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The celeb from the other side of the pond
with a bug motif imagined
that his mop-headed crew were more
in than the man whose visitation
split history into two eras. The
insect fellow enjoyed
wearing the red uniform of cultural demolition
and historic revisionism called revolution.
Though his late diminutive voice may still
charm gray-haired fans, the chap he alleged
to dwarf continues un...

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bad philosophy

Who's Whose

 

The haves and the have nots
constitute the whole human societal world.
We can't be sure of the  membership
for each grouping on this side of the border;
the invisible boundary of a life's span.
There is a registry, an accounting
for whoever belongs where. We can inspect
fruit and infer, but all the evidence is not yet in.
Those who have, have. Those who don't-- do not.
It's cut and d...

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firstjohnfivetwelve

2 Trees

 

Two accounts collide and oppose.
The powers decide their next move.
Possibilities begin to close.
Only one has something to prove.

The ghost of this world is a poseur--
professing to play a good game.
In league with the swarms of Hades--
Electrified with the tone of its name.

Reality cries from the soil--
The truth shouts from the trees.
This narrative no one can foil;
the anci...

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the warp and the woof

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