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Qualyxian Quest Jul 2020
Rick Steves in Rome
Interesting information

Rick Steves in Rome
Eternity contemplation

Rick Steves in Seattle
Misty rain upon the trees

Rick Steves in Europe
Rick Steves sees
Big Virge Sep 2014
So The Time Had Come ...  
For Them To Be Judged For What They'd Done ...
    
Dobson And Norris ****** Most Horrid ... !!!!!  
A Knife To The Heart of Young Stephen Lawrence ... !!!!!  
    
Because of His ... " CASTE " ... !!!  
The Night Was DARK ... Just Like His Skin ... !!!  
And This Is Where This Story Begins ...  
    
At First It Was Five ...  
Who They Thought Used The Knife ...
That Took Stephens' Life ... !!!!!  
    
Back In 97 It Was Deemed That The Bedlam ....  
Was Racism Levelled By These Five White Devils ...  
    
Acourt And Two Knights Completed The Five ...  
But Back Then It Was Said ..." Not enough evidence" ...
Had Been Brought To Trial To Enforce Convictions ...  
    
But Then It Was Said ...  
The Police Were INEPT In How This Was Handled ...  
But This Was Dismantled By Those In ... " Their Set " ... !!!  
    
The Judgement Bred SCANDAL ...  
    
"Exonerate them, yes our policemen !" ...
    
The Lawrence's Said This Isn't The End ... !!!
98' Comes Around And An Inquiry Now ...  
    
Macpherson Assessed ...
That Racism Ran Like Blood From Steves' Chest ... !!!!!  
    
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM ...
Was Something ****** DEEP DOWN In The Feds' ... !!!!!    
    
OH OH ... So Po' Po' ...  
May Have HELPED These Five Blokes ...  
Prove Themselves ... " INNOCENT " ... !!!?!!!  
    
Why Hadn't These Five Been Locked Up Inside ...  
Before They Contrived ... To Take Stephens' Life ...  
    
Video Footage ...  
PROVED That They Could Do It ... !!!!!!  
    
But All That Was Fluid Were All The EXCUSES ... !?!  
    
Both Parents Kept Fighting To Keep On Igniting ...  
The Fire ... PUT OUT By Judiciary Mouths ...  
    
18 years later ..... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!  
    
It's Back In The Papers ...  
Dobson And Norris ...  " ****** Most Horrid ! " ...    
    
AGAIN Will Stand Trial Like Two Old Paedophiles ... !!!!  
    
This Time Evidence Had MORE Precedence ... !!!  
Blood Stains On Clothing Police Had Been Holding ...  
Matched Stephens' Type Was Heard In The Trial ...  
    
Now Norris' Mother Decided To Cover ...  
Her Son's Whereabouts To Prove Without Doubt ....  
He Wasn't Around When Stephen Was Downed ... !!!!!!  
    
She Swore UNDER OATH That David Was Home ...  
Having Said Once Before ...
That David For Sure Was With His Ex ***** ... !?!  
    
A Story Well Twisted ...  
Because This Ex Girlfriend NEVER Existed ... !!!!!  
    
Statements Delivered ...  
That Were Now Considered ... Inside The Old Bailey ...  
Was This Woman CRAZY ...
Perjuring Daily To Save Her VILE Baby ... !?!  
    
As if Stephen's Death Was NOT Innocent ... ?!?  
Now Six Weeks Have Passed Aspersions Been Cast ...  
About Much Surrounding These Two Young Mens' Past ... !!!  
    
It's Time For The Judgement ...  
Will They Walk Free or Face Punishment ... ???
    
LIFE Is Decreed They WILL NOT Walk Free ... !!!!!!  
Convicted of ****** Back In ....... "93'" ........  
    
Now Media Fervor ... " Justice Finally " ... !!!
    
JUSTICE I Say ... For Whom EXACTLY ... !?!  
    
I've Written These Words Because It STILL HURTS ... !!!  
The Fact That Your Colour Can Cause Tragedies ....  
    
This Poem's For Neville And His Family ...  
Your Fight Is Not Over Cos' Three Are Still Free ... !!!  
    
For .... " ****** MOST VILE " ... !!!
    
Dobson And Norris Won't Be Seen For A While ...  
Because of Your Strength After Stephens' Death ...  
    
NO More Denial Cos' They FIT The Profile ...  
These Words I Now file Are Just My Account ...    
of The Day These Two ... KILLERS ...  
    
FINALLY Were Convicted ...
After They Went To ...  
    
.......... " Trial " ...........
LISTEN HERE :
https://soundcloud.com/user-16569179/trial-acapella-recorded-at-shoestring-studios
History
A simple Story
To thine own Self
Be True
The Path Leads Upward
There are  many approaches
To the Summit.
But only One can
Attain it at a Time
Each must lighten
The load to
Make it
To that Final Place
Where Heaven takes Us
Up
Anti
Gravity!

