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No, no, I haven’t been doing this myself, but I live in Cambodia, and 2 guys and a girl were deported recently for riding around on a motorbike in the **** in broad daylight. Actually, you see, naively or deliberately, they rode right past a police station. Now that must have been a sight for sore eyes. So the police set out in hot pursuit, rubbing their sore eyes, or whatever they rub, maybe their truncheons, eh? And when the perps were pulled over, the cops didn’t fall about with hilarity when these riders said quite calmly that they were going to pick up their laundry. Truly! They were backpackers! As if that explained it. But publicly, the cops said nope, these perps are obscene to be seen like this and they violate Khmer customs and culture. The cops even took pictures of this outrageous obscenity. Indeed. The riders' rapture of being bare assed and naked and **** free is not for Cambodia. Certainly not at this juncture. So their capture resulted in them being deported, never to show hide nor hair in the country again. Just goes to show... But you can get away with ****** here, particularly shooting union leaders or critics or protestors, or you can throw a grenade into the opposition, and **** a few right there. Those killers go free. It's probably dangerous to speak openly, but I don't think these guys read poetry. They're probably busy oiling their artillery, and even rocket launchers, as the PM threatened to use against the opposition recently. Seriously. They're on the lookout for dissenters here. Oh yes. And bare ***** Obviously. So watch you **** in Cambodia, especially if it's bare on a bike. And ssshhh! Watch out for your mouth. You need to cover your mouth up properly, too. Mike T Minehan
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Jan 20, 2015
Jan 20, 2015 at 5:01 AM UTC
Riding in the ****
No, no, I haven’t been doing this myself, but I live in Cambodia, and 2 guys and a girl were deported recently for riding around on a motorbike in the **** in broad daylight. Actually, you see, naively or deliberately, they rode right past a police station. Now that must have been a sight for sore eyes. So the police set out in hot pursuit, rubbing their sore eyes, or whatever they rub, maybe their truncheons, eh? And when the perps were pulled over, the cops didn’t fall about with hilarity when these riders said quite calmly that they were going to pick up their laundry. Truly! They were backpackers! As if that explained it. But publicly, the cops said nope, these perps are obscene to be seen like this and they violate Khmer customs and culture. The cops even took pictures of this outrageous obscenity. Indeed. The riders' rapture of being bare assed and naked and **** free is not for Cambodia. Certainly not at this juncture. So their capture resulted in them being deported, never to show hide nor hair in the country again. Just goes to show... But you can get away with ****** here, particularly shooting union leaders or critics or protestors, or you can throw a grenade into the opposition, and **** a few right there. Those killers go free. It's probably dangerous to speak openly, but I don't think these guys read poetry. They're probably busy oiling their artillery, and even rocket launchers, as the PM threatened to use against the opposition recently. Seriously. They're on the lookout for dissenters here. Oh yes. And bare ***** Obviously. So watch you **** in Cambodia, especially if it's bare on a bike. And ssshhh! Watch out for your mouth. You need to cover your mouth up properly, too. Mike T Minehan
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thinking about how cops are beating protestors senseless not even 20 minutes from where i live. thinking about how they block off the streets and stand unmasked, batons in hand, other hand resting pointedly on their gun. thinking about how it could be me next— another unspecified black face and black body and black existence snuffed out— a hashtag, a mural. (and those are the lucky ones.) thinking about how a memorial is the best case scenario for a black life. thinking about the bodies in the street. thinking about blood splattering the ground, mixing with paint and obscuring the “black lives matter” lettering on the road. thinking about the chalk art and loud music in a neighborhood soon-to-be-gentrified. thinking about how we’ve grown used to the stench of rotting flesh outside our doors. thinking about the taste of blood in my mouth from my nearly-severed tongue i didn’t realize i was biting. thinking about the tension in my neck and jaw. thinking about the way my eyes never seem to close. thinking about the eyes that will never again open. thinking thinking thinking.
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Sep 27, 2020
Sep 27, 2020 at 4:27 PM UTC
11:23 pm
Fingernails dug out of steering wheel in the out door, not enough gin to **** 50 pushups. 50 more. Change my body Maybe you won't ignore Ambien, the lull of the ceiling fan, the crowds of protestors disband -- the blanket warm, cosmos tease and can, malaise, malaise, I'm trying to be active and sane, sane for the next promise ring holder and wine cooler queen, here comes the switch: ether. The night brings me back to you by way of illusion -- you've got lingerie I've got needs You've got teeth I've got shoulder blades so it begins, white knuckle, culling songs, strain on scalp -- I sing along, ancient melody, satin dirge -- precursor to your soliloquy and black venom urge to scatter this bandaged man-- pieces in your hand, collected and left on 100 dressers for ill-informed future connivers conspire but I'm only tired of trying not to look like a liar so I blend into your blood satisfied smirk from transparent you but what is the future --a present hope but what is the past --a present memory so we abolish each other now betting on tangible mirages in this delicious, miraculous night the stars align the planets collide not an inch of you goes unkissed not an inch of me goes without an itch blackness and breath swirl and spit me into a confetti end time without prophet or priest only a skinny seed, and then the switch: wake with a present hope of getting over my present memory.
