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They are checking their list and checking it twice Making a note whose leaning left or right The CIA is coming to town. They know when your cheating on your taxes Checking Facebook they know when your awake When your smoking Humboldt **** Or chatting online with the Russians So knock off for goodness sake With hidden accounts offshore Track and keep score They know exactly who you are voting for The CIA is coming to town. OOOOOOOOOO you better watch out You better not shout You better be good Check under the hood ( boooom) The CIA is coming to tooooooooooooown Dont panic........ its Political Satire folks @ copyright Tammy M Darby Sept. 6, 2018
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Sep 6, 2018
Sep 6, 2018 at 7:18 PM UTC
The CIA
Alarm clock kicks exhaustion into gut immediately as it sounds University student jolts into day still dark 20 years later body still too daft to recognize shrill wake-up call as prey rather than predator US kills Russians in Syria strikes How to get ready in under ten minutes—life hacks you won’t believe: leave without locking the door, forget to brush your hair, and more Five reasons breakfast is the most important meal of the day Trump wants to replace food stamps for impoverished Americans Snow in the forecast for the next three days Why is vitamin D important for our bodies? Sleep deprivation: a student epidemic I’ve had panic attacks every day for the past three years—here’s how I’ve coped Accused killer says victim hired him to do it on Craigslist Want to know how to budget as a college student? Stop buying Starbucks All she has to do to claim 560-million-dollar lotto is make her name public—she refuses Signs that your friendship is coming to an end Lions eat and **** suspected poacher Tips on how to be successful after college These are the victims of the Florida school shooting Binge-drinking on college campuses and escapism: the dangers of drinking to forget Declinism: is the world actually getting worse?
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Mar 2, 2018
Mar 2, 2018 at 12:27 AM UTC
Politics in the Dark
Barack Obama Is a fork tongued devil Who supports abortions And homosexual marriage The Lord said His hand of judgement will come Against the U.S. The first devastation will hit There will be another right on its heels A series of devastating events Look to the skies---- (nuke) Look to the seas---(tsunami) Look to the earth---(earthquake) People being killed with guns Marshall Law The United States will fall Because of its wickedness The U.S. will decrease And Israel will increase It will happen These things will happen before His return The sword will be the nuclear war Drought from no rains Pestilence new strain of disease 5 year war Then famine Fill up storehouses Landscape of America will change Waterways will become poisonous Sun will emit flashes of radiation His hand is on the weather (Hand of the Lord) Ocean will come as far as the Rockies Geological plates will shift Russians will attack infrastructure Of the nation A nation of lies Darkness will overcome A deep darkness will cover The people Because they love the lies The Lord said to her, "Do not despair my children Out of the darkness Comes the glorious light." There will be Cities of refuge For those who know Him Intimately There will be a city of refuge Stay close and He will instruct you
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Jun 28, 2015
Jun 28, 2015 at 9:03 PM UTC
Dr. Patricia Green Receives Word From The Lord (Yaweh Will Destroy America)
Dear Ronald Bilius Weasley No matter what others say I will always be your fan You are such a marvellous character Not perhaps, a perfect one But a character with flaws So real, and so beautiful That we can totally relate to it In your first year at Hogwarts You played a game of chess In such a magnificent manner That even the Russians of the Muggle world Could not have done any better In your second year at Hogwarts You faced your greatest fears With a courage and nerve That Godric Gryffindor would have been proud of For the sake of your best mates In your third year at Hogwarts You almost ruined a friendship For the sake of a rat and a broomstick But you made amends for it By standing up to a notorious murderer That too with a broken leg Again, for the sake of your best mate In your fourth year at Hogwarts Again, there was a misunderstanding That threatened to derail a strong friendship But you were there for Harry When it truly mattered There was also some ugly ****** jealousy As your teenage hormones took centrestage But at least you got an inkling That you and Hermione Were made for each other In your fifth year at Hogwarts There was a lot you had to put up with The constant bullying of the Slytherins Especially during Quidditch matches The temper tantrums of your best friend And finally, the evil Dolores Jane Umbridge Initially, due to your nerves and insecurities Your Quidditch performances went from bad to worse But then, you finally showed us The stuff you were made of Saving goals left, right and centre And to cap it all You bravely fought a dozen Death Eaters Yet again, for the sake of your best friend Finally, we come to the war Due to your never-ending insecurities And anxiety for your family Worsened by a dreadful locket That contained a part of Voldemort's soul You briefly deserted your best mates But returned when it mattered the most Even saving Harry's life in the process And then, as you destroyed that darned locket You finally conquered your fears And transitioned successfully to manhood Finally, during the Battle of Hogwarts You showed us your sensitive side A side that we had never seen before As you displayed your concern for the house-elves Precipitating your first kiss with Hermione Later on, you lost your dear brother But continued to soldier on bravely Even standing up to Voldemort himself Hence, dear Ronald Bilius Weasley No matter what others say I will always be your fan
