Kurtz's Warning
...When the assassins hunt the assassins
—all hell is enshrined
(Rewatching Apocalypse Now: January, 2023)...
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Categories:
rewatching, death,
Form: Rhyme
Rewatching the Sky These Times
...Today the sky is
heavy, dark...
The figures that
appear in the
sane firmament
scary and
fierce...
first crossed
the sky two dinosaurs
in puppet fight, they were
terrifying, sudden one
anac...
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Categories:
rewatching, allegory, allusion, dark, imagery,
Form: Prose Poetry
Hamilton On the 4th
...“Hamilton’s” the show to watch
On Independence Day.
If you’ve not seen it, find out if
You can concoct a way.
On Broadway, it was magical –
No one would disagree –
But what appealed to me t...
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Categories:
rewatching, appreciation, independence day,
Form: Rhyme
Shell of a Father
...Why must you make her weep?
Why must you be a sloth?
Why must you be a disgrace?
Why must you be a poison?
You may have helped give life
But do you show real love?
Do you truly value family?
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Categories:
rewatching, anger, cry, dad, dark,
Form: Free verse
My Son, My Gift
...My Son, My Gift
Tiny fingers and little toes,
How quickly each one grows.
That little boy who sat on my knee,
Is now four years older than three.
A beautiful miracle from God above,
Making...
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Categories:
rewatching, love
Form: Rhyme