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Oct 11, 2012
Oct 11, 2012 at 5:37 PM UTC
an idiosyncratic union
This town is too small for secrets The sidewalks are adorned with names and dates Of couples whose love dissolved twenty years ago While moss oozes out of the letters. This town is too small for secrets Through windows at night The citizens play out their dollhouse lives And dysfunction is locked away in grandmother’s armoire. This town is too small for secrets Where bars close at seven in the morning and open an hour later And the tenders are purveyors of free psychiatry Who put advice in bowls between stale peanuts And place them on the counter. This town is too small for secrets Every hour the two churches compete for the loudest bells But the protestant one always wins And the Catholics having mass ignore its pleading voice But whisper politely in each other’s ears About the scandalous protestors out on Main. This town is too small for secrets With its coffee shops littered with youth Who deny their wealth through coffee steam And discuss the state of countries they can’t place on a map And slowly leach out in to the frigid rain Back to new cars and million-dollar homes Where daddy pays the bills. This town is too small for secrets The college students drink their scholarships in red plastic cups And scuttle towards their shared flats Collapse in to bed too tired to sleep Stare at the ceiling and wonder why they didn’t transfer Three semesters ago. This town is too small for secrets With its gated communities of retirees Where the homes are manufactured And the walls papered with the smiling faces of clean-cut grandchildren And the rebellious ones packed away From the neighborhood gossip’s prying eyes.
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Nov 30, 2013
Nov 30, 2013 at 7:59 PM UTC
Too Small for Secrets
This town is too small for secrets The sidewalks are adorned with names and dates Of couples whose love dissolved twenty years ago While moss oozes out of the letters. This town is too small for secrets Through windows at night The citizens play out their dollhouse lives And dysfunction is locked away in grandmother’s armoire. This town is too small for secrets Where bars close at seven in the morning and open an hour later And the tenders are purveyors of free psychiatry Who put advice in bowls between stale peanuts And place them on the counter. This town is too small for secrets Every hour the two churches compete for the loudest bells But the protestant one always wins And the Catholics having mass ignore its pleading voice But whisper politely in each other’s ears About the scandalous protestors out on Main. This town is too small for secrets With its coffee shops littered with youth Who deny their wealth through coffee steam And discuss the state of countries they can’t place on a map And slowly leach out in to the frigid rain Back to new cars and million-dollar homes Where daddy pays the bills. This town is too small for secrets The college students drink their scholarships in red plastic cups And scuttle towards their shared flats Collapse in to bed too tired to sleep Stare at the ceiling and wonder why they didn’t transfer Three semesters ago. This town is too small for secrets With its gated communities of retirees Where the homes are manufactured And the walls papered with the smiling faces of clean-cut grandchildren And the rebellious ones packed away From the neighborhood gossip’s prying eyes.