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Aug 9, 2020
Aug 9, 2020 at 9:28 AM UTC
I will always be your fan
Dear Ronald Bilius Weasley No matter what others say I will always be your fan You are such a marvellous character Not perhaps, a perfect one But a character with flaws So real, and so beautiful That we can totally relate to it In your first year at Hogwarts You played a game of chess In such a magnificent manner That even the Russians of the Muggle world Could not have done any better In your second year at Hogwarts You faced your greatest fears With a courage and nerve That Godric Gryffindor would have been proud of For the sake of your best mates In your third year at Hogwarts You almost ruined a friendship For the sake of a rat and a broomstick But you made amends for it By standing up to a notorious murderer That too with a broken leg Again, for the sake of your best mate In your fourth year at Hogwarts Again, there was a misunderstanding That threatened to derail a strong friendship But you were there for Harry When it truly mattered There was also some ugly ****** jealousy As your teenage hormones took centrestage But at least you got an inkling That you and Hermione Were made for each other In your fifth year at Hogwarts There was a lot you had to put up with The constant bullying of the Slytherins Especially during Quidditch matches The temper tantrums of your best friend And finally, the evil Dolores Jane Umbridge Initially, due to your nerves and insecurities Your Quidditch performances went from bad to worse But then, you finally showed us The stuff you were made of Saving goals left, right and centre And to cap it all You bravely fought a dozen Death Eaters Yet again, for the sake of your best friend Finally, we come to the war Due to your never-ending insecurities And anxiety for your family Worsened by a dreadful locket That contained a part of Voldemort's soul You briefly deserted your best mates But returned when it mattered the most Even saving Harry's life in the process And then, as you destroyed that darned locket You finally conquered your fears And transitioned successfully to manhood Finally, during the Battle of Hogwarts You showed us your sensitive side A side that we had never seen before As you displayed your concern for the house-elves Precipitating your first kiss with Hermione Later on, you lost your dear brother But continued to soldier on bravely Even standing up to Voldemort himself Hence, dear Ronald Bilius Weasley No matter what others say I will always be your fan
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You make me feel so stupid When we play chess The way you en passant all nonchalant You chase me into castle From there I watch you intently The way the Russians watched Bobby Fischer In his hotel room But while I wait for a move to develop I become the Boredest Spazsky My mind in a stalemate As I try to crush your Sicilian defenses As much as I harangue You leave me in zugzwang Which confuses my feeble mind For I may be a pawn But I'm the king pawn Which means the board usually revolves around me But your queen takes that instantly And I'm left in a fool's checkmate I wish you could see things from my side of the board You'd see how desperately I wanted the king All the complex and unique obstacles in the way But instead you just sit there And laugh at me losing all my pieces trying to reach you
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Jun 12, 2017
Jun 12, 2017 at 2:17 AM UTC
Chess
In 2007, I wrote my first poem. Life 1 It held two questions. Questions I have yet to have a answer for. I'll date it. I'll quote it. On December, 14th 2010, I ask it again. "Why is there so many racist?" "What did that race ever do to you?" I never knew how to feel, When I watched Roots or Schlinders List. Until I meet them face to face. The racist of course Spewing the racist words they worshiped. ****** and Monkey, I was called. With black skin and african qualities, Will earn you those titles. In my head I wonder; Should I hate whites because of the KKK? Should I hate Germans because of the Nazis? Should I hate Russians because of Stalin? Should I hate Muslims because of Osama? Should I hate my fellow Africans because of the corruption that rips Africa apart? These questions rattle my head. So once again I ask. "Why is there so many racist?" "What did that race ever do to you?" Quoted. Signed. Dated. Randy Wiafe December, 14 2010.
