaux, fantassins, batterie, Bataillon, escadron, Gorgés, payés, repus, joyeux, fous de colère, Sonnant la charge, avec Maupas pour vexillaire Et Veuillot pour clairon. Tout, le fer et le plomb, manque à nos bras farouches, Le peuple est sans fusils, le peuple est sans cartouches, Braves ! c'est le moment ! Avec quelques tribuns la loi demeure seule. Derrière vos canons chargés jusqu'à la gueule Risquez-vous hardiment ! Ô soldats de décembre ! ô soldats d'embuscades Contre votre pays ! honte à vos cavalcades Dans Paris consterné ! Vos pères, je l'ai dit, brillaient comme le phare ; Ils bravaient, en chantant une haute fanfare, La mort, spectre étonné ; Vos pères combattaient les plus fières armées, Le prussien blond, le russe aux foudres enflammées, Le catalan bruni, Vous, vous tuez des gens de bourse et de négoce. Vos pères, ces géants, avaient pris Saragosse, Vous prenez Tortoni ! Histoire, qu'en dis-tu ? les vieux dans les batailles Couraient sur les canons vomissant les mitrailles ; Ceux-ci vont, sans trembler, Foulant aux pieds vieillards sanglants, femmes mourantes Droit au crime. Ce sont deux façons différentes De ne pas reculer. Jersey, du 7 au 13 janvier 1853.
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(Life is living art) AGAINST THE BRICKS ****** leans Against the bricks Gotham gothic walls Left thumb hooked on a pocket of his Faded denim jeans Right hand caressing a carnation Steady Ready to go Mr. ****** in a James Dean glow Mean Black leather jacket Shiny slick like Ghetto pothole puddles Wet lacking rain Only street lamp Spot light Backstreet dangerous ****** leans with A flower for Ms. Green Come hither squeeze He waits There in the sallow Glow Another shadow Against the bricks Graffiti Canons spray paint art Masterpieces Within living scenes Cool as concrete rain Patient as an evening breeze Passing moments A Smiley face Honest pain sculptures Poetry is exploding Street Glean Art full in appreciating brick walls In his ****** lean Worth is in / our noticing This Life's living work of Art.
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Dec 8, 2015
Dec 8, 2015 at 2:26 PM UTC
AGAINST THE BRICKS (for Banksy)
Arcane rumblings bellow out from the infrastructure. The secrets swell out from the wealthy infidels. Their water has broken. The top-hat henchmen gather their whiskers. Stuttering shock and leaking their whispers, vulcan-loud. The wise old casualties know all of what’s to come, so they pack their sacks with their old guns to fortify their army of one. The news skips the billions of ignorant families condemning daughters and sons to an army of none. The first bullets abandon their barrels, the kick-off to pain, from poise. Eager to byte flesh, fur, faith, eager to make some godawful noise. The following blasts are a metallic symphony Quickly looming, swooning, booming into cacophony in shrill-major. Blood spatters pavement, under marching feet, is dragged, looped about the streets in a homicide calligraphy, paralyzing the squinting mercenaries. Out come the canons, dancing on their wheels, silencing the gunfire, spinning on their heels, dissenting the sonata with rifle-explosion accompaniment. Warrior sighs greet the late auxiliary: armadas sing in baritone while civilians scream soprano. Children cry in alto. Blood flows in legato. Today some of us will die so that the rest will open their eyes to an oversky, cloud-bloated with lies. While down below we blaze away our requiem. And by the hand of this same melody we die. Here lies humanity, fashioning, always, a bellicose smile.