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We don’t get to pick our family Or the country in which we’re born Most families are quite imperfect High praise will seldom adorn Our country acts as, in absence of, A national family We’ve come together as mighty fist To overcome tragedy Just as you have complained about; The faults of sister and brother; The arbitrary dad’s imperfect justice; The imperfectly care-worn mother So it is with the family national Not every behavior good Complaints and suggestions are rational Don’t banish before understood One’s right to protest what isn’t good For the national family A founding right that’s understood Wherever that protest be Some family members are not all good Most not prone to riot Some bring dirt to the nation’s house While others stay, clean, and quiet If you demand “protestors leave” You fail to understand There’s no place to go but home And clean the dirt that demands National attention not just blind scorn Your so self-righteous display You can help with hearts reborn To clean or get out of the way
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Oct 17, 2016
Oct 17, 2016 at 10:59 AM UTC
SPEAKING OF PROTEST
The hatred towards the government, Implemented by the opposition, Practiced by the citizen, And now, it is like a tradition, From generation to generation, From provocation to demonstration, Taking it to the street is the habitation, Screaming and shouting for no reason, A battalion of protestors controlled by politician, A never ending fight between transformation and reformation, To rule the country and win the election, To make it to Putrajaya, that's the mission, To make confusion is the only conclusion, And making politics a priority than religion, These corrupted people ruined our nation, With their twisted tongue and telling facts that are fiction, Telling lies to the people has become an addiction, Spreading ideology with their sweet persuasion, And influence a generation that's lacking in patience,
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Dec 26, 2014
Dec 26, 2014 at 6:23 AM UTC
Hatred Towars The Government
In my world, we aren’t allowed to love men if we’re women, In my world, we aren’t allowed to love women if we’re men. It used to be that it was wrong for men to love men, or women to love women, It used to be frowned upon for them to get married, the way we do so often. “God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve,” protestors used to claim. But according to their beliefs, God created everyone the same. I couldn’t imagine waking up without the love of my life, next to me every day, Her warm arms wrapped around me; our bodies lying in a tangled array. My brother couldn’t imagine waking up without the love of his life, next to him every morning, Or going to sleep without him, for without his husband he is nothing. Plato said that Zeus struck the humans with four arms and four legs, with two hearts and two faces, For he feared their power and condemned them to search for their soul mates embraces. If Plato is right and we are split into two halves why did they used to think it meant opposite sexes? If in mitosis a cell produces an exact copy of itself why didn’t they think it meant same sexes? But perhaps it is wrong for us to conclude that heterosexuality is so unacceptable, If now we think it is so ridiculous that homosexuality used to be considered terrible. r.f.
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Sep 11, 2014
Sep 11, 2014 at 8:42 PM UTC
In My World
And he's provocative, a provocateur, a beacon of free speech and foul speech and vague speech and pointed speech, pacing the Conference Room Alamo on the ground floor of the Hilton, testing his lapel mike, asking the crowd of eighty, ninety to move to the front rows, and he mouths something to the photographer, a dreadlock'd skin and bones white boy, and the photographer flanks the crowd, angling the shot to solidify the intended narrative: he is a provocateur, a popular provocateur, a staunch opponent of political correctness (which this bystander must note strangely equates to a champion of hate speech), a former poster child for the alt-right, but—and quoting here—he says, "I cannot be pigeonholed," and perhaps that's it, the secret to his former success, his viral, shapeless nature, a terrorist of language and persona, and perhaps that's it, the secret to his demise, his shape forming, his identity emerging from the podcast ghettos and GOP speaking gigs, and he's on the stage and he's in all white and this is intentional, this is the redemption tour, the other-side tour, and the crowd claps now as he pumps his arms (at this point in the presentation they used to shout, I should point out), and he calls Hillary Clinton "Satan's ingrown **** hair," and the men in the audience laugh and pant and cough, and he spends fifteen minutes on fake news and hit pieces and the nuance of video editing and how liberal snowflakes won't stop protesting his appearances (for clarity here, there were no protestors at this event), and he wraps everything rather quickly (especially for the $150 ticket price) and says he has a minute for questions, and a young man, twenty-five or so, asks for tips on becoming the God King of Internet Trolls, and he, the popular provocateur, says, "Ah. The next generation is coming up from behind."
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Mar 7, 2017
Mar 7, 2017 at 4:58 PM UTC
Alamo Idiot Stand
And he's provocative, a provocateur, a beacon of free speech and foul speech and vague speech and pointed speech, pacing the Conference Room Alamo on the ground floor of the Hilton, testing his lapel mike, asking the crowd of eighty, ninety to move to the front rows, and he mouths something to the photographer, a dreadlock'd skin and bones white boy, and the photographer flanks the crowd, angling the shot to solidify the intended narrative: he is a provocateur, a popular provocateur, a staunch opponent of political correctness (which this bystander must note strangely equates to a champion of hate speech), a former poster child for the alt-right, but—and quoting here—he says, "I cannot be pigeonholed," and perhaps that's it, the secret to his former success, his viral, shapeless nature, a terrorist of language and persona, and perhaps that's it, the secret to his demise, his shape forming, his identity emerging from the podcast ghettos and GOP speaking gigs, and he's on the stage and he's in all white and this is intentional, this is the redemption tour, the other-side tour, and the crowd claps now as he pumps his arms (at this point in the presentation they used to shout, I should point out), and he calls Hillary Clinton "Satan's ingrown **** hair," and the men in the audience laugh and pant and cough, and he spends fifteen minutes on fake news and hit pieces and the nuance of video editing and how liberal snowflakes won't stop protesting his appearances (for clarity here, there were no protestors at this event), and he wraps everything rather quickly (especially for the $150 ticket price) and says he has a minute for questions, and a young man, twenty-five or so, asks for tips on becoming the God King of Internet Trolls, and he, the popular provocateur, says, "Ah. The next generation is coming up from behind."