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Dec 14, 2010
Dec 14, 2010 at 4:28 AM UTC
Racist
So they hacked some computers. "No big deal" you may say, "Since their influence steered things toward the right way" "They just didn't respect us, that's why the attack. So I place all the blame on the Dems and Barack" "So we'll get nice and cozy, Vladimir and me, since there is just so much upon which we agree" "We want to be strongmen who'll shape history and we're both such examples of virility" "And we'll handle the media through fear and attack to ensure truth and balance shall never come back" "Admiration and power is what we adore, it's the one greatest cause that we truly live for" So, Mr. Trump... When you're there in the Oval and Europe's alarmed 'cause in Prague and in Warsaw. the Russians, well armed, have crossed o'er the borders and come to reclaim their former domininons, then who will you blame? So why this great bromance? What's your motivation? Why would you align with Vlad and his nation? Could it be business ties? Or maybe high debt? Or maybe dark secrets you wish they'd forget? I do not want to think that it could be such things but the Russians sure look like they're pulling your strings.
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Feb 20, 2017
Feb 20, 2017 at 8:30 PM UTC
Vladimir
I am a Fiddler on the Roof. Someone like me is rare. Daring enough to put my life on the line, Make my presence known and there. But I am a villager. A mama nonetheless. I get my hair pulled out, My heart pulled out. Then I have to clean the mess. The Russians! They torture us with Pogroms and demonstrations. The Constable their leader In conquering many nations. My soul is the Fiddler. A simple sound happy on its own. My love is whats keeping me on the roof. I wants to grow and grow. A villager and a Russian. That is what I want, why I was sent. Arm in arm with the Constable. Happy to life´s end. I can change things. I am a Fiddler on the Roof. Ready to change tradition!!!!
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Feb 22, 2018
Feb 22, 2018 at 10:14 AM UTC
Fiddler on the Roof
Algorithms Troll farms Paroxysms False alarms Projections Smokescreens Elections Behind the scenes End of all discussions: Blame it on the Russians.
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Jul 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018 at 6:38 PM UTC
But, But -- muh BOTS
Manipulating information To craftily plot your lore Is necessary if you want To continue an information war. Specific example: Deny Russian Collusion and interference in U.S. elections, and do not stop Seeking info that you can spin. After months of denying Russian Cyber attacks and election meddling, Then admit the possibility Through a little backpedaling. Say that well…maybe they meddled, But hastily add: so did others. Say you'd still end all queries And probes if you had your druthers. It's vital, of course, that you keep Bashing the press. Be sure to accuse Investigative journalists Of making up tons of fake news. Finally, say the Russians will Interfere in the U.S., and that's How in elections this November They plan to help the DEMOCRATS! Why? Because you're so hard (Wink!) on Russia. You'll be winning. Your fawning fans will eat it up, And you will have all heads spinning. Your friends on your favorite TV station Will help you criticize and demean Those who don't agree with you. Praise to your propaganda machine! Who cares what the world thinks? You've got your fans; you've got your base. There's no match for a stable genius Who says to the world, "In your face!" -by Bob B (7-25-18)
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Jul 25, 2018
Jul 25, 2018 at 10:21 AM UTC
The D.T. Playbook: Ch 4 (Information War)
(*My heart is a stone encased in ice age glacier tucked away in the nuclear bunker surrounded by the Great Wall if the Mongolians  can't get to it what chance have you? Let's say you do manage to Mission Impossible reach it Let's say you somehow Ocean's One steal it Let's say you also The Bank Job keep it How are you gonna get through that ice? It's so cold Russians call it the nuclear winter It's so cold Kobe rubs it before the game-winning shot It's so cold Lucifer uses it as a cooler It's so cold Ice Queen is now the Ice Princess*) Yet the trembling rosy lips dissolve the very bond into silly little ice crystals and snowflakes resonate so passionately with the frequency of my stoic heartbeat the dancing electrons revolted against ionic-bonds and hydrogen-bonds the frenzied molecules traded their neighbors for love, traded themselves for furor traded ice for fire traded stone for flesh and you, traded I for me hanging ever so desperately on your red trembling lips consumed mercilessly like the very last cigarette knowing the consequence of letting go: like ash the wind shall carry me away a thousand burning ambers flying into the night like the fireflies on their last journey I shall melt quietly into darkness reminiscing about a block of ice.
