Long Figurehead Poems

Dad Revisited- Once More


Last night I sat up in bed and prayed a little longer,
I asked god to send dad back for just one more  day with great fervour.

Dad was waiting for me in...

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   Aided by the wind, 
entities take flight like prismatic colors- 
talismanning chanced direction 
"of watering misfit eye", 
looking for a new place 
to touchdown...

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No more
Maybe I don't know what I'm doing anymore
I've been passed a game winning catch
or so the lecture says
or so circumstances provide me to believe
yet I stand still, a statue
a figurehead of nothing
I stand still,...

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I am Dedan
I tell tales
Tales of fight
Tales of freedom
Freedom to breathe
Freedom to think
Think to prosper
Think to liberate
Liberate Humanity
Liberate my land
Land is the mother
Land of my origin
Origin of human
Origin to be evolved
Evolved you are
Evolved from this...

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Rancid lemon rope squeeze
around a rotten tomato neck tie,
crooked odor bow hanging out of place 
Acid reflux raisin tax bleed;
dripping spoiled, milquetoast lies
out a sour-twisted, prune puckered face

Tart tongue 
sulfur speak disorderly,
dirty saliva fingers in...

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Dad Revisited

RIP 1924-2015


Last night I sat up in bed and prayed a little longer,
I asked god to send dad back for just one more  day with great fervour.

Dad was waiting for me in the...

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An empty pocket is an empty pocket
that's all Joshua can see
the tears of its hunger
a reminder of a protracted destiny
while donations to the temples
confirm the need for charity
an immoral circle of thorns
their sacrificial catalyst
in the...

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When people say don’t use the F word,  do they have any idea how formidable fellowship, flux, foxy, finite, and figure-head are freely and fervently formed?
The F word?
What F word?
This crazy admonishment has led...

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ONE AGAINST MANY

A plentiful soul sits in London, England 
Parliament Square “in all weathers and with 
little protection.”

A peace campaigner, a Christian, and a father
appalled by the sanctions the West imposed
on Iraqis. 

The results were...

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A fairytale, commercial.
Raining onto minds window sill
An unfathomable deep.
Abominable monster on Life's seven seas.

 Dreams, the valuable current sea.
A two edged sword for those sailing on the razors edge.
Balancing on it's journey.

They can bring us...

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just what is China up to?
that of course is the mystery debated by the empire’s
current administration, 
as it no doubt will be the next,
regardless of what figurehead is in the oval office---
with a rising military...

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electing the new pope (conversation between two cardinals)

christian child molester with “holy” guise #1:

“psst…has joey been locked up
in the cage (vatican)?  has he been
put in a safe place where he can’t be heard,
where his...

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*to be sung to the tune of Queen’s decadent song, 
“Another One Bites The Dust”

Barack makes his way into the room
to speak to AIPAC in DC
pandering to every one that he can 
offering jokes &...

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shrewd shrewd figurehead of the empire, mr. obama,
in wanting to keep the MEGALOMANIAC, mr. netanyahu 
from 
attacking 
Iran 
tomorrow
(he has been put off until 2013, conveniently being held at bay so that the
empire’s presidential election...

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australia?

dear figurehead of the empire
whose puppet strings are pulled by the moneyed interests of the 
world & 
not just one nation,
how transparent can one be,
how audacious,
when demanding that all people across the periphery 
submit to...

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 With the start of snow and festive delight,
A tale unfolds on this magical night.
 Be-clause Santa, you know, is more than it seems,
A secret held tight by holiday dreams.

 And as we explore these...

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To the window
Eyes travel for an arrow
In speed of effective allegro
Decorating attention's bravado

Remember me
Don't forget thy company I keep
To have you such night glee
When lonely you in sleep so deep

To the wall
Body lays to install
And...

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how many christians will wake up this morning
to celebrate “the resurrection” &
then turn on their television to see if the nukes have begun to fly?
how many christians will vote in november to elect the figurehead...

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I'll tell you a tale that's full of intrigue,
of a great singing contest that is in the first league.
Hosted by Sweden, the teams all appeared,
and the music and vocals were loved and revered. 

Countries had...

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The sea gathered her voice
on the crest of the waves
as dark clouds were herded
by the wind as he raved
in a symphony orchestrated
through elements of sound
composed by the air
from his drafty compound.

By the drum of the...

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when the “dignitary,”
the president or the lesser puppet
stands down from their post
to “write” their book &
blab on the lecture circuit,
those who remember the bloodshed
of which their administrations
were responsible
make their way to the front 
to grab...

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One fine day Ted sat up like an arrowhead
Straight out he jumped out of bed
Had a quick coffee and a bite of bread 
Ted liked to think things through in his head

Nothing he liked better...

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a child collapsed cold in the garden 
talisman waved with the wind 
violently close to a pardoning-
hardening, molding the kin to her seam inter-winged 
horribly marbling volatile harmony 
azure veins fold under skin- jittering 
gently...

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A set of siblings was in an effervesce
Of blossoms and bubbles.

This world to each was a bundle of joy.
They laugh and played like two girls should.

Somewhat different, as each became older, they would be captivated...

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got up this morning &
put on the proper shoes
to tip tippity 
tap tap tappy
dance for
Netanyahu---
walking the hardline with one
foot, whilst he got the
softline under the other,
telling us all that though 
Israel has the right to...

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