Long Camo Poems

Yet at this very moment the cathedral was crumbling
down upon the cries of foresaken refugees, 
the monastery's walls wobbling from war's wreckage, 
and as the black bursts billowed into sun drenched brutality
with the bodies of...

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Part 02


"...and it's not a horror movie?"
"Yeah.  It's just a regular knock at my door."
"OK,  I guess it is a horror movie." 
"Yup."

"So are you telling me, I'm dreaming?"

"I'm telling you, it's just...

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Dave the host gives his TV audience his best gigantic I-am-Dave Smile.  “Today’s topic is guns.  Do you love them? Do you have them? Do we need more?  Do we absolutely love...

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Vets Know
                  by Odin Roark



Deployment
(Via Refrigerator Magnets)
 
Sweetheart

Should have told you

I’m sorry
I’ve buttered
the last piece
the heel
you never eat

Can...

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In the trees
Small fields
Cloudy skies

A camo boy 
Destined to be a man.

In the streets
Between buildings
Bright grey sky's 

A suburban girl
Destined to escape.

Looking up they see the same 
sun.
Looking up they see the same 
moon.

Looking out...

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My whole life I knew a man who hates everything.
Who had a distaste about anything, 
Even the do-nothings and do-somethings said to anyone, 
Because he hates everyone, 
So this tale of hate has already begun.

I...

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 A funny thing happened on the way to the Art Museum, 
I saw a seagull fly above a man wearing a soldier’s beret.
He landed on the arena of the respected Roman Colosseum,
pooped all over...

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“Thank God I despise you,”I declared,
“or I’d want to hear more of that!”
She roared,”I’d tell you of his safaris,
if you weren’t so annoying and bad!”

Said I,“Thank heavens I don’t have to hear
about such an adventurous...

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Conner woke up in his hotel
and looked to the small clock.
He’d slept through his early alarm,
it was later than he thought.

He leapt up and quickly dressed,
for he had a job to do,
so he pulled on...

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I was born into a war 
I was born into a war 
I Was born into this war 
And I couldn’t even talk 
I didn’t know how to walk
I hit the ground surviving 
Heavy fire,...

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The simplest of starts,
A decade of revolution,
When paternity and guidance drifted apart,
With leather jacket banners marked my breakout social intrusion,
To replace the sorrowful suits and camo bandannas,
Loathing the silver idols lining the streets peddling their...

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My aim was spot on at close range or distant
The coppers were on scene post haste
The sirens were loud and extremely insistent
I gazed at the guns I now faced

Seven patrol cars had screeched to a...

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Don't you worry. I promise to be meek.
I've got too much to gamble here at Cripple Creek
Where's that creek at though? I want to swim.
It won't take long, I'll just go and jump in.
Lettin' that...

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Yellow pines swaying at base camp,
early October morn greets the avid hunters
with its autumnal briskness, waking any
sleepyheads who are stirring under covers,
generators humming away at varying speeds,
smell of frying bacon and sizzling eggs,
add to the...

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8/18/17

Put on a camo hat
Then checked each and every trap
And reset them, so there could be another catch

Been wearing a mask
To take care of the task
It's tedious, and helps being apt

Had to use gloves
And trudge
With...

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when they come for you
with a fistful of “legal”
excuses,
covered in camo, bearing guns &
battering rams,
when they handcuff you &
the people you live with,
when they turn your house upside 
down &
accuse you of being in places
that...

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You may not tend to believe me 
Perhaps you’ll start to suddenly
Put your logic up on a shelf
Open your mind and let yourself
See things you never dared to see

The year here was 1901
An unknown battle...

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Dixie Cup Memorial
                  by Odin Roark

How small it is
this bottom of the Dixie cup
looking skyward
holding high the torch
the...

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Campfire And Tall Tails

     Friends and sons come walking into the campsite all dress in camo 
 from their long day’s hunt. Around the crackling campfire, they all gather 
and sat...

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There was a gentle breeze on this glistening moon-filled night.
An unknown stranger in the shadow of an oak gave me a fright.
When he turned, I could see he was male, in a bit of light.
He...

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It was 5 in the morning and I was tracking a deer
I was invisible, dressed in camo
I gasped. My eyes grew wide with fear
I could not find my gun or ammo
I heard rustling behind me....

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In my eyes I’ve lived 2 lives within 1 life/
Strutting by live strife and grief like you wouldn’t believe/
It’s how you perceive what’s kept to conceive /
Just relieve your relief and turn over that leaf...

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The perfect man would always bathe
Before making love he would shave
Take out the trash without a reminder
To my pet cat, he would be kinder

The perfect man would sense my mood
He would try to help any...

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Whenever it seems that peace may break out,
Sabres start rattling, and brave leaders shout:
“Are you talkin' to me?” “Are you talkin’ to me?”
And the sh!t hits the fan, so we all can stay free.

God, for...

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I got my camo, got my ammo, gun, hunting boots an beer,
gonna scare me a few critters as I hunt me down some deer.
As long as the music's loud they'll be running in full fear,
boys...

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