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Nikan

Inspired by;  Constance La France’s Native American Portrait 


Nikan is a man who once stood proud and true all across this land
in symbiotic relation with nature endowed by the great creators hand
passed onto him by his ancestors to never take more than his fair share
and always be kind to this land for it’s the Mother to all whom she shall bare

When times are lean we all will grow thin together for together we are one
with one voice to sing in harmony for bountiful harvest to our Father the Sun
and give him thanks and praise for warming and making fertile our Mother
who blessed new life into the birthing seasons for every Sister and Brother

Great spirit hear my song of hope that I sing for my people who will cry
we are mighty on the earth give us protection or your children they will die
and our people’s blood will flow upon our Mother like deep rivers of raging red
O’ Father I can see no solution will you spare us from the white mans dread 


I could never make claim to imagine this great man’s woeful sorry or despair
Nikan's song is a lonely tune played for the spirit of his people upon the air.


Nikan traslation from the Potawatomi "MY Friend"

Baamaapii Nikan.......until we meet again my friend

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Valentines You Say

She waits for me beyond this shower certain.
I could open it, and be anything I choose to be.
I could have stashed a box of chocolates behind the towels, and 
rush into the bedroom with them, and a Hallmark.
Is it my rebellious sprit that has stopped me from behaving this way,
because I don’t want to be told this is the day I should express my love to her.
Could it be that I see her as more than a piece of meat, stepping into my trap so that I shall have my way with her on a prescribed day of the year.
I can’t stop myself from thinking of the saying “Give the people what they want”
But what if what they want is a stupid idea created by Madison Avenue profiteers. 

Yeah, well anyway, there’s a box of chocolates, a Hallmark, a bouquet of flowers, a heart shaped necklace, and a cute little bear that does a dance and sings "it’s ladies night" waiting for her. Yes  I am a sell out, and I will not try to disguise it with a maybe. When they bring me up on charges for being a conformist, they’ll use that against me. My only defense will be… “It made me feel so damn good to see my baby smile.”

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Elephant Vs Donkey

That's not my Elephant!

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I Just Can'T Live Without You My Honey-Red's

From the first moment I saw you I fell in love.
I knew that I had to have you, and I would do what ever it took to make you mine.
You were such a beaming beauty and you made the ground shake under my feet.
We spent many of happy times together since that day when I made you mine.
Then came that dreadful night when I returned home from a fishing trip to find you gone.
What I felt all along had suddenly come true; I just couldn’t go on living with out you.
Then I saw the letter and it explained what happened and where you could be found.

I went by the next day hoping to sneak a peek at you, but to no avail.
I could have gone over there just to see you, but that wouldn’t do.
I had to straighten something’s out in my immature, selfish life first.
So, I went back home, and over the course of the next few days, I got rid of my toys.
The motorcycle, the ATV, the pool table, the Xbox 360, and even the Kegerator went.

Now, I was ready to make a new start, and take you back home again.
I knocked up on the door, and Pops let me in.  I said “I’m here for my red beauty.”
When I laid eyes on you it was love at first sight all over again.
I brought you a present and opened it up; placing a drop behind each head rest.
I made you a solemn promise that day “I’ll never let anyone shift your gears again!”
I slapped three grand in Pops hand, and we rolled out like a cool breeze on a hot summer’s night. 
Me and my honey-red Corvette.


My entry in Drake Eszes's contest "I just can't live without you" 3.5.11

Ref;  Pops Repo LLC

 A fictional tale...beginning to end

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Beauty Abounds

nature ensconced
life resonates harmony…
beauty abounds

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Reconciliation Day

Your perfume lingers in the car.
The radio remembers our favorite song.
Young lovers stroll by, hand in hand.
Those hungered sighs of passion stir again.

An Earth bound Rat searching for his Monkey Cat
lost in a dream.... worlds apart. 
The cause of which has made us blind. 
The effect quickens, as nothing less, then stolen time.

The setting of a chokehold has now begun.
Never the time to see what we've become.
Spinning, spinning,  round, and round.
Trying, trying, as we're falling down.