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Jun 13, 2010
Jun 13, 2010 at 11:57 PM UTC
How to break a stone
**** poor, dying for a dream, or a drink, one more cigarette, the landlord comes around, asking for rent and the money is gone, it was never there, so you smile and bat your eyes, one more week, I promise soon he'll be at your throat with eviction notices that scream louder than stereotypes of poverty louder than your baby's growling stomach louder than all of your meticulous schemes. are you uncomfortable yet? I've barely scratched the surface. the stereotype that you fell into doesn't suit you, single mother wiping off tables and smiling your hardest to make tips, bend a little further, hike up your skirt, show some leg some *** let them see your **** generous patrons love that **** you go home and scream into empty spaces and curl into cold corners thinking of Bukowski in cockroach rooms eating candy bars to survive and dream of an end to a means. you play some Tchaikovsky and hold your own flesh and blood close enough that they can't leave you, drink White Russians until your hands melt and write **** that nobody wants to read about your struggles, knowing that you will be gifted with rejection letters and apologies. **** poor, it is a way to live but if you prefer sanity, not one that I would suggest. it will devour you destroy you, upend your hopes and shatter your dreams. god will not help you, nor the state or the politicians, but if you make it out alive you could be stronger than diamonds, harder even than your own resolve.
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Nov 29, 2012
Nov 29, 2012 at 1:35 PM UTC
**** poor
oh i can tell you why Brexit happened... apparently in light of the European i was not European enough, a mongrel, a ******* Mongol... eastern Europeans are Mongols, mind you...                 i'm pretty sure the Brexit vote happened... because the A8 joined...         when the Eatern European joined the old post-colonial powers... plenty of Pakistanis...      do i mind? do i ******* care?! i don't care... you deal with: the minding!     no...   i have an inheritance tax without any ceremonial                                 past... your **** is your ******* **** plus the Arab, and the curry... **** off!             i'm no ******* *vierte ***** pussy-whip... you ******* yo-yo oreo!         mind you? put me down on this one... i hate the Poles... i ******* hate the Poles...    what they did to the Chernobyl me? i hate the Polacks...     don't like them...                i'd rather spit than talk to them...    i've learned my lesson...                     i hate them more than the Germans, or the Russians... i hate them with the sort of hatred reserved for               patriots...   Judas Priests...    i abhor the ****** catholicism... it makes me... cringe...                 then i think: thickens the thong - better than the Islamic crap to mind making a boot... Brexit only happened because of the supposed invasion of the A8...    the Pakistani mobile gave off a jitter - somehow the "excess" Europeans migrated...               whites combined with whites... Europeans mingled... big problem for the Pakistanis... Brexit only happened because "eastern" Europe joined the *vierte *****   well... "joined"...       some of us had enough sense as to keep the currency...   ******* Pakistani bullshitters...   what?! i thought English girls loved being gang-rape-fucked?!   no?!    my bad...                 the joining of the A8 disrupted the presence of Britain in the EU...          thumbs up on the curry-sauce... thumbs down on the Baltic sauerkraut.... guess what?!                           **** you! you ******* British Empire bonkers...   relief contra racism with an Empire disintegrating!   wankers...                    sure, beseech alliances outside of Europe...   seek them, find them, govern them...       the next time you come shoveling your **** into my: awareness... i'll be asking... so... Rotherham...           no, not really... don't bother me with that sort of **** you deal with your ******** before shoving your ***** into my mouth expecting me to gargle on the produce...                you're closer to Pakistan than i am to Mongolia... you draw the the postcard... i'll draw the pretty picture. don't get me wrong, thought, i hate the Polacks... i don't belong between them...    i'd prefer to be strapped to a Hydra of homeless dogs... than exercise the humanity of a shared tongue with these... mongrels; mind you... the British are just as bad... when it comes to their, mongrel stature.