Along The Way to
Supreme individuality: Collectivities
That demand Our
First Loyalties be to the
Group will Fear and distrust
The One
Who's First Loyalty is to
The True Self
So the final
Assent leads by way
of
Crucifixion
Christ is the Logo
The Icon of the
True Self of All
Everyone is on
The Way.
Honor your Mother
And Father
Raise them Up
For Salvation is of
The Blood
Your Blood

It is in the Overcoming of
Every Fear that
Prevents  Man from
Being Good.
Towards Love
In Love
We are all ascending
Why?  Because it is
Wonderful
The Most Wonderful
Experience of All
To Be Good
To Know That You are a Child
Of  God...Inheriting
Eternal Life as
Your Birthright.
Bon Voyage -Mes Amis
Fellow Travelers
It is a Voyage
Well Worth Taking
Once...You
Must Forgive me
If I repeat Myself
I am of Old



First typed while listening to RIck Steves on PBS " Making Travel A Political Act" Thanks Rick
Francisco DH Jun 2014
Dear God,

When you were making love to the idea of
Creating man, did the ******  break?
Thus letting little Steves run amok
inside the ****** of the world

Do you acknowledge their existence but since you already made it clear "effeminates" won't inherit the kingdom you refuse to pay child support?

Or

Do you await the day when
the world will shut the hell up with her constant
attacks, shaming Steves into thoughts of "must change to please my father" so you can hold them one good time and tell 'em " I don't give a rat's *** what your mama says"
Your My flesh and blood
I love you

Sincerely
A Steve
Qualyxian Quest Jun 2020
I like Rick Steves
Though I'm not Lutheran

So organized
And preppy computerin'

A genuine love
For all things Europe

He makes me smile
Lime maple syrup

           Viva!
When you told me you'd phoned him
                  I held my breath....
                  How many years is it
                   Since steves death?
                   Twenty odd years now..
                     Yet it still makes me cry
                     We've both moved on now
                         And got on with our lives...
                                 You and l.
                     Who were both once his wives
                          Oh how he'd laugh!
                      As we get out the knives...
                           You still the" *****"
                          And me the " poor cow"
                   I wonder who's having the last laugh now?...
Zev Sharma Dec 2020
As I sit here thinking about how time has passed
Wondering how it all happened so fast
We were both NRI's who shared the same last name
Bonded over various silly little games
Never really thought anything much of it
And from there we became closely knit

Wherever you would go, you would see the Sharma bros
We shared our excitement and our woes
Complained about school, talked about Minecraft ideas
We reminisced over the US, and now it's time to see ya
I'm not really sure how I'll say goodbye
I'm not sure how our friendship happened or why
But I know I'll really miss you when you leave
Your absence was a thought I never concieved

Minecraft, Angry Birds Go, Bad Piggies, oh them all
They just won't feel the same when you're gone
I still remember our hopes of becoming internet sensations
Our endless talks on how to achieve our aspirations
Moving to India was hard, but we shared this difficulty together
Like two brave Steves fighting off the wither

I remember our first sleepover; it was a new experience for you and me
Getting to know you better and cutting down oak trees
We talked through the night about anything and everything
Addictively competing to see who was recieving the lowest ping
I had been alone in the US, never really found someone quite like me
You turned out to be so similar, sometimes I think we share a family tree

We always talked about going back to the US and how it was so much better there
And now when we are both returning back to our old homes, why does life seem unfair
We lamented about what all we gave up when we left the US
But never talked about what all we gained by reaching this address
They say you only realize the value of something when you lose it
I have Skype to play with you, but alone I will sit

We often play online, but there is a value to your presence
Even while we enjoy ourselves, I will lose your essence
I hope that you have a safe flight and journey
And will definitely come and meet you some time personally
I hope our stars align
We shall meet at least one more time
But for now, my dear friend Rohan, I shall say goodbye

If there is ever any problem, remember that I will be there to pacify
Be sure to send me a picture of your untanned hands building a snowman
We shall surely make some more memories and have something planned
I'm not a bourgeoise industrialist
I am a Markson Man
Not much. Not much.
Do the best I can

Rainy Night in Georgia
Rain in Bangkok too
Bladerunner 2049
Monsieur Albert Camus

In my solitude
Lonely as the rain
Rick Steves in Europe
Barcelona, Spain

Women out of reach
Life itself is pain
La Florida the Land of Flowers
Rode the Downbound Train

                  Tray aya ayain!
Qualyxian Quest Dec 2021
Rick Steves in Uppsala
Ordinary Mary
I eat Chana Masala
I read Irish fairies