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Cassandra, I see you in the words of Greta Thunberg: Filled with passion, warnings, truth. Not believed. Cassandra, I see you in the dreams of Calpurnia; warning Caesar, bloodied earth Not believed. Cassandra, I see you in the protections of Tony Stark; made with fear, love Not believed. Did they tell you to smile more? Ask you why you’ve “gotten involved”? Did they belittle your prophecy, Ignore warning after warning? Ignore you? Mad woman, hysterical. You, angered Apollo Or Was he always angry? Did he believe himself so worthy of your love that he cursed not having it? I don’t know. You probably told someone We know how that would have ended, Cassandra, I see you in the testimonies of Christine Blasey Ford, so hurt, pained, strong. Not believed. Were you told to sit quietly, mind your place? When you were attacked was it your body She defended Or Her own desiccated image? Maybe you told the trees of Ajex’s sins, because even if the men listened, A statue protected him from justice. Cassandra, I see you in the words of impassioned protestors so bright, so young. Not believed. Maybe if you told them lies they'd believe the truth. Maybe if you told the truth they'd believe the lies. Believe anything you said. Darling Cassandra possible bride of Apollo. definite belonging of King Agamemnon. Did his children believe you? Are you a warning to women? Love who you are told to. Bow to authority or Never give up. Are you a criticism of men? Demanding of love. Expecting subservience. Justice not served. Cassandra, I see you in myself, the pain they caused the light going out I am not believed. Cassandra, Does it get better? Have you received the peace you so deserve? Or are you still Not believed.
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Apr 9, 2020
Apr 9, 2020 at 9:01 PM UTC
Cassandra
Cassandra, I see you in the words of Greta Thunberg: Filled with passion, warnings, truth. Not believed. Cassandra, I see you in the dreams of Calpurnia; warning Caesar, bloodied earth Not believed. Cassandra, I see you in the protections of Tony Stark; made with fear, love Not believed. Did they tell you to smile more? Ask you why you’ve “gotten involved”? Did they belittle your prophecy, Ignore warning after warning? Ignore you? Mad woman, hysterical. You, angered Apollo Or Was he always angry? Did he believe himself so worthy of your love that he cursed not having it? I don’t know. You probably told someone We know how that would have ended, Cassandra, I see you in the testimonies of Christine Blasey Ford, so hurt, pained, strong. Not believed. Were you told to sit quietly, mind your place? When you were attacked was it your body She defended Or Her own desiccated image? Maybe you told the trees of Ajex’s sins, because even if the men listened, A statue protected him from justice. Cassandra, I see you in the words of impassioned protestors so bright, so young. Not believed. Maybe if you told them lies they'd believe the truth. Maybe if you told the truth they'd believe the lies. Believe anything you said. Darling Cassandra possible bride of Apollo. definite belonging of King Agamemnon. Did his children believe you? Are you a warning to women? Love who you are told to. Bow to authority or Never give up. Are you a criticism of men? Demanding of love. Expecting subservience. Justice not served. Cassandra, I see you in myself, the pain they caused the light going out I am not believed. Cassandra, Does it get better? Have you received the peace you so deserve? Or are you still Not believed.
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“From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.” –William Shakespeare (Prologue to Romeo and Juliet) I was hewn from the helpless limbs of a tree Which could have grown To become something magnificent Through sanding and carving Through varnishing and the work of human hands I was formed In a way, the tree which was mutilated to give me life Was a foreshadowing of my truncheon fate I swing through the air once again A weapon in the hands of a vehement oppressor Skin splits Blood sprays Bone shatters Bodies litter the dust Staining the earth with crimson testament To the cruelty I have wrought Some of the figures are marred Reminiscent of the tree from which I was hewn Which died to give me life The dark throng of protestors Are but mortals Faced by the immortal power Of those lighter beings Who wield me, mercilessly I wish to weep For the destruction, pain Anguish I leave in my wake I wish I was still a living bough Capable of shedding resin tears Capable of yielding to greater forces Not to force the vulnerable to break But I cannot weep I cannot yield I am a baton A weapon in the hands of those who swore to protect Yet scythe down those who rise to protect what is rightfully theirs Ancient grudge of black and white Break to new mutiny of segregation Where civil blood of those who seek protection Makes civil hands who swore to guard them Unclean.