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Sep 17, 2018
Sep 17, 2018 at 6:54 PM UTC
the Mongols are coming! / scenes from Warsaw
oh i can tell you why Brexit happened... apparently in light of the European i was not European enough, a mongrel, a ******* Mongol... eastern Europeans are Mongols, mind you...                 i'm pretty sure the Brexit vote happened... because the A8 joined...         when the Eatern European joined the old post-colonial powers... plenty of Pakistanis...      do i mind? do i ******* care?! i don't care... you deal with: the minding!     no...   i have an inheritance tax without any ceremonial                                 past... your **** is your ******* **** plus the Arab, and the curry... **** off!             i'm no ******* *vierte ***** pussy-whip... you ******* yo-yo oreo!         mind you? put me down on this one... i hate the Poles... i ******* hate the Poles...    what they did to the Chernobyl me? i hate the Polacks...     don't like them...                i'd rather spit than talk to them...    i've learned my lesson...                     i hate them more than the Germans, or the Russians... i hate them with the sort of hatred reserved for               patriots...   Judas Priests...    i abhor the ****** catholicism... it makes me... cringe...                 then i think: thickens the thong - better than the Islamic crap to mind making a boot... Brexit only happened because of the supposed invasion of the A8...    the Pakistani mobile gave off a jitter - somehow the "excess" Europeans migrated...               whites combined with whites... Europeans mingled... big problem for the Pakistanis... Brexit only happened because "eastern" Europe joined the *vierte *****   well... "joined"...       some of us had enough sense as to keep the currency...   ******* Pakistani bullshitters...   what?! i thought English girls loved being gang-rape-fucked?!   no?!    my bad...                 the joining of the A8 disrupted the presence of Britain in the EU...          thumbs up on the curry-sauce... thumbs down on the Baltic sauerkraut.... guess what?!                           **** you! you ******* British Empire bonkers...   relief contra racism with an Empire disintegrating!   wankers...                    sure, beseech alliances outside of Europe...   seek them, find them, govern them...       the next time you come shoveling your **** into my: awareness... i'll be asking... so... Rotherham...           no, not really... don't bother me with that sort of **** you deal with your ******** before shoving your ***** into my mouth expecting me to gargle on the produce...                you're closer to Pakistan than i am to Mongolia... you draw the the postcard... i'll draw the pretty picture. don't get me wrong, thought, i hate the Polacks... i don't belong between them...    i'd prefer to be strapped to a Hydra of homeless dogs... than exercise the humanity of a shared tongue with these... mongrels; mind you... the British are just as bad... when it comes to their, mongrel stature.
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She was the strangest football fan I'd ever met, Between match programmes and leaflets she hid Nietzsche and Thoreau; Philosophy being a bright passion of hers, It all seemed so natural in her visage. On days, she'd hum You'll Never Walk Alone While turning delicately the pages of a new text, Smiling at the words that appeared before her on the page. Dorian Gray, she took time to point out, Kept her fascinated— But it was always going to be Nietzsche, And the first time she strummed the pages of Thus Spoke Zarathustra it was as if the humming had turned to fire, And she was melded with the page. I would believe only in a god who could dance. If you asked her who she favoured, she would reply back with a chirp,  the Russians! And hold to you a copy of Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment, she said, was her fascination And she'd as fluidly as ever switch back to the fixtures. Never passion, always fancy. It was as if viewing herself through a third party lens. Her passion for the game, As mysterious as her gentle touch on softer pages. How could she love so drastically? Football, her passion, But her books were her mystery to all, to even herself, And the quiet murmur of Nietzsche, her nectar.
