Long Open season Poems

Sandy Hook Call to Love
by Michael R. Burch
 
Our hearts are broken today
for our children's small bodies lie broken;
let us gather them up, as we may,
that the truth of our Love may be spoken;
then, when...

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IF GOD GIVES UP ON US

Open season
the games have begun
We be target practice
Shoot randomly
no penalty

Kill at will
...if you will
Lives don't
matter to the people
you're chanting to

Kill for thrill
new sport
Kill at will
...if you think
Lives matter
watch the gavel...
justice...

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previously they said that was
and what were they doing?
we got here and opened 
could we go any faster someone seemed to
and there was a reply before the question

so low and so far from
you were me...

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When I wash dishes
I look out at my bird feeder,
noticing which political species are best at cooperating,
easy democratic process,
remaining focused on collective nutritional energy gains,
"we're all in this together" feathers of kin kind

And, which are...

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On The Evolution Of Liberation…

Once again
our humanity is taxonomically
mocked---no longer ¾
Homo sapiens---a step
just below
that of being human.  Rather, 
today, we’re an endangered species---
a modern classification absurdity
indeed!
Though endangered species
are protected, we remain
open season game through...

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An Invitation 
from Salt Lake City
(1)	In this great nation, the 
United States of the America,
	People who had been 
residing for quite a while,
	And if you have never 
ever been to Salt Lake City 
altogether
	Should come...

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I sit here and wonder how this life went so amuck.
      Sometimes it has no meaning, just how often does it suck?
Your private life gets so invaded.
   ...

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Police Me Not

Written By:  D. Collins 12/3/14

Thanks to Rodney, Trayvon, Eric, and Michael Brown.
The world has a glimpse of how policing goes down.
They shoot-to-kill, or strangle a man to death.
Stand over a body until...

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How many breaths do I have, before the end of days 
         How many words are faked, will we give our game away
    ...

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youd have to see it to believe it
but im making compton famous
a medusa mask
tribal
leave a candle burning
and a wall of clocks and mirrors
and a wedding day gift i painted

so you walk to your car
or into...

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The day seemed so blurry, 
     the dwelling felt vacant and nonchalant
    feeling an ocean of tears pent~up inside him
     he stepped out to...

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The only good chav is one swinging from a rope
Strung about his long skinny neck
Chocking the bastard to death slowly
Thus ending his petty little life once and for all
Doing us all a favour and stamping...

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There, .......in the meadow......
........exposed,
trembles my heart....
wide-open for all the
hunters of love to
view....
....frozen, in place....
muscles tense....
trying to avoid the self-
perceived dangers even
a slight flinch
may bring........

This place was once 
a garden of rejuvination
and needed space ....
that healed...

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In the worst of times people lose their faith,
spewing words of hate through frustrations,
Turning to crimes of passion,
killing decent individuals for insignificant
reasons, or committig acts of treason,
The presure is not an excuse to set demons...

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Quickly close the door on your past participles and advance your dead bolt on the here and now, lie your present lifemat for the doormat benefit of others that seek your presence unannounced unfolded and...

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PETA Gets a Lesson in Reality

By Elton Camp

In one place, it was with very good reason
That on hunting bears it was open season

But when PETA learned of this evil town,
With bleeding hearts they then came...

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Shooting fish in a barrel with an AK-47
Or merely tripping on the bench in the park,
Where the leather whacks on willow
And a stairway to heaven 
Plays in the lost pavilion in the dark.

Cucumber in white...

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He'd swindle fate, but they bought in
protected by a badge' restraint,
the pusher, in a ring, his nose
would deal with any dealing's pose!

So "sell for us" ~ the deputy's roll
& County Attorney "in the know!"
The sentence...

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BE AWARE MANDINGO MAN…

Be aware Mandingo man---
Its open season---
The pack-hunting hyena like
Human predators are roaming
As if on an urban savannah safari;

Be aware Mandingo man---
Its hunting season---
Ebony hued panther sheen males---
The game of prey to be...

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If I were a goundhog I'd bloody well hide.
Groundhogs are just liars, they have no sense of pride.
They said that winter's over and spring is on it's way.
I think those stupid groundhogs were drinking on...

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Differences Of Opinion
Written: by miracle Man
1-11-2020

It appears to be open season for political debate,
on whether troops should be stationed in foreign lands.
One party says our presence helps tension deescalate,
the other sees us as bullies making...

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i want to say i took my shot and snared the woman with one thought
held my breath, tempting fate, i gave myself the day to prey
charged at the door from across the room i knew...

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Sharpness of sarcastic wit
Swiftness of tongue, closed mind, 
Alienate family before you are done

Angry social media posts, throwing skeletons out of closets
Hostility seen months before holiday gatherings, 
Back and forth missives that are not kind

Mouth...

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Come up from the dark side
and face the light
so if only for a moment
it gives some sight
to your dilated midnight eyes

You listen to your heart
as you've done before
then follow it blindly
so you're never sure
if it's...

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I hear your pleas...
Amen Brothers and Sisters!
I mean we don't want anything more
than a society which we can respect... 
lotteries... crooked politicians... 
debt to foreign nations
who consider us an enemy... 
it's just getting to be...

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