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Jun 6, 2020
Jun 6, 2020 at 6:59 AM UTC
Cato Manor – A police baton’s perspective of police brutality during protests against forced removals
mostly undiagnosed ghosts host coast roasts and no one shows haunted wind blows going slow dethroning grown men being sown unknown gnomes debone stones throwing plumbs at scrub jays whilst listless fitness ****** insist on resisting mystic visions implicitly – ragtag gag gifts for bags smoking **** with saggy pants chancing protagonists and prancing fisters wrist rocket **** pocket time, clock it rock it sock it don’t mock interlocking bicarbonates wait for the ingrate to ********** and regulate the regurgitation – ****** ancestrally protestors digest their disgust discussing muskrats as lab cats basking in the glow of white coats –
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Jun 5, 2015
Jun 5, 2015 at 3:02 PM UTC
trash in stacks
In line for the new roller coaster was a group of ex-protestors in cobbled monogamous flocks. They squawked and squawked. She warbled. He wooed. She swayed. He swooned. And she only had sunscreened her front. Her back must've stung. Bright red. But I bet she reserves her best stories for unreserved reservations in bed.
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Feb 22, 2018
Feb 22, 2018 at 1:22 PM UTC
Amusement Parks in a Birdhouse
Forever home, this is where they shall stay, for they have earned it, every little bit of rest, from now until the Rapture's Day. Sixteen years, they have waited, to find their purpose, a higher calling, than themselves a goal worth proving, to succeed or else. They were not brainwashed, they were not manipulated by government, nor subtle hints, nor were they under the influence, of any kind of notorious and idiotic advisement. They chose this route, the route tougher than nails, and hotter than Hell itself. The way of the warrior. To fight and defend, to see victory as another day to live, to assure freedom, shall never bend. They who fought, with each breath, hot and heavy bead of sweat, gritted and ground teeth, every broken and discolored nail. They stood ready. They stood. They held their ground. Securing our flanks, so that our enemy could not surround. Now they rest, as they well should, if only they were treated the utmost respect, as all man could. Westburro Baptist Church, one of several protestors against our dead, could you not leave us alone, to our own morning instead? You're arrogance has become your undoing, it will be your end that the end of days shall be cluing! Rest easy, warrior, as your brothers stand united, rolling thunder, coming through, rest easy, in the cool soft earth, dug out...just for you. Rest easy, warrior, heart of the brave. You have won the battle, and into an early grave. You who gave all, we salute you once more, we'll hear you laughing, as you toss the devils in Hell, but we all know, you're just keeping safe, our Heaven's door. Now rest easy, At Ease, Marine, Poolie, Army, Navy, Airforce, and All. You have given your answer to a crying call. Rest easy, oh friend of mine, as I let the rainfall this sunny day, rest easy, rest, as you may. For you are now, forever home, forever care-free, of being rich or poor, forever resting, forever more. Oorah.
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Oct 28, 2014
Oct 28, 2014 at 3:52 AM UTC
Forever Home
Forever home, this is where they shall stay, for they have earned it, every little bit of rest, from now until the Rapture's Day. Sixteen years, they have waited, to find their purpose, a higher calling, than themselves a goal worth proving, to succeed or else. They were not brainwashed, they were not manipulated by government, nor subtle hints, nor were they under the influence, of any kind of notorious and idiotic advisement. They chose this route, the route tougher than nails, and hotter than Hell itself. The way of the warrior. To fight and defend, to see victory as another day to live, to assure freedom, shall never bend. They who fought, with each breath, hot and heavy bead of sweat, gritted and ground teeth, every broken and discolored nail. They stood ready. They stood. They held their ground. Securing our flanks, so that our enemy could not surround. Now they rest, as they well should, if only they were treated the utmost respect, as all man could. Westburro Baptist Church, one of several protestors against our dead, could you not leave us alone, to our own morning instead? You're arrogance has become your undoing, it will be your end that the end of days shall be cluing! Rest easy, warrior, as your brothers stand united, rolling thunder, coming through, rest easy, in the cool soft earth, dug out...just for you. Rest easy, warrior, heart of the brave. You have won the battle, and into an early grave. You who gave all, we salute you once more, we'll hear you laughing, as you toss the devils in Hell, but we all know, you're just keeping safe, our Heaven's door. Now rest easy, At Ease, Marine, Poolie, Army, Navy, Airforce, and All. You have given your answer to a crying call. Rest easy, oh friend of mine, as I let the rainfall this sunny day, rest easy, rest, as you may. For you are now, forever home, forever care-free, of being rich or poor, forever resting, forever more. Oorah.