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Mar 9, 2015
Mar 9, 2015 at 12:34 PM UTC
Untitled
In Silence The English ex SAS Special Forces member went to the Ukraine to fight. He travelled light and took just a small back pack and a head full of skills. A gun was a gun and a bayonet a bayonet. He was trained to use most things as weapon especially military articles. He decided to go to the Ukraine after the Russians invaded proper in early 2022. The Ukrainian Army took him to a holding facility where they vetted him. This took three days. Included was basic close combat skills and weapons use. He excelled and was given a job, being sent to a forward artillery position with a dozen other foreign troops to protect it. The SAS man was in charge and most men and the single girl spoke English. All understood military commands and signals. All were veterans from either conscript or professional armies. Each was here for their own reasons and all disliked either what Russia had done or Russians themselves. The English SAS member had killed several Muslim terrorists from Daesh and al Qaeda in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he looked forward to fighting and killing some Russians, officers if possible. After being in the Ukraine six days he was on the front line leading his first patrol. This was better than being a bouncer in a Manchester night club! The SAS guy ordered his men to only use bayonets as they silently crept to a Russian fox hole a mile away. He wanted blood and the rush of combat, of killing. There was the trench and a single sentry, asleep. He would knife him himself. Then his squad would ****** the rest and take back any weapons, maps or documents. He spoke four languages including Russian. Any Intel was good for his bosses though. Here we go! There’s the sleeping sentry. Gently now, he must die in silence…
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Mar 20, 2022
Mar 20, 2022 at 5:33 PM UTC
In Silence
In Silence The English ex SAS Special Forces member went to the Ukraine to fight. He travelled light and took just a small back pack and a head full of skills. A gun was a gun and a bayonet a bayonet. He was trained to use most things as weapon especially military articles. He decided to go to the Ukraine after the Russians invaded proper in early 2022. The Ukrainian Army took him to a holding facility where they vetted him. This took three days. Included was basic close combat skills and weapons use. He excelled and was given a job, being sent to a forward artillery position with a dozen other foreign troops to protect it. The SAS man was in charge and most men and the single girl spoke English. All understood military commands and signals. All were veterans from either conscript or professional armies. Each was here for their own reasons and all disliked either what Russia had done or Russians themselves. The English SAS member had killed several Muslim terrorists from Daesh and al Qaeda in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he looked forward to fighting and killing some Russians, officers if possible. After being in the Ukraine six days he was on the front line leading his first patrol. This was better than being a bouncer in a Manchester night club! The SAS guy ordered his men to only use bayonets as they silently crept to a Russian fox hole a mile away. He wanted blood and the rush of combat, of killing. There was the trench and a single sentry, asleep. He would knife him himself. Then his squad would ****** the rest and take back any weapons, maps or documents. He spoke four languages including Russian. Any Intel was good for his bosses though. Here we go! There’s the sleeping sentry. Gently now, he must die in silence…
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Freedom was close to me. She never did want me to see. A pain undone That nobody could bear to run. I went to a few concentration camps. There were several big lamps. They searched in the dark black nights. They held all my frights. Then came my pebbles. One was round and marble smooth. There was no dull for its color shone I bid farewell to the dullness of life and the dullness of prison. Size was fair in my twisted little game. Pebble One. Pebble Me. Pebble Two. Pebble Brother. Pebble Three. Pebble Mother. Pebble Four. And Pebble Father. One was found. I saved my life. Two was found. Welcome Brother. Three was found. Hello, Mother. Where was Four? I would bother to save my Father. There it was. My hidden rocks. One, two, three and four. Some say that there is tricky feat called a cheat. That is not what I am. To cheat means one is beat. I am not what beat is. I am what a treat is. Mother shall have her house. Brother shall boast in his bed. I will have all the bread. Father will have freedom that is not forlorn. The pebbles are what kept us alive. It is as if we are stuck under a beehive. One came out to sting. With that sting it took every single thing. The Russians came after many years. I would have cried but I had no tears. My life was fuller. My soul gained strength. Marion B. Had the strength to know when to flee.