Arthur Edens reversaleth
Michael Clayton sees
I walk alone in winter woods
I pray upon my knees

               For Scott. Please.
Qualyxian Quest Aug 2020
I'm tired and bored and lonely
But today I watched Rick Steves

Venice in the view
Beauty well conceived

Waterways, cathedrals
Art and prison cells

St. Mark's and plaza pigeons
Fare well, Rick Steves, fare well!
Qualyxian Quest Sep 2020
Vaguely headachy
Need for real rest

I lie awake, sir,
Black shirt on my chest

Hagia Sophia
Istanbul may be best

Rick Steves can lead me
Qualyxian Quest

Then to Seattle
Like a bird to its nest

Ferry boats at twilight
Windwater Northwest
My sons keep me connected
For them I give much thanks
Please keep them protected
Guardians in the ranks

Quiet in the night
Silent is the Way
Gatsby's green light
Won ton soup xie xie

Rick Steves in Berlin
And in Toledo, Spain
Thomas means the Twin
Let fall the Purple Rain

              Bullet train!
Qualyxian Quest Oct 2021
Faith tested by silence
Walk away, Renee
I am waiting for something
What it is I cannot say

I like Clifford Pickover
Discovered in Taiwan
I listen to Rick Steves
I miss Gamla Stan

Maybe the car today
Coming Halloween
He said Harry Potter
Keep him calm 13

He said Dumbledore
We will have to see
Pumpkins, Jersey Devil
Witchcraft and Wizardry

    Spanish leather? Si.
Qualyxian Quest Aug 2020
The lifelike wax ordinary Mary
In Uppsala Cathedral

So lifelike
I almost say Excuse Me
When I walk past her

Not a goddess
Not a Catholic Queen of Heaven here

Ordinary. Like a Swedish peasant woman.

Rick Steves has the same response I do.
He sees and agrees.

Ordinaries.
Rick Steves in Berlin
And in Munich too
Me in little Reno
Susan Meek not Sue

Chinese food tonight
Weather going cold
Star Trek and Joan of Arc
Both of them go bold

True Grit on Facebook
I like Mattie Ross
Aging. Relentlessly aging.
Decay, decline, and loss

              Endurance.
One eye on the ancient world
Latin. Hebrew. Greek.
One eye on Rick Steves
One heart for Susan Meek

I liked living in Ireland
I like the Dublin mist
America falls for Trump
One man he resist!

I'm no one important
Lonely nights alone
Give my best to Chicago
Culianu, Ioan.

            E.T. phone home!
I keep on posting The Batman
Gotham needs a little hope
Maybe, maybe one day
An Asian female Pope

Tomorrow I see my son
A little dinner together
Time tick tocks
One day less than forever

My back still hurts
My soul sits in sorrow
Give my love to Susan
Today and tomorrow

Rick Steves in southern Spain
Me in Baltimore
2037
4044

               forgotten lore
Qualyxian Quest Jul 2023
There's something fundamentally wrong
With the United States
5 percent of the human population
25 percent of all prisoners

But where would I go?
Can't be Japanese
Thailand is too hot
Canada too cold
Sleep. Grateful sleep.

Un Escritor
Rick Steves in Stockholm
Mediocre priests
Lonely JMU

            I'm lonely too
The pain that living brings
Grateful for my boys
Walk around the town
The diner does employ

Rick Steves in Istanbul
Hagia Sophia
If I could I surely would
Try my best to free ya

City of Ember, The Giver
Middle school books
My son is 18 now
He drives, he works, he cooks

The pain that living brings
Grateful for small glories
Hold her in my arms
Tell her all my stories

                       Ole!
Qualyxian Quest Sep 2020
Cranes in Hamburg
Like cranes in Seattle

Protestant Reformation Eve
Rick Steves!
Qualyxian Quest Sep 2020
Rick Steves in Europe
Paul Theroux in Deep South
Me in Asia

                 Traveller's Tales
Qualyxian Quest Jan 2021
ridiculous, religilous
America in Night

Jade Palace delivery
Vegetarian delight

Rick Steves in Salzburg
I know the Tacoma aroma

Will I ever get to Seattle again?
maybe that's my homa
O those French Cathedrals!
Our Lady in the air
Rick Steves in Burgundy
Travel can be prayer

Camus at JMU
The Rebel and the Plague
More to admire than despise
Doomed like those who beg

