Of Saltpeter and Soul
...A line like serpent coiled round the saltpeter cart
Hoping to purchase health and healing, or
Gunfire spark
The merchant—a vendor of virtue/vice
His ware—a white wonder of alchemical craft
Danc...
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Categories:
saltpeter, death, humanity, integrity, introspection,
Form: Other
Mind Watching
...Expertly I sit down,
the recliner jumps to my command.
The friends of George Washington are here
they come bearing paw paw and cloud berries.
I am a native morning in Appalachia,
there, where al...
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Categories:
saltpeter, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Endless Safari Days
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These leopard eyes warily see
another crimson dawn
on the cold concrete Serengeti
A scarlet sun
shaped like the barrel of a gun
Dark plume of heat
triggers the survival instinct scat...
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Categories:
saltpeter, abuse, environment, perspective, violence,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Guns and Roses
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First person shooter,
on a hate tour of duty,
swinging a bullet sling blade
Buying a death row ticket,
worth fifteen minutes of fame
First person murder shooter;
womb-to-the-cradle-t...
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Categories:
saltpeter, dark, death, violence, wisdom,
Form: Elegy
Guns and Butter
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American politicians are doing
what they always do
Making gunsmoke promises,
buttering up voter you
And the monkey chump voters
fall for it every time ...
banana peel slipping for t...
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Categories:
saltpeter, allegory, parody, political, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Hot Metal Love
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Mei-ricka’s in love
Her heart burns like a hot pistol
She’s got a ruby ring on her second finger,
to signify her sacred vow to her main squeeze
Amended her desires twice, vowing to rem...
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Categories:
saltpeter, allusion, love, metaphor, truth,
Form: Free verse