Long Bazookas Poems

Epitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch

I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.

This poem has also been titled "Epitaph for a Child of...

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Here We Shall Remain
by Tawfiq Zayyad
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Like twenty impossibilities
in Lydda, Ramla and Galilee ...
here we shall remain.

Like brick walls braced against your chests;
lodged in your throats
like shards of glass
or prickly cactus...

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First they came for the Muslims

after Martin Niemoller

First they came for the Muslims
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Muslim.

Then they came for the homosexuals
and I did not speak out
because I was...

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Cleansings
by Michael R. Burch

Walk here among the walking specters. Learn
inhuman patience. Flesh can only cleave
to bone this tightly if their hearts believe
that God is good, and never mind the Urn.

A lentil and a bean might...

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Ali's Song
by Michael R. Burch
for Muhammad Ali

They say that gold don’t tarnish. It ain’t so.
They say it has a wild, unearthly glow.
A man can be more beautiful, more wild.
I flung their medal to the river,...

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DIARY NOTES : Mad-House Maths

March 30th., 2018 - Another day sets in Paris

The home-bound Octogenarian trundles from the Mall's town centre
Back laden with the day's shopping
His hands numb from clutching load-packed plastic bags during the...

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Night Labor
by Michael R. Burch

for Rachel Corrie

Tonight we keep the flame alive;
we keep the candle lit.
We burn bright incense in your name
and swear we’ll not forget—
your innocence, your courage,
your commitment—till bleak night
surrenders to irrevocable dawn
and...

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POETRY DIVA’S RHYME SCHEMA
Pupa stupor you could hear the bazookas.
From Bermuda to Aruba
A super family reunion
They were sophisticated, as they contemplated which cabins were theirs.
When all came together, they became intoxicated, which caused syncopation in...

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exclamation, which does nothing to stem dead locked high tide   
     proliferation of high-powered assault bazookas 
     manned by berserk cruel death eaters, 
 ...

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Do it without trying
Begin by swinging from chandeliers when home
Wear matching multicolored harlequin costumes
Equip yourselves with harmonicas and bazookas
Keep lubricants and trampolines near by for safety
Practice lunar landings in your room

Resume your activities in the...

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Begin by swinging from chandeliers when home
Wear matching multicolored harlequin costumes
Equip yourselves with harmonicas and bazookas
Keep lubricants and trampolines near by for safety

Practice lunar landings in your room to
Resume your activities in the great outdoors

Do...

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Never bake them in an oven
That would be wrong
Making babies should never be a mistake

Rub two sticks together in a rainforest
Use a flashlight under the cover of night
If you get lost use matches not rocks
Babies...

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Fancy jets and drones are flying
Bombs are falling and raining
Killing innocent civilians
Burning and destroying homes
Hotels, churches and tombs
People are starving and suffering
While dictators and cheaters are trying
To join the Martians
Those heartless cretins and imbeciles
Are ordering...

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Sex Advice For Men
          
Wear double rubbers 24 hours a day
Don’t have sex in boxer shorts
If your woman is pretty, do it in the light
If she...

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If I was brave, 
I would tell them of my sadness and disappointment, 
and reluctance to know them 
Based on what little I know of them

 Based on what I have perceived as their bigotry
...

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Secret Police shoot jelly beans from space
Bazookas come out ready in the cosmic snow
Rainbows are black and white at midnight
Cold weather freezes colors in their place
Killing bunnies is a crime in Yugoslavia
Permits are required when...

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Boyan Slat’s Ocean Clean up reveals a new river cleaning machine
Called the Interceptor
She intercepts 120, 000 pounds of plastic a day
In rivers and streams.

Along the same lines 4Oceans is cleaning up the sea
Unfortunately, the North...

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Kill the yellow bird (the one in the cage)
Change its name from Tweety to Dinner
Eat the evidence down to the last feather
Stay clear from the other family pet 
Make the psychotic pit bulls bed your...

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Splashes of pink from the flowering Crabapple....haze through
the sturdy square of lemon yellow glass - framed in Knights's Armor
....at parade rest on my porch.

   Inside on the ledge, my Christmas Cactus welcomes Spring....with
bazookas...

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Step right up step right up one and all,
We’ve got amazing freaks short and tall,
There’s the strongest man in the world,
We’ve got midgets the tiniest people in the world.
We’ve even got bearded lady and the...

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Bazookas In The Bed

We have a mosquito problem
It’s in our house.  It never ends
There’s nothing we can do but shoot them
Then shoot them over and over again
You see…You understand…They’re not our friends
Potions, tonics, sprays...

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The sun comes up as usual
Having nothing better to do
Rifles take aim and shoot
Fully unloading on the target
A small oval object on the lawn
Thin shelled after being laid
Discharged bazookas leave no mark
Dynamite with lit fuse...

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Hey honey, I miss you heaps,
Are you busy or are you alone,
Because I love thoughts you send to me,
When you send me those pics on the phone,

Those mazooka bazookas, funbags of gold,
Where all of my...

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