Paris on my honeymoon
Walked the beach in Nice
I still like Amelie
Pink Panther police
Qualyxian Quest Sep 2020
London on Christmas Eve
Istanbul with Rick Steves
In Prague churchbells retrieve

                   history!
Qualyxian Quest Dec 2020
Too much grandiosity
So I stay inside and wait

Too many video games
I might be a little bit late

I remember Christmas Eves
From childhood long ago

I like to watch Rick Steves
I like Seattle snow

I live inside my mind
Fight fear; look for light

Gratitude for graces
Regrets for puzzled plights

Much endurance; few insights.
Qualyxian Quest Aug 2020
Rick Steves in Ostia
The Thieves of Ostia
     Hasta Manyana
A very violent dream
That one was kinda scary
I play for my team
Please don't forsake me, Mother Mary

I like Rick Steves
Istanbul tomorrow
When I have to leave
I'll leave behind the sorrow

Just the little way
Phone calls in the night
Still I say xie xie
Sor Juana's mystic flight

Don't have much money
Don't have much time
Steve Martin is funny
Vegetarian tacos with lime

                      I'm ...
All that Bangkok traffic
All that Asian rain
Rick Steves in Barcelona
And in Toledo, Spain

I have known anxiety
Hospitals and Jail
Life is suffering
And the inner wail

GMU today
Paris on my mind
Yo soy un isolato
I hope you treat me kind

Call my youngest son
Grateful for the phone
2 years of Latin
Honeymoon in Rome

            American Cosmic!
One life only
Mostly disappointment and pain
My mom in Toledo, Ohio
Rick Steves in Toledo, Spain

Monks in monasteries
But not you and me
NBA basketball
Beauty Baltic Sea

Lost in Translation
Charlotte. Philosophy.
Susan Darlene Meek
Sacred silent plea

           Carolina Inn
                     We!
I keep posting Rick Steves
Europe is for me
Best time I ever had
Beauty Baltic Sea

I've been to France
Never to Germany
Summer with my sons
Please protect my 3

                 We.
Qualyxian Quest Aug 2020
Rick Steves again on Italy
I wonder if I'll ever know?
       Michelangelo!
Qualyxian Quest Oct 2020
An afternoon in Helsinki
Book now on my table

Green dome white cathedral
Adam raised Cain and Able

Rick Steves in Gamla Stan
Stockholm in sweet summer

Dublin, dearest Dublin
With the Polish plummers

I like UNC
Basketball delights

Hey now, come and see
I am one who writes ...
I like Rick Steves
I think Europe is grand
Saw Bruce Springsteen
And the rockin' E Street Band

One life only
Now I'm 55
Disability
But grateful to be alive

         I pray my children thrive.
I like Rick Steves
European travelin' man
I've been to Paris
And I've been to Japan

American red states:
Dumbfuckistan.
Ozymandias
All that sifting sand ...
The Catholic Church is ****** on ***
Its women are oppressed
I just stay inside
Write poems about my ex

Chicago in the winter
DC in the Fall
The Cambrian Explosion
River Eden, Wetheral

Took the train from London
A little Oxford light
Stockholm in the summer
Mother Mary might

European history
Rick Steves near Seattle
Tecumseh the Shawnee
Prepares himself for battle

                 Resistance!
....Rick Steves....
American nice
       Luther
I told her that I miss her
In that I told her true
She didn't really believe me
I told her JMU

I like Rick Steves
European rendezvous
Vienna in the snow
2222

Probably die alone
Darkness is the view
Hope for my boys
Hope and Paris too

      Ever ancient, Ever new
Qualyxian Quest Oct 2020
72 hours to the election
How many years until some peace?

Parenthood is resurrection
I admit I'm amazed by ancient Greece

Rick Steves taught me much about Europe
Traveling taught me much about Asia

Into the Spiderverse is my favorite animation
But I also remember Fantasia

Rhyming to me still is fun
Like sounds seeking soulmates

The arts give gifts from the Muses
Even after they suffer the Fates


                    Beyond dates.
Qualyxian Quest Dec 2020
I'm not an intellectual
I give no brilliant lectures

I write no definitive works
Make no Copernican conjectures

Once I was a teacher
Tried to do my best

Never could quite reach her
Now I'm Qualyxian Quest

Spend much time alone
Relive my memories

Make calls on my cell phone
Watch the rains upon the trees

I'll read a few more books
Tolkien, Moby ****

I love that my Q cooks
I like that Steves named Rick

I'll die without real finding
It's the nature of life, I guess

I do know ties of binding
I hope memory might bless

                  I confess.
I am puzzled by coincidence
Details. Details matter.
German philosophy
Hey batter, batter!

Rick Steves in Berlin
Me reading Schopenhauer
The Son indeed will come
But no man knows the hour

Down to the last pfennig
Hegel, Nietzsche, Marx
My family in little Reno
Visiting the parks

Mr. David Markson
Postcards in the mail
Time tick tocks
Does the power of love prevail?

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