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THREE ANGRY POEMS FROM THE SIXTIES

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Degeneration guaranteed
Hope obliterated
Eternal suffering decreed
Cruelty unabated
Your world bludgeoned in its sleep
Love exterminated

At dawn you comb your hair over
Harness your troubles in stables of hope
Warm noon sun random clouds drift over
A dust speck you eject from your coat
All night your silhouette jets glide over
The billions teeