Long Rules of engagement Poems

[First posted in 3 parts. Intended novel: time never allowed]

Prologue
This,  Sir, is the prologue from before our tale begins
About the day our father did succumb to mortal sins
And left behind a man who would...

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The Song of Amergin: Modern English Translations

The Song of Amergin
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

I am the sea breeze
I am the ocean wave
I am the surf's thunder
I am the stag of the seven tines
I am...

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I’m A “Street Fighter” 
You see the “Wings” CHUN 
LI
“BRUCE WAYNE”
 “LEROY”
“LU”
KAME
“THE LAST DRAGON BREATHS”
You don’t want “NUN”-CHUCK
NORE IS ANY ENTITY
Check my IP MAN
my Impulse 
 “Ki”
I’m the “1ONE” Fearless 
Jackie’s First Strike “Unleashed”
In a...

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The personal is political and I take the political quite personal

and please do not get me wrong because I am not one to moan

for only those taking responsibility themselves should be allowed

to criticize what the...

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I remember that day and never looking back
I said goodbye to my family and grabbed my duffel bag
Im off to be a hero just like my grandfather and my dad
Im going to fight for America...

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For tonight
celebrating 163 birthdays
among the three of me,
my husband,
and oldest son's May birthdays
within four days of each other

For tonight
unestranged,
and, if we each prefer,
for the remainder of our lives
more together,
less apart

We are here to understand
and express...

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I knew the rules, the engagement of us, he had a wound on his chin, he told me it was ages
ago...

he told me about her, he never spoke her name softly enough.

I sat on floors...

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“Fire” alarm sirens
are going off [the audible radar]
stealth silently
Those living deaf 
can’t receive
the incoming Death warning

Sky chariots on the roil warpath
are thunderclap rolling
Propaganda leaflet droppings
did foreshadow 
their cursed dire coming

Ordnance jewels are falling
from hailstone crowns...

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My confusion comes from too much doing. During the news
eating cheese and crackers, drinking wine, thinking the world
needs me.

Or the falling leaves, the days shorter but so much brighter.
How the cloud cover of the canopy...

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In these days when times are tough
And billionaires can’t get enough
Our enemies are overjoyed
Our CEO’s should be unemployed.

They have sacrificed the country for their greed
They’ve left integrity on the ground to bleed
A lifestyle of royalty,...

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Boys sprawled on the floor
intent on setting up their army men
The floor cold and inviting
The stare of a teachers eye
The curve of her smile at common play
So there’s a movie, The Rules of Engagement
that is...

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It does not fit in these now modern times-
the news that's dominating our TVs.
With some gains made in world diplomacy-
these scenes of war are too hard to believe.

The Afghan war went on some twenty years;
yet...

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From the beginning of time, it always existed.
Like gravity, it pulled; magnetically explicit.
Undeniable connection, yet not a single word spoken,
Leaving the mind to wander into unexplored oceans.
A possessive beast he was, on guard like a...

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I am not a Poet

I know this fact true and full well 

In the orthodox conventional literal way

As I am not able to use set standard form

So what I write

Therefore does not conform 

So I...

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Today I see before me men, who last were only lads
It's been my greatest honor to have acted as a guide
to you, not only warriors but the finest of comrades
and I'd march any distance, if...

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I was walking in the wind looking to the sky,
Seeing all that’s before me and wondering why?
How did I get here and make it this far?
Maybe I slipped in when I found the door agar.

So...

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When the passing touch of a life long  friend
Becomes the caress of a new lover
The rules of engagement are rearranged
Who do you talk to about each other. 

When problems arise and they surely will
And...

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Rock Paper Scissors
Pope Rabbi Imam
Conservative Democrat Independent
Money Power Control
Pay attention kids I will now explain to you the rules of engagement 
Wealth crushes power but amounts to control
Paper covers the books of both Christians Jews...

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To Work In A Hospice Just Be There and Care.

Bring yourself, It's all that you have and it's real,
Everyone needs to be understood and to feel.

Treat others in the way you want to be,
Hear what's...

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Every time I heard my mother cry 
I would come barreling down the stairs 
to square up to my father,
both of us fuming on the edge of a fight.

As a child when you have yet...

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Mystic Dreams Entering into the world of the unknown Powers of the divine eternity Crazed by an infinite well being In the still shadows of the mind Appealing to the gift of the great one...

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Deceit is carefully painted 
by how the painter holds their brush
Arrogance will be their downfall 
and their ego will be crushed

Hate is driven by jealousy 
as they covet thy neighbor’s goods
Quick retreat is shown to...

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The rules of engagement are 
etched out in time
The fog's holding sway as  the 
sun tries to shine
Through a blanketing smokey 
enveloping shroud
Outmanuevering all access to 
sunshine and clouds

The swells on the water in 
cadence...

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The Theater Of Heaven's Light
 
Penetrate God's mark, join the equation, enforce a 
lead warrior role, don't shy away on the weak-
minded, show strength to over-come, have the 
faith to lend a hand, give them...

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Slam to Self

If you wish to place higher
in future

Listen to your elders like 
Sir R.L

And don't blame other's if you
fail to listen or observe the
rules of engagement

Maybe this means

I am finally growing up

Because as a...

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