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Bell bottom hip huggers And my Frankenstein shoes That had stack soles and heels That I could only barely use. A crop-top sleeveless tee shirt With a superman emblem on it And diamond ring on my hand. In case I might have to pawn it. Because we were picketing Downtown at the City Hall And at some police stations. It was the seventies after all. Our parents raised us to acquiesce It was their America they protected. And it was just exactly this blindness That we, en masse, all rejected. We failed to understand them The generations that came before That prized prejudice and bias And celebrated sending us to war. We felt there was another way To go about sweeping social change. We saw beating and fire hosing As nefarious and more than strange. We got beaten ourselves and jailed For just pointing injustice out to them And watched our sit-ins and love-ins Turned into scenes of ****** mayhem. We heard them call us all criminals, Long haired ******* was a favored taunt. It seems we were entitled to our opinions As long as we didn’t chose to flaunt. It felt so very much like **** Germany Including storm troopers and jack boots And the local politicians were obviously At least agreeing if not in cahoots With the police in their fear of rebellion And protecting their good paying jobs. So, they beat us and vilified the students Calling them ***** communists, and slobs. And, yes, some of us were getting high Back in our homes and apartments. Sometimes it seemed the only way We could deal with the estrangement Between what our country said it was And what it turned out it really was. It was hard to realize our land wasn’t free And there was no social Santa Claus.
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Apr 5, 2016
Apr 5, 2016 at 1:00 AM UTC
PAISLEY PROTESTORS
Bell bottom hip huggers And my Frankenstein shoes That had stack soles and heels That I could only barely use. A crop-top sleeveless tee shirt With a superman emblem on it And diamond ring on my hand. In case I might have to pawn it. Because we were picketing Downtown at the City Hall And at some police stations. It was the seventies after all. Our parents raised us to acquiesce It was their America they protected. And it was just exactly this blindness That we, en masse, all rejected. We failed to understand them The generations that came before That prized prejudice and bias And celebrated sending us to war. We felt there was another way To go about sweeping social change. We saw beating and fire hosing As nefarious and more than strange. We got beaten ourselves and jailed For just pointing injustice out to them And watched our sit-ins and love-ins Turned into scenes of ****** mayhem. We heard them call us all criminals, Long haired ******* was a favored taunt. It seems we were entitled to our opinions As long as we didn’t chose to flaunt. It felt so very much like **** Germany Including storm troopers and jack boots And the local politicians were obviously At least agreeing if not in cahoots With the police in their fear of rebellion And protecting their good paying jobs. So, they beat us and vilified the students Calling them ***** communists, and slobs. And, yes, some of us were getting high Back in our homes and apartments. Sometimes it seemed the only way We could deal with the estrangement Between what our country said it was And what it turned out it really was. It was hard to realize our land wasn’t free And there was no social Santa Claus.
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Space by space Line by line I look around and see.... Many shadows but no people Many parties but no music A dark sky with no stars or moon I see shadows and no bodies Running cars with no engines As newspapers blow with no writing. Am I dreaming is my thought But still to find myself Standing and looking Seeing so much With nothing going on. The conversation I'm having Seems to be very interesting To only find out I've been talking to myself. (Ring ring), hello....no answer With my palm to my ear I start walking to the other side It gets very dramatic as I fight through a crowd of protestors With no voices,  hands,  or signs. I entered a store.... It had no door,  no employees, And no stock. So I entered the restroom.... No toilet and no sink. There happens to be a soda can On the floor so I picked it up Quenching with thirst.... I cracked the seal to find myself In disappointment and anger.... EMPTY I exited the dry store Back into the parking lot Now through the crowd Back to where I started To find myself stuck in my Own mind that is also absent. As I take one final look around.... Nothing No people No cars No me EMPTY
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Jul 30, 2015
Jul 30, 2015 at 3:52 AM UTC
EMPTY PARKING LOT
Deep beneath Park Avenue, where protestors never tread, The Sandhogs delve beneath the earth laying new track bed. In time to come commuter trains from Grand Central to Penn will take the tunnel they have dug at a cost now of one dead. A father and his only son, both of a Sandhog line, were excavating underground and working overtime when suddenly there was a roar a shifting in the earth Their two lives were in jeopardy They ran for all their worth The Dad survived, his son was crushed beneath.the the earthen mound Despite attempts at C.P.R. A pulse could not be found. They bore his body up the shaft to the city that never sleeps. Where his poor father, suddenly old, a lonely vigil keeps.
