Long Medici Poems

Q:   Where are the bodies of Mohammad and Buddha and all other gods and
       their prophets today?

A:   They are in the grave and they never...

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Here, this day, on this inglorious
Field
Thy vain struggles will count no
Valour.
All hope now abandoned,
Imminent defeat unconcealed;
Erstwhile countenance display 
Such waxen, languid pallor.
Surround by your dwindling 
Forces
Ye will but sadly find...
That the stout keep of your...

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How offensive that must’ve felt!
I’m seated after having said this in bewailment like an ox
Not thinking of the grandeur but of her buttocks
Gloriously, as an ambler, I lift the embargo on this thought
Not letting myself...

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The narrowing of choice, opaque or black?
Unconfident die castes vote ballot blank,
How has our circus bread become this bland?
What a diverse homogeneous blend,
All stitched to sleeves but less with blood to bleed,
Philosophy’s deep silenced sonar...

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I wandered, lost in the labyrinth of love
The right bank of the seine sang so clearly
That I was for sure walking with nothing Left
Nothing on the left at all
The northern vaults of gold
Meaningless to a...

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Oh bloody and evil Catherine de Medici.
The queen has acted impetuously.
Thousands have died because of her demands.
Witness her red bloodstained hands.

A wedding is a time of joy and jubilation.
Instead, there is death and devastation.
She thought...

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RENAISSANCE UNFULFILLED
Glorious! Glorious! Renaissance 
Brought humanity to new heights 
Of unbounded creative power,
Look  at Florence's splendor
Experience its Medici majesty
Inhale its inebriating beauty
Intoxicate  your very senses
With perfect, mastered imperfections 
Of tiles, towers and frescos,

There...

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Brothers Giuliano and Lorenzo de Medici
were co-rulers of medieval Florence in Italy.
Giuliano was murdered by a rival family.
The assassins were from the family, Pazzi.
They were Francesco de Pazzi and Bernardo Baroncelli.
The infamous event took place...

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WELL-WORN PATH OF SHOES

shoes ~ saddle

with gray and blue     catholic uniform

dove white ~ easter

sandals     dressed in ‘60’s powder blue

sneakers with my uniform

last minute mistake

mercy meted me a...

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