Long Blam Poems

If I Falter
by Michael R. Burch

for Beth

If I regret
fire in the sunset
exploding on the horizon,
then let me regret loving you.

If I forget
even for a moment
that you are the only one,
then let me forget that the...

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"The Children of Gaza" Lyrics: I

These lyrics were written by Michael R. Burch and were adapted in places to the music by Michael R. Burch with input from composer Eduard de Boer.

World premiere, April 22,2017,...

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Then again, was a realm in tandem with another realm. There's no way to judge the distance as each one has a value of its own. Surrendering to the infinite vortex 'cause there's no captain...

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Object to crave
hands off me
i find myself
looking at the keys in the stars in my space
warlords of times of slavery
tortured innocents
never ending labour for underpaid children
smelling burnt flesh
because someone taught her how to swim

he came
we...

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#BadAzKillR

he squeezed gently
pinching the lever once again
and felt the intense power being let
loose travel up his arm …
whiffs of sulfur smoke acting like a
drug on his sinuses
eyes widening with a surge
of pure adrenaline -
loud concussions...

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ONE:
At three in the morning the Internet calls out.
Come to the computer; visit friends round about.
All of a sudden, soon pulling hair out,
The lights go off, a total blackout…shutout!

TWO:
Dressed for the country, a total knockout,
In...

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Second mag time and more damage below
A gas bottle blows in an orange blast of debris
While this occurs beepers still beep and lights flash
It’s a huge yard and there are many targets still

Slowly but surely...

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I was sipping on some whiskey when a black cat crossed my trail;
There was a black magic woman that liked to swish her tail.
   It was a black Cadillac that took my daddy...

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Please allow me to
Introduce myself to you
I'm more than human

I am Deacon Blues
I seem to have lost my muse
Is it all a ruse?

I'm also Robot
Mr. Roboto I am
All made in Japan

I've blown my fuses
Wires all...

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Beauty's Scars

Date: Mon, Nov 30 2015 at 4:33 PM

I look at a Woman with a "Golden" "Heart"
"Broken" Heart
A "Frozen" Heart
But I see when it "Glows" in the "Dark"
Let me be the 1 to put it...

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Cold
04/9/2018


I’ve been sad, cold , so sad, for so long.
I feel mad, old , so mad and so 
alone.
I don’t feel like I ever did belong,
Alone by myself, by myself in a throng.

Empty and hallow,...

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They took away  my Love, The day before our Marriage
Shot in the head, stacked with the dead ; in a wooden carriage
Carted off to a dank and  forlorn misty, dark Graveyard
Where a flock...

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Not all are the same 
If one mess up all take the blam
It use to be like that with me 
But then I relized every one is a little diff
I wish I could take it...

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i will not hide, the way i really am, relationships dont last, so im sticking with my fam, the knife is sure to stab, while the gun it will go blam, there is nothing wrong...

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SOMETIMES 
I SIT HERE WOINDERING 

SOMETIMES 
I SIT HERE DAY DREAMING 

SOMETIMES 
I STAND IN THE SHOWER CRYING 

SOMETIMES 
I BLAM MYSELF FOR EVERYONES DISAPPOINTMENT 

SOMETIMES 
I SIT HERE CRYING 

SOMETIMES 
I SIT HERE BEATING...

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yah shes a girl who has hopes and dreams that want to come true, and maybe at times she may feel blue, 
hey who can blam her with a heart filled with a crush and...

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LOST FORGOTTEN
NO ONE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME 

LOST FORGOTTEN 
I AM ALONE 

LOST FORGOTTEN 
EVERYONE IS PUSHING ME AWAY 

LOST FORGOTTEN 
PEOPLE BLAM ME FOR STUFF I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH 

LOST...

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I cannot express the disappointment in myself enough
I am a beautiful grandmother, mother, daughter, and employee
Years of marriages and divorces
Days of struggling to be "someone"
Hours of training my self-esteem to be high
Minutes of planning a...

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