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Nov 18, 2011
Nov 18, 2011 at 8:13 PM UTC
The Sandhog
The mothers all cry For the last baby down. The protestors try but there is no one around. They all yell from the streets but they can't make a sound. All you hear are the feet-pounding hungry war hounds. I doubt that there's been a more dangerous foe. When it's fear we're afraid of our fear feeds it more. When you're freedom's at risk then that freedom must go. It's a paradoxical, sick, un-winable war. SO SALUTE Hey YOU! Do you have a problem with that? I can't HEAR YOU SOLDIER, fall in or fall flat. We support what your forefathers said you stood for, But their words hold no weight anymore. Now all is so quiet on the western frontier. The purveyors of "RIGHT" a whole two hundred years. We're the STRONGEST the PROUDEST WORLD'S BIGGEST cliche. But never mind, even Rome didn't fall in one day. And still the mothers all cry for the last baby down.
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Oct 21, 2015
Oct 21, 2015 at 4:10 AM UTC
The Mothers All Cry
You can't preach about change and then do nothing about it. You sit behind your TV's and watch as other people take the hit. You can't help the lesser, 'cause neutrality only helps the oppressor. How can you fight for the cause by following all the laws? The battle will never be won while we're living under loaded gun. Just because your fist is in the air doesn't mean you actually care. We'll **** out the fake protestors and replace them with the real go-getters. Because we are the believers of another fate, one that doesn't end in violence and hate. Peace is always the answer, but justice comes first. We've gotta get out of this country, because the government's ******* cursed.
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Nov 28, 2014
Nov 28, 2014 at 11:40 PM UTC
Evolution/Revolution
I met a ****** today, and no, she didn’t actually tell me. She kept this tight and was really shy and polite about it. But I guessed, because, well, she's passionate, and trembling on the brink, like a strung bow, quivering to release, and she's straining to please her father, who has the highest standards, and the rest of her family, who have the highest standards, and she has the highest standards, and she's trying to live up to these highest standards, and her Khmer culture is conservative, also with these highest moral standards. Gee. There are so many high standards here, except for politics and the ****** of protestors in this country. They're a high standard of retribution and execution, in the back of the head. Yeah, culture can be cruel sometimes, especially in Cambodia. Anyway, this girl’s trying to keep it together and, well, there’s so much I could teach her. But, look. I’m not the one to give her advice, or to point my finger, or anything else, here. It’s called the journey of life. She has to figure it out and fit in for herself, see? But wow. She's really beautiful in this innocent way. So maybe you'll forgive me, briefly, when I think of toxophily, improperly, not to mention other recreational activity. But honestly, I like and respect her, and I appreciate her integrity. Although I wish that everyone would just wish her to be happy instead of all of this responsibility and respectability stuff about morality and virginity. And for those who try to keep her in purgatory, well, I wonder about their own purity. Yeah. Just a few thoughts on equality or maybe jealousy or hypocrisy here. But hey! She's twenty-two! It's her time to be free. She can still have *** and be pure. It's called love, see? Not necessarily matrimony. And anyway, virginity's not for a committee, this is her own destiny. Love is the answer. It's really simple. See? Mike T Minehan
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Jul 26, 2016
Jul 26, 2016 at 10:05 PM UTC
I Met a ******
I met a ****** today, and no, she didn’t actually tell me. She kept this tight and was really shy and polite about it. But I guessed, because, well, she's passionate, and trembling on the brink, like a strung bow, quivering to release, and she's straining to please her father, who has the highest standards, and the rest of her family, who have the highest standards, and she has the highest standards, and she's trying to live up to these highest standards, and her Khmer culture is conservative, also with these highest moral standards. Gee. There are so many high standards here, except for politics and the ****** of protestors in this country. They're a high standard of retribution and execution, in the back of the head. Yeah, culture can be cruel sometimes, especially in Cambodia. Anyway, this girl’s trying to keep it together and, well, there’s so much I could teach her. But, look. I’m not the one to give her advice, or to point my finger, or anything else, here. It’s called the journey of life. She has to figure it out and fit in for herself, see? But wow. She's really beautiful in this innocent way. So maybe you'll forgive me, briefly, when I think of toxophily, improperly, not to mention other recreational activity. But honestly, I like and respect her, and I appreciate her integrity. Although I wish that everyone would just wish her to be happy instead of all of this responsibility and respectability stuff about morality and virginity. And for those who try to keep her in purgatory, well, I wonder about their own purity. Yeah. Just a few thoughts on equality or maybe jealousy or hypocrisy here. But hey! She's twenty-two! It's her time to be free. She can still have *** and be pure. It's called love, see? Not necessarily matrimony. And anyway, virginity's not for a committee, this is her own destiny. Love is the answer. It's really simple. See? Mike T Minehan
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“There’s a museum of *** around the corner” “A what?” “A museum of *** A lady hums a melody on the bus to Queens, I lean in and listen to her quietly, but don’t say a word. Crowds choke avenues as protestors call out the police. The police surround them. The irony of being protected by the same force that destroys is not lost. Rain puddles on the black cement, I notice how soft the yellow water is in contrast with the harsh taxis. A stray glove sits lonely on the subway stairs, useless without its other half. “This entire factory used to be covered in graffiti, the city keeps painting over the art” A snotty waiter recommends watery wine that costs an arm and a leg, he snorts when I don’t tip. At a flea market a lady assures me this moonstone will “cleanse me,” I lost it rushing off to midtown. The lights twinkle like flecks of gold against black stone and I realize night is never night here. My guy tells me he doesn’t like me in the city, I tell him I’ve never liked myself anyways.
