Long Breastplates Poems

Money
and Manna
both root back to Maneh
of deep and weighty Babylonian coinage.

Maneh transcends spiritual/natural divides
to nurture nutrition's co-present values,
dew-fall grace from Earth's diamond curious treasures
tribal communions inspired with physical bread

And yet also 
more deductive
reductive Win/Lose seductive...

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Revelation chapter nine the fifth seal judgement continued

During those days, men will seek death, but will not find it; they will
long to die, but death will elude them.

Commentary

The scorpion stings were so severe, that the...

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My mind is as fascinated with investments and divestments
as my body is attracted to healthy and beautiful vestments,

and haunted by prospects of naked loss of home
and integral identity.

My vested interests emerge issues and concerns about...

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“The Last Mothers of Mars”



When the strange ones came
we thought they were 
angels sent to save us

Open hearted 
we waved our welcome
we were not warring, then

we were peaceful
we were noble
we were gracious

plutonium waves hit us
hydrogen...

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Most people put their faith
in primal things
Spiritual cave dwellers,
living on the dark fringes of life
Afraid of stepping into a brighter tomorrow,
baffled by that distant light in the sky
Their understanding of the solar circle of time
	is...

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NEUER THE ACHILLES


Horse power?
Let the horses keep their power
Neuer power is now the toast of all


The day all cats chose their king
It was Tiger that first wore the crown
But Lion roared, bore his fangs
And bristled...

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Where are those battle-braves essayed
By epic, Where their triumph go?
Where, the rare braveries portrayed,
Where did the blood that was shed flow? 
Villain Duryodhan’s wrath-wrapped woe,
Dhritarashtra’s nerves, anger, gall
The battles as raged  as we know,
Time...

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One day a skinny pole was wading through the swamp when it happened upon a typhoon resting by a small tree. Oh hello said the pole to the typhoon. What are you doing by there?...

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The whisper from the dreamer contemplated schemes,
Shadows of vengeance was corrupt and hallow,
Slither with a flicking tongue to prolong all suffering,
Sky now scorched black with no chance of tomorrow,
Chambermaids hushed the courtyard entities,
Breastplates of gold...

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must refuse relegation, obey
only the roar of our own angels, then reshape 

breastplates to shield the motherland
from any warlord who dares 

to pimp our flag.
Battlefields have always been a woman’s place,

We were born to bleed,...

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They were armed with spears forged by their sun god
Mighty and mean, terrifying mountain-like marauders
The commander told them the battle would be fierce
Their enemies arrived with their own copper spears

Their breastplates and helmets were equal...

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Some are free floating
they can move on the diameter of a whim.
A few articulate with humor and grief,
others are hinged
so that ears can hear each other.

Many bones are scaffolds
for vision, prayer and procreation.

One hollow bone...

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A few articulate with humor and grief,
others are hinged
so that ears can hear each other.

Many bones are scaffolds
for vision, prayer and procreation.

One hollow bone hums in the throat,
it channels the smoky saxophones
of consciousness.

When death comes...

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