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Best Poems Written by Cornelius Brantley

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Car Wash

car wash
foolproof
rain dance

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Prolonging Pain

prolonging pain 
ongoing insane
subverting hurting
ain't working
dodging the day
gets me no pay
prices up wages flat
elect a democrat
who does better than
what's done by republican
spending more
on making war

apolitical is political
just gonna be inhospitable
give me drug to raise me up
and take me down wine in cup
was gonna say
everything go away
cats meow
neal meal now
no time poetry
gotta let it be
maybe later
check this incubator

used to care
for peace everywhere
became a methodist
only matters can boys kiss
and lesbians bliss
oh say can you sing
with wesleyan wing
a silent song of war
while we ignore
poverty bankruptcy
of non jubilee 
duopoly economy

thought Jesus was
more than a buzz
of sweet sky pie
for when we die
but I reckon not 
so I keep my spot
infer never new birth
meek really shall inherit earth
keep using currency
of private debt and usury
believe lie called scarcity
wink the eye at complicity

can grace restrain
leak from my brain
may hope restore
and better more
the garden in
new jerusalem
will holiness
that cannot bless
any hour wholly mess
unless we confess
we bottle the Spirit
and at Her we spit

will never let Her out
for She might shout
and take no more
unending culture war
running victory laps
on pseudo martyr maps
the fight must go on
til all earth left gone
maybe remnants rise
seizing ceaseless paradise
bridegroom become the bride
city come down no place to hide

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Lost In Second

lost in second 
but remembered 
forever
never again
and always
you freely
fully to
me one
to you
nothing
anymore
anyone

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Do

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Reconstruction

reconstruction

recalling  much less than half i wrote 
though long ago and miles remote 
i remember when 
an old black  man 
walks out from his shack 
to fetch his kids' dead kitty cat 
then walks back 
as I pass by 
and glancing up see his eye 
meet mine in the mirror  and with a sigh
watching end to end  
as i round the bend 
miss him move again  
for we are all now and then 
once for all gone with the wind

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Just Reality

rage great
freedom wrong
just wait
love makes no difference
sedate strong
people 
excavate earth
under steeple 
mayhem ignore
drink mirth
here two cents
strangle birth
tell poor
save money
buy cheap
dark sunny
hard work
never sleep
no such perk
tame lust
virtue secure
top tax cut
bottom tax must
all manure
war backed
mammon
manipulated
usury driven
hope destroying
fear maintaining
political economy
just reality

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Yes Put In Prison

yes put in prison 
bad really bad 
not  unprovoked 
coup ten four 
nearly half score
different tongues 
east west religion allegiance
outside 
virgin merrika break promise 
bill george barry donny 
angie admit minsk 
buy time pump arms 
one fourkay east dead 
meanwhile 
roulette politic 
phantom rushing 
doing same both side usual 
smoke mirrors bait switch bump 
cry smile shout you essay 
you know usual while 
mic 
well forget now 
donny pause get joey 
oh humanity 
chief can start not stop mic 
Jesus must explain 
yes yes crime wanted connection 
zel promise peace 
joey change script 
czar said too far 
joey promise no more north stream  
surenough  nine month 
come true
three war tank tank 
delivery who knows when 
food meds house teachers roads broke 
mic one with eleven zeros climbing 
keep going til czar rational 
not let opp regret fly or 
back down like did end two double v two 
please lol history books texas 
you essay virgin merrika love fodder people 
fly flag virgin merrika 
hail bearer mars midas
roulette rushing talking
points
aim fire
not my ten nine boy
y'all lying thieving 
pieces canine scat

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See Him

see him 
west
ahead 
faster than sun 
see you 
east
behind 
just beyond 
lengthening shadow 
stand still 
ninth hour
watching 
both ways

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Past Passions

past passions passed parting
present pains pleasured prolonging
love's longings lowered lingering
world's weight winded waiting
sadness's solo silenced singing
freedom forgotten feared freezing
brittle bones bruised breaking
taciturn tears tattered tumbling
mind's memory mangled melting
reason's remnants ruined remaining
kneels nobody nighted knowing
gutless ghosting gathered grimacing
careless cacophony caged constructing
mammon millions murdered meandering 
demons divinity damaged dividing
hearts heads hooked hungering 
chastised children chunked chasing 
betrayed bought banned burying
jingo jeering jaded judging
kindness kisses kindled killing
quiescent quakes quieted quivering
vapid verses vanquished vaping
words' world wearied wounding
zealot xenophobe zeroed zooming