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Dec 13, 2014
Dec 13, 2014 at 1:16 PM UTC
New York City
Masked back-packing militants descend on DC. The instigators' antics indicate true agitator's instincts. When the rest buy it, the best... riot ? Putin set the precedent by rootin' for the President. As for the protestors -- are they seeking to serve justice or just the Secret Service? Joined by thousands of patriot motorcyclists, the black-masked boast of hikers may be lost on a host of bikers. Hmmmm... the silent verve of our veteran friends proves that the violent serve wicked ends. The verge of silence may mean a surge of violence. While snowflakes melt down, the state will clamp down as militants storm town. Eastern sages know: a mean Taoist turned teen Maoist may raise the base rating for race-baiting just to get a rise. Erasing a different face is not the same as facing a different race (and many of these mad Taoists seem a tad Maoist to me...) Opening the trunk, one forgets that elephants remember: when the mob rules, they rob mules. Democratic icons are stubborn things. Until the bandits are punished let's banish the pundits to the hinterlands of fake news.         It's inauguration time, Dumbo.
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Jan 18, 2017
Jan 18, 2017 at 8:24 PM UTC
Auguries of Inauguration
She had bruises running up the back of her knees They were from the beggars and losers clawing at her lying in the streets She wore a corset to keep from falling apart She used butter on her hands because her skin was made of bark But she was soft Soft spoken and kind She was young, though her face was lined She navigated her way around the mess of broken souls She walked fast as if walking on hot coals When she made it to the march she changed into black The protestors proceeded avoiding every crack In the road rode the army On horses made of steel They were called to stumble over those who were denied a last meal On a dark street those dressed in black Met the army, their horses shoes met pavement with a smack She slid to the back of the line because she wasn't bullet proof A sign slapped the side of her face, on it was written the truth Though she was surrounded by tall men with top hats on their heads For whatever reason with the first shot she lay dead
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Apr 27, 2010
Apr 27, 2010 at 8:28 PM UTC
Whatever Reason
English seems not his native language Destroying grammar and meaning His ear to steve bannnon’s right-leaning Propaganda’s ignorance offends Denying evidence and logic Tweets, “These leakers are disgusting!” Dodging questions is your main project “Is Truth already dead?” Time portends The Beast In the Face of Evil says Protestors get paid to protest But the POTUS is wearing no clothes Like a Preschool Playhouse Let’s pretend “I’m President”, (straight from Chevy Chase), “and you’re NOT you know."
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Mar 29, 2017
Mar 29, 2017 at 1:41 PM UTC
Not his native language
My child doesn’t need to behave. Yours can be consigned to a grave. My child is a bully, and that’s OK Yours shouldn’t be in public anyway! My child should go to any school he wants Others only if they don't choose to flaunt. Too bad if yours suffers misery, We whites will just re-write history. We prefer blacks go away and roam Because we won’t finance their home! We point to ugly days like Attica Then tell them to go back to Africa. Don’t bother with a Freedom Bus! Equal rights is only for us! Interracial relationships sicken, Just a case of the plot thickens! None of this outrage would be true If it was what whites get subjected to! All that crap about White Supremacy Has not one claim on legitimacy. It’s totally wrong down to the ground, Just an excuse to keep others down. Criminalizing rights protestors Is a social outrage altogether! People at this stage in history Still so unevolved is tragedy. To even utter these hateful words Are among the ugliest ever heard. They only have themselves to blame That they still remain the same. It’s up to them to accept the challenge And work to put mankind in balance!
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Jul 6, 2018
Jul 6, 2018 at 9:30 AM UTC
THE CASE FOR CIVIL WHITES