Batons Poems

Black August

...I.

Hooded eyelids under heavy lashes
doin’ the rain dance like she’s Hopi 
Mariah’s a Scientist
I turned a leaf into gold in the silence,
                               full metal jackets
mak...

IN THE DARKNESS OF IMPERIALISM

...I was born in a banana republic,
Between the carnivorous chains of Françafrique,
In an open-air dumpster,
Where tyranny, barbarity, and savagery speak with arrogance.
I am perfumed with all the n...

Total War

...Tread not on me, brother!
To live is to expand.
Deterrence! Slay the Other!
Cold core countermand!

Boots a-click-clack, cobblestone.
Midnight raid and how!
Help the boy to hold his own!
Sacr...

Ways from home

...Hands tightening, my neck is broken 

From the front to the back his batons a choken

Fear in my body for my posture is a slopen 

Cheer in the voices from the violence of hate 

Screaming de...

Lines of Life

...White flags with invincible dots of black.
Dark clouds covering the sky's slack,
Hunting down every tear shed
only to end up faking the perfect smile.

Lines; lining up to make longer lines
in ...

MEMORIES OF WAR

...MEMORIES OF WAR 


In prison we turmoiled 
packed up cards to fall 
whilst they sucked 
genitals like bonbons 
a quartz on a table
gleamed its knowing

War torn ghettos with 
swollen stoma...

on meeting ruminants

...On meeting ruminants 

My mother had tuberculosis, and my sister and older brother
sent to a children's home, where the idea was strictness
My brother didn't come he had an accident with 
a hand...

Kestrel Falcon

...


    She is quite the Mistress of the air, synchronize swimming where Eagles dare-stare, no need for landing batons or clearance, she has her own flare.

She wraiths the hapless night and the ...

Traditional Solitaire potential combinations

...Traditional Solitaire potential combinations...

that clenched another win today
February 20th, 2024 
(eight hundred and ninety yesterdays ago 
since June 13th, 2021)
original crafting date of ...

We All Make Mistakes

...For God's sake, we all make mistakes
We all commit inmumerable errors
Nobody is perfect, everybody is under the sticks
Like the old days in the school of horrors
Where students are mistreated or ...

Name Your Angel and Demon

...Knock, knock, scritch, scratch
Who’re banging at the old door?
The other whispers hushly
Give in to the turning knob
The good one is no help

Nameless twins barge in
An angel and demon greet
...

Amanhece

...Manhã

A Consultora, 
na manhã 
que aflora,
maneja 
os sonhos, 
feito pérolas 
em um colar...

Pincéis, batons, 
sombras, como 
pétalas ao vento,
em cada gesto, 
um sopro de 
encantame...

Avoiding the Police

...God! Why did you ever bring me here?
I know starched khaki: how it looks like.
Cop’s pistol looks much like woman’s purse
But in its chambers not face powder…

God! What makes it sweet I should ...

Autumn's Rain Soothes My Soul

...Sitting on the porch, a chill breeze caresses my face
as storm birds fly, seeking the shelter of a dry place.
Along the lake shore, trees sway to Nature's tune
the music she arranged f...

Proletarians To the Fore

...Arm to arm, sinews clutch
One another, makes friend and crutch;
One crimson call, which guidance brought
The feeble, stern: the working lot
To stand much greater, taller, strong
Filled with hope...

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