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What Fire Works

What fire works Fire works crackle crunch coagulate send the guiding stars of darkness into space from Phoenix to ashes ember amber empathy forgotten exploding in the heart of unremembered kindness A giant mushroom in the sky look carefully you’ll only see it once this beautiful display of melted cracking spirit humanity fusing by fission all equality in times of death bonfire rockets Me A perpetrator by collusion capitalized in self-importance apathy inertia clever words semantic masturbation pen in hand computer keyboards sending drones of hate democracy fireworks for all into the ruins of compassion Colourful a level playing field for splashing red blood white bone meal yellow bile contaminated black blue hematoma where brain once was and the poppy sprouts the wars to end all wars Some can afford the fireworks some lives matter more than others in the sparkling pentagon of madness enflame the lateral collateral transnational cooperation of demise destruction disregard for guts and gore for asphyxiation Taking in one last breath of invested greedy inconvenient truth I stand by and by the way by the trajectories of fire works’ insane obliteration and contra-pose love as first and last stand before the world the words implode when gutsy poems won’t suffice and never have 05th June 2016

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Date: 6/14/2016 7:55:00 AM
Very intense write Kai. In the joy and beauty of firework displays we forget their true purpose on days like the Fourth of July, to remind us of the cost of war through bright bursts like cannon fire and the sound of explosions. A lot of thought went into your write.
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 6/14/2016 9:42:00 AM
Thank you James. And you are absolutely correct about the association. Guy Fawkes is another example...Thank you again.

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