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Mar 18, 2013
Mar 18, 2013 at 10:45 PM UTC
Four Perfect Pebbles
Lining up batteries of anti-aircraft anti-everything all anti- something this and that distribution centre for psychological pressure backed by radio, TV presidents staring straight newspapers, journals and dialogues around flash round tables on the whys how’s and who’s sneaky microphone hidden in flower pots, long distance listening devices. Telephones tapped wives tapped, senior diplomats and doormats tapped wives tapped on shoulders whispered to: watch out for Joe blogs he has a roving eye. see me tonight, after dinner. The russians have warship A into Zone B the chinese have shifted anti-missile up the mountains near tibet, near nepal near taiwan, near  the hormuz straits into africa, zimbabwe, fiji, and northern china who cares. Tomorrow they will shift out again. the pressure is building in the ukraine, turkey is on fire The north koreans have no power as seen from satelllites The president has run of tomato sauce so he has asked for a shipload from us of a ship it with some spies dressed as tomatoes god its killing me these acupuncture points three more needles please! Author Notes Relentless. ( an wacky I s'pose). Think about it all. © Marshall Gass. All rights reserved.
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Apr 1, 2014
Apr 1, 2014 at 4:20 PM UTC
Power Posture
Dear Russians, would you mind not taking Crimea? This is not the Cold War nor the time of Imperialism, so I suggest that you go back and think empathetically about the Ukrainians pushing to be part of the European Union. You must try to walk a mile in their shoes, understand? There is no more Soviet Union or the Iron Curtain, so you really shouldn't be meddling in Ukraine's affairs. Let the revolutions play out and what will be, will be. Sincerely, Wistful Wanderer
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Mar 28, 2014
Mar 28, 2014 at 2:44 PM UTC
A Poem Letter to Russia
The snow was blowing among the trees. In large wet flakes it tumbled down. My captain turned, as if to speak, but from his lips there came no sound. A red rose bloomed there on his chest -staining dark the Wehrmacht grey. I looked in horror as he pitched face forward to the ground. ****** I yelled and ducked for cover. The copse of trees echoed the sound. Somewhere out there he awaits; the Devil’s son, the cunning foe. He’s stalked our party for three days yet leaves no footprints in the snow. I served in France in Forty –one; before   these Russians were our foes. I shiver but it’s not from fear; it’s just that we lack winter clothes. I motion briskly with my right hand, I think the shooter must be there my corporal nods and starts to move; perhaps he can outflank this man. My soul is black for I’ve done some things;   for which I once would have been ashamed. I saw the Jewess try to shield her babe as I placed them in a common grave. This man out there, a warrior; he risks his life upon command. He is clever, this one, he waits his chance. Either its him or me that’s dammed. The drifting snowflakes hide his breath. But He’s still out there this I know. My Captain lies still upon the earth and is slowly covered by the snow. We are soldiers who risk our lives. We sacrifice for the Fatherland. We dream of a woman and a warm bed Never of Death’s cold clammy hand My men cry out, the fox is flushed The ****** has at last been found. It’s true what they say of the bullet that kills you; I never even heard the sound.
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May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016 at 10:17 PM UTC
******
The snow was blowing among the trees. In large wet flakes it tumbled down. My captain turned, as if to speak, but from his lips there came no sound. A red rose bloomed there on his chest -staining dark the Wehrmacht grey. I looked in horror as he pitched face forward to the ground. ****** I yelled and ducked for cover. The copse of trees echoed the sound. Somewhere out there he awaits; the Devil’s son, the cunning foe. He’s stalked our party for three days yet leaves no footprints in the snow. I served in France in Forty –one; before   these Russians were our foes. I shiver but it’s not from fear; it’s just that we lack winter clothes. I motion briskly with my right hand, I think the shooter must be there my corporal nods and starts to move; perhaps he can outflank this man. My soul is black for I’ve done some things;   for which I once would have been ashamed. I saw the Jewess try to shield her babe as I placed them in a common grave. This man out there, a warrior; he risks his life upon command. He is clever, this one, he waits his chance. Either its him or me that’s dammed. The drifting snowflakes hide his breath. But He’s still out there this I know. My Captain lies still upon the earth and is slowly covered by the snow. We are soldiers who risk our lives. We sacrifice for the Fatherland. We dream of a woman and a warm bed Never of Death’s cold clammy hand My men cry out, the fox is flushed The ****** has at last been found. It’s true what they say of the bullet that kills you; I never even heard the sound.
