Short Likenesses Poems

A mirror up from the Earth world
Was brought,  and placed before God.
"My billion and one likenesses!"
Angels with grimed hands just nod....

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Storms of sorrow,

Etch furrowed rows
Ingrained of sad memories past
Carved deep in brow
A mounted warrior of Ghost Dance last

Storms of sorrow,

The will, nor image could force
Stoic in nature, as brazen of life
A granite warrior's likenesses, emulate it's only source

Storms of sorrow,

Upon brow of the "Nation"
Instill change, in a memory's course
From atop Lakota Black Hills
Emerges the legend, the legend of the one called Crazy Horse...

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You sighed...  
... but none heard.  
You were angry,  
Met only with stares from innocent minds.  

... Then you cried  
In the mystique of the night,  
Muffled sobs escaping to the horizon.  

You longed for the company of a muscled arm,  
More than sympathy from tale bearers.  
You wished for a warm bed on winter’s morn—  
... but there was none.  

Like the runaway proverbial son,  
He abandoned you for another,  
Leaving in his wake four likenesses of himself....

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