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An Eye For An Eye For An Eye

there are some parts of your personality you must never look at or Aristotle's logic will pay you a visit for a 15th century anatomy lesson an eye for an eye a throat for a throat gargoyle armies hovering overhead tongue for tongue trumpeting victory the oracle had him tossed out for vigorously offensive behavior his cult believed that sex withers the bones madman Rasputins rerouted his mail how could work ever be its own reward so he went shopping Aristotle was known to fly the jolly roger above his fortress of wasteless logic a case of geriatric illumination following the high voltage enema and you learn that by reading the context you can see around corners he collapsed in a feral excess of laughter at the idea of dying perplexed it was a code 9 ambulance ride straight to Happy Valley’s neuro dock and thousand dollar an hour shrinks for libido boot heel therapy thrown again upon the funeral pyre of love with the Empress of all the Russias don't speak she said and drove her turgid tongue down my gagging throat so far it broke off just make it significant she keened so he wrote like he lived diminishingly bold aggressively non-committal engagingly witless a composite character with a cryptographic message for the whirling dervishes and temple ballerinas and big breasted truck stop girls vacationing in Puerto Aorta you take a cliché you massage it right you got them eating out of your laundry bag my Tourette script writers again saved by the scales of justice less frequently than by the invisible hand of Larry Moe & Curly all you can say to truth is I hope you ain't the whole truth dragged kicking and screaming from the age of blind obedience Aristotle addressed the basilica as a shaft of light shone down oh God of desert miracles make me your most holy instrument the sweaty basilica throng expecting a thrash metal anthem murmured their discontent and walked out in stony silence Aristotle was immediately defenestrated by the Bishop of all the Americas having **** uncontrollably and aggressively upon the altar while uttering the plague curse from the Ninth House of Nineveh a wanton unrepentant savagery such as seen in certain Pekinese lap dogs a masterful mix of indifference and cunning From "Engine of Didactic Beauty" available on Amazon Artist Portfolio: http://walteralter.byethost32.com/

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Date: 8/4/2017 2:22:00 PM
Thanks, Darlene. Lots more of my stuff here for you to enjoy.
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Date: 8/3/2017 1:55:00 PM
I have enjoyed this poem.It is well written I look forward to your next poem.Welcome to the Soup. My new friend.
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