Like borrowed hands, and two grains of sand, 
falling fast, through the hour glass.
Merely just passers bye, clinging to each others side.
Curse the day, and mock the sun; for the rags of time have surely come. 

Pain zeros in on the mark, striking arrows, through the heart.
Our cries of hope, and sorrow beg; from out of the thickets, on this day.



by edwin baldwin

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Egyptian God

Amen - Ra is the God that my Egyptian zodiac says I am born under.
I took interest in the Egyptian zodiac for two reasons;
first because of the name Amen, and second because it predates the others by thousands of 
years.

Some faiths end their prayers by saying Amen, not aware of the fact that they are giving praise 
to the God Amen-Ra.
In his right hand he is holding the symbol of life, and in his left a scepter.
He is the lord of the thrones, bringer of light, and life.

Sometimes he’s seen holding the khepesh war knife, in his right hand, and
depicted with the head of a hawk, as he takes on many forms.

I can relate to this because I’ve taken on these different forms myself;
sometimes a lover, sometimes a fighter, and always watching like a hawk. 

As much as we’d like a world without Seth, there will always be somebody
who will mistake our kindness for being weak.

So stay strong, bring light, bring life, bring the good fight, and keep hawking.
Amen



hawking: taken from american slang 
verb - transitive
•to look at, watch, stare, or eye. From the bird, hawk.
Quit hawking' me!

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A Common Man Worth His Salt

I clearly detect all that swirls this blue green world, 
and all that toss me about like a ship on the ocean.
I hold the wheel within my hand, my ships Captain.
Keeping fixed to a horizon, slow, and steady as I go,
fighting off the pounding swells, one knot at a time. 

I fight the good fight for my home, my family, and prevision.
The proletarian creed is an honest mans banner, and the only flag I fly.                              This voyage presents no security; nor the power of prevailing winds,                                     to stretch out my sails. I endeavor this toil, and will not scourge my soul desire.                     I carefully weigh it all; willing to jettison all, keeping only one seed to root.

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Nothing New Under the Sun

Challenge the thoughts of today and you'll be labeled a nut,
A hundred years from now you'll be praised as a great figure in history.
Those who will only cheer the Status quo serve humanity a great defeat 

Galileo confirmed that the Earth went around the sun – and not the other way around – and 
was charged with heresy in 1633. He spent the rest of his life under house arrest in 
Tuscany. Only in 1992 did Pope John Paul admit that the church's treatment of Galileo had 
been a mistake.
 

Galileo was no dummy.... he knew any challenge to "The Power" would bring him dier concequences.
He decided to tell it like it is away, and for that reason alone he has lived on.


“Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. 
Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. 
Speak your mind and fear less the label of ‘crackpot’ 
than the stigma of conformity. 
And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and 
be counted at any cost.”
-Thomas J. Watson

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Be An Eco-Friendly Vehicle and I'Ll Ride You To the Moon

I think the car companies have done pretty good.
By making cars with something better under the hood.

Just try to imagine what they drove back in nineteen twenty.
I’ll bet you wouldn’t be seen in that today for love nor money.

In our cars we can travel from coast to coast; 
without praying to the father, the son, and the holy ghost.

You know saving our planet shouldn’t be just a one way street
Why don’t we all pipe down, and get off our lazy little seat

Or we could all just preach to the choir like Jimmy Fallon.
Still waiting for the days of one hundred miles to the gallon.

I say put your money where your mouth is;
turn it around on them, and  don’t give them the bizz.


If you’re at home go and sit outside.  
When where you’re going is close; walk it don’t ride.

Think of all the money you’ll get to save and feel healthier too.
When we play our part the planet will keep its riches, and the Earth will thank you.

Yeah, who wouldn’t like a car that got three times the gas mileage, and didn’t pollute.
Instead of complaining about the way things are;  lets all show we really give a hoot.


My entry in Robb A. Kopp's contest 
    "Eco-friendly Vehicles"