God Money
...dollars dance ...
in the eyes of angels
plates at the ends of pews
passed strategically in tempo
to burnish words
(even more strategic)
pretty sheep
buttered and wagging
like the smooth ton...
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Categories:
humvees, analogy, corruption, discrimination, money,
Form: Free verse
Memorial Days
...The local girls are Asian, South Korean, Japanese,
Chinese, Vietnamese.
A few runaway Muslim chicks.
War is a man-shaped demon.
War is booze and guns, fistfights,
Humvees and frying, flying li...
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Categories:
humvees, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Old Plaid Shirt Makes a Run For It
...Old red plaid shirt blew off the line with ease.
One July day with a gentle breeze,
Farmer’s wife came out to peek into old deep freeze.
She was now standing in meat up to her knees.
Old farmer...
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Categories:
humvees, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Monorhyme
The Desert Gypsies
...We ride across the desert sands
Like pirates out at sea.
Two Humvees accompany me
12 gypsies all we be
We fly the Jolly Roger, a symbol
Big and bold,
We sail a cross the desert sand ...
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Categories:
humvees, business, culture, freedom, identity,
Form: I do not know?
Hurricane Sandy
...Sandy stole my words.
Desolation and despair
triumphed
attempts at descriptive
narrative
paled in comparison
to the cold, desolate reality left
behind.
Humvees and police cars patrol...
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Categories:
humvees, loss
Form: Free verse
Salute To a Friend
...Sparks fly and smoke billow from seven muzzles
Deep into her heart the explosion echoes
Flashing memories of a smiling face of a love now lost.
Lost in strife, conflicting ideals- caused
“Mommy...
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Categories:
humvees, life, sympathy, war
Form: Free verse
Chickenhawks
...I gots to go on down to Applebees.
I gots to watch the big game on TV.
Oh, its much better than January's
Superbowl, March Madness, the history
of boxing or Tiger Woods teeing up.
We'll toss dow...
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Categories:
humvees, allegory, parody, political,
Form: Sonnet