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Sep 19, 2012
Sep 19, 2012 at 10:55 AM UTC
The Last Movement
A lonesome voice began a mournful air, As bowing low, it moved amongst the trees; Its booming tones exuding sad despair, Disseminating, on a wistful breeze -- A soft sweet voice came drifting down from high, As bowing swift, it moved with fluent grace; Its ringing song effusing endless joy, As two lost voices shared a first embrace -- Their unity, a ringing pack of bells, And canon drawn midst Ursa's watchful gaze; Their song a tune that nothing ever quells, Its tempo strong until their end of days;         Oft’ times, the canon booms, the bells will ring,         As two more lonely voices learn to sing
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May 5, 2014
May 5, 2014 at 5:09 AM UTC
Bells and Canons
When I read, I speak, And when I speak, I read Words rolling off my eyes, Filling my tongue full of free-- Style rhyming and rhythm. The canons of thought rolling out with a boom. Pachelbel changing your direction of flow Through some Perverse, Obscure, Rehearsal Suddenly Reversed. Back where you started, Starting over again, With a pen in your hand The words crowding your head. Gotta jump and tumble To the jiggle and flow Of the individualistic, Unrealistic, Even cannibalistic Creations that grow. From your stylus, Rife. Words. They're the stuff of life.
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Feb 22, 2011
Feb 22, 2011 at 7:47 PM UTC
Freestyle
The world’s smallest basket lies tucked away Inside a jar for field-trip wide open Eyes of wonder to chew on, settled in The drooling smiles of truant minds like most Sticky wads of gum that hang dried to the Undersides of every desk throughout the Pine Belt area of Free State County, And all that surrounds circled about one Solitary clandestine blade of grass Tucked & woven into antiquity By enchanted hands, & no doubt the work Of Ma Universe slippin’ her divine Fingers inside the dirt-caked skin she’d Herself sewn onto one of her very Own living/breathing marionettes, Borrowing the gloves of ancestors called on All the way to back to the first blade of grass Plucked, & the first dreams that woke young shaman Poets mad with visions streaming like Images from celestial antennas Into intricately knit blades of grass, Sharpened on dewdrops & the unforgiving Wilderness of frontiers, like a sea of Green knives crashing their piercing waves on prairie Shores while dull eyes attempt to draw blood with Sharpened pencils on a sketch of its beach. The towering sandcastles & woven Baskets & cosmic canons are canonized Eternal in that magnificent Fireworks show behind tempered glass, in that One simple blade of grass.
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May 15, 2013
May 15, 2013 at 9:37 PM UTC
Pomo Basket at Fifth & Seventh
The voyage to my soil is long ahead while my fire still burns in my mind. Pirates that dwell in the murky waters sleep with one eye open, to loot the treasure of my destination they can never reach. To the oceans I sail on, I have a last wish. When they shoot their canons towards the timbers of my ship that I sought to build with all might, swallow me in with my ship and all before they shiver my timbers. Lest they get hold of my honour.
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Oct 22, 2021
Oct 22, 2021 at 2:14 PM UTC
before my timbers shiver
David slings a rock Cop holsters a glock, Lizzie Borden packs an axe Mac he packs the knife, Billy battles with a club, Tommy’s gun is a sub Kelly’s got 1 too, Bazooka Joe Is Gum, Peter Gun not, Colt 45 is not malt Nor a horse, hand grenades, canons w/big ***** Doc Holiday had TB Rock Hudson *** James Dean crash his car,Hank Williams in his bar Natalie Wood don’t float, Cain killed brother, Juliette poison her lover, Whitey Bulger, he  killed and got paid,  deadman walking  gets to eat Rodney King he got beat, got beat Mama Cass Elliott choked on ham 58,000 gone in Nam, 4 dead in Ohio, Kamikazes fall 1941, again 2001 Iraqi leader w/ a rope, John Belushi too much dope, C. Manson is alive Michael Jackson isn’t,  Saturday night special is very ordinary Fast and furious is the crime, **** Clark just his time Pirate victims walk the plank, THINK, Next I’ll come rolling up in a tank Hear the whistle of my missile ***** Harry had the biggest The  Derringer  is  small Smokey Bear forest fire Greek funeral is a pyre Too many  +’s or  -’s Is electrical surges Woman and child sing the dirges Walking dead Are  zombies Fat man and Little Boy Are atom Bombies as for me in a blaze of glory BOOM
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May 31, 2015
May 31, 2015 at 2:57 PM UTC
BAZOOKA JOE IS GUM