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Maddie Squires Poem
as I look upon
the insect
unmoving
in ordinary tranquility
I ponder why he makes
me afraid
irrational fears
ancestral ideals
they take their toll
on the weak.
but if the only ailment
yet to be treated is
fear itself
how then
can the fittest truly survive?
I look upon the insect
and I realize
the fittest is the one without fear
and one day
we will live in a world
ruled by the insects
and what a beautiful world
it will be
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Perhaps I am the privileged one
Perhaps the one who disqualified your vice is one like myself
For after all, if equality is truly to be achieved
We are to see the weaknesses and the strengths
In the potential of all in harmony
Am I wrong?
Perhaps you are criminalized for your own sake
For you inhale to stifle; I swallow to expand
But buttresses are buttresses
Am I wrong?
I am the maximized self; you are yourself without reserve
My standing comes from those who chose your vice before me
But who am I to choose?
My vice is not condemning; my humanity no greater than yours
But any time a man is placed above his brother
That man’s flaws are revered
Not by human nature, but by condition
Perhaps that man was me
Guarding over you, my brother
Perhaps we can agree that he is all of us
Am I wrong?
Inhale; I swallow
Release; I regain
For the one who has known despair will choose a path of consciousness
Your awareness is my degradation
Am I wrong?
Should I apologize for my antecedent insult to your reliance?
In all insults are a hope for harmony
Can we live in harmony with our sins?
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Now let the devious Pheme cast her spell,
And let the gods of gossip have their way,
Their judgments realign at break of day,
At such time you and I emerge from hell.
And underworlds will surely do us well,
For there lies some truth in what masses say
When time has passed and in our rest we lay,
Down goes the height of grace from which we fell.
And let us lie in graves without a name,
For what can capture lovely piles of dirt,
And to what god do we owe worldly fame,
Perhaps to one we innocently hurt?
In any case, I’ll gladly take your blame,
And on your silent tomb my name insert.
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Maddie Squires Poem
a mosquito sips on me
cool and fresh
but where i come from
he is unaware
am I his drink of choice?
be careful, little friend
for what I have to give
may not be worth sharing
but then again
don't we all love drinking poison?
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Holy Spirit of the Stars
Father and Sun
Beautiful calamity
Whispers thee to sing.
Cry hero
For Angels dwell here no longer
But watch.
Serpent
Envious, green
Subtlety of the Earth
An Earth with splendor of God
If not greater!
The pleasure of pain
Matched only by murder
Life sentence in Heavenly prison
Foliage to fire
Dust to dust.
A Garden divided
Must fall!
For luxury comes greater
With restraint; good things
To those who wait!
But love?
What is it if not matrimony?
The Holiest of Unions?
Separation condemned!
Lock me up
In Adam’s rib!
If only for fear of fruitful
Over faithful.
O, sweet taste of sinner’s steps
Beautiful fangs drip
Venom of revenge
Juice of forbidden fruit
Vanity
Lust
Wisdom
Dust
Hunger and thirst at once
In love with the image of myself
I see in you.
Absence
Cruel
Adoration without grieving
Nothing worth keeping!
Eat, darling
Only a taste worth dying for
Is worthy of your tongue
For with a fall comes
A rise!
A wounded Earth
Mourns the taste of Death
But Love!
Dear Love only
Mourns that Death taste as life
So it partakes
And partakes
And partakes each time.
Greedy love!
O God, so generous to mourn
Gives comforting design to the fallen.
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a man in a dress with hair down
his back descended the stairs of a
chapel and the people stared in
horror and the preacher averted
his eyes and said a man of his
value is not allowed in church and
the man smiled and he nodded
and he left
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