Category: War & Politics
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Banish the Idolum Tribe
Reanimate the aglaec-wif her son give Breseis back her robe tell her she is free There is no glory in war Write classics of our time Ambrosian warriors Beowulfs and Achilles of peace 1-20-20
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Burnt incense
No one wraps the news with a rubber band throws it up on your porch to read at leisure anymore Talking heads deliver it hurled in sound bites – abusive verbal beatings I receive mine from my news feed refuse to be yelled at by the properly coiffed and groomed Sitting on the porch reading…
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Alexander the Dead
Alexander lies abandoned no Bucephalus or Hephaestion golden shield, sword or lion cape Once he was the chosen one blood and gore – spoils of war rally the troops, the rabble and hangers on He died of a malarial fever his corpse a tourist attraction at the mouth of the Nile Now he lies in…
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Boomer Bovine Blues
Ziploc gladness is a plastic bag full with blueberries cool and sweet to eat while watching cable news Blue like B.B. King riffing in a club waiting for closing time and someone or anyone to take you home Milk the cows of gladness joy in a bucket – butter and cream tug the teats –…
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the chicken sandwich war
Having to watch an ad for a chicken sandwich before I could see a news report about the attack on a U.S. Military base in Kenya where four humans hated us enough to die and go to heaven – is an appetite suppressant I don’t know where all of this killing will lead us But…
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Lot’s wife
(Sometimes, the patriarchy makes you ashamed to be a man) To the woman scripture does not name who cared enough to look back they still preach your story as a cautionary tale of a disobedient wife who cared enough to gaze back at what was lost No one judges your husband a father who offered…
My husband's poetry 