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Fluff and puff, water plugs, power plants, paper over eyesores, paint it matte, pink as salmon, pack the homeless into the Bird's Nest, ghettoise Moses, bleed the Amazon down to size, moor the battleships to Yamuna Bank, let white elephants run riot on warm Black ice over those who won't play ball in our electric garden free your head from the rails for what? roti kapda makaan or BSP ki maya? be buried or a sport let laal battis through ab bus, stop blaming it on Rio don't you know how India shone in October 2010, or that Russians love their children too? So what if they don't believe in modern love? Potemkin villages are built brick by brick by BRICS, Red, Yellow, Orange kilned to Black.
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May 14, 2015
May 14, 2015 at 6:29 PM UTC
Electric garden
Russia? will Russia spare? will Russia spare some peace? will Russia spare Ukraine some peace? sorry: they are at the feast of making Russia important and strong, and, as some Ukrainians were wrong, as some Ukrainians were bad wanting to be free with the West, Russia did its best to take the Crimea to protect their "toungue", and, as it appeared it was great fun for Russians living there, even if it wasn't fair! and Russians opened a war against Ukraine, as Russia's government was in pain, that Europe would accept Ukraine, that, be it snow or rain, Ukrainians were sane, so Russia got the mean aim to ruin Ukraine as Ukrainians wanted their language and independence, and Russia was counting onto the dependence to have the slaves in Ukraine, thus, killing the soldiers, Russia wanted to tame Ukraine putting it in ruins and flames to get the fame of the framer, while the West was talking and shaking hands with the accompaniment of the bands. Ivan Petryshyn
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Dec 4, 2016
Dec 4, 2016 at 12:03 AM UTC
will Russia spare Ukraine some peace?
Where, then, do I apply for bribery? Russians are everywhere here, we are told So why aren’t those nefarious oligarchs Flinging dollars and dachas at poor me? And the Chinese, poking and hacking about (My last water bill was in Mandarin) Have yet to pad my secret bank account Or park a Porsche on my patio But if they will… I want to spy for the cool FBI And party away with the CIA
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Aug 20, 2018
Aug 20, 2018 at 3:58 PM UTC
Where do I Apply for my Russian Bribes? (NOT Russian Brides. Read Carefully.)
***Read the fourth stanza whichever way you want to, one column, two columns, one full stanza, etc. Freedom was close to me. She never did want me to see. A pain undone That nobody could bear to run. I went to a few concentration camps. There were several big lamps. They searched in the dark black nights. They held all my frights. Then came my pebbles. One was round and marble smooth. There was no dull for its color shone I bid farewell to the dullness of life and the dullness of prison. Size was fair in my twisted little game. Pebble One. Pebble Me. Pebble Two. Pebble Brother. Pebble Three. Pebble Mother. Pebble Four. And Pebble Father. One was found. I saved my life. Two was found. Welcome Brother. Three was found. Hello, Mother. Where was Four? I would bother to save my Father. There it was. My hidden rocks. One, two, three and four. Some say that there is tricky feat called a cheat. That is not what I am. To cheat means one is beat. I am not what beat is. I am what a treat is. Mother shall have her house. Brother shall boast in his bed. I will have all the bread. Father will have freedom that is not forlorn. The pebbles are what kept us alive. It is as if we are stuck under a beehive. One came out to sting. With that sting it took every single thing. The Russians came after many years. I would have cried but I had no tears. My life was fuller. My soul gained strength. Marion B.
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Mar 26, 2013
Mar 26, 2013 at 3:03 PM UTC
Four Perfect Pebbles
May Putin be crushed and his nuclear threat exposed an empty bluff May Russians see themselves the true Nazis And in true need of salvation than Ukrainians ever were May the shattered save the mighty and the mighty serve the victor
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Apr 25, 2022
Apr 25, 2022 at 11:39 PM UTC
Prayer for Ukraine