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Mad Monkey

Mad Monkey The last summer The last breath of the world The last leaf Has fallen Bud open Will not return From the fell Chain saw The arms and roots Branches filigree Lungs Breath no more Of life Continuous Mad monkey Set a fire in your house Plagiarise the healing mists As commonplace Throw your misunderstanding Into the briar patch And hang from the bow The gaunt edifice Of fraudulent civilizations empire The last piece of the puzzle In the jigsaw of denial Grabs its placatory moment And sucks through the straw Its sweet tasting milk shake Impoverished soil The last winter The final gust Of clean air Wilted flower Suffocated Mad Monkey Chokes on gratifications Plethora of extinction Tosses inconsequential litter To the ground Of its own foot prints Poisoned By its own greed For life The lost summer The lost breath of the world The fatal leaf Is falling Open bud Can not return From the fell Chain saw Of time

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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Date: 12/15/2008 6:00:00 PM
Sad, yet powerful and deep with the pain and destruction that has taken place. Well done, Colin! ~ Carrie
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Date: 12/15/2008 3:27:00 PM
Colinlyour passion for the trees and the earth. You are natures steward to protect and look out for a voice of love for our dying planet. GBU and your son Michael
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Date: 12/15/2008 12:25:00 PM
Definitely makes a statement of sealing our own fate. Pretty deep... I liked it. I could sense the anger, makes me think of the rainforests that are destroyed, as well as the general disdain so many have for the planet we live on. God told us to be good stewards of what He gave us and we have failed miserably at that. Great wake up call. God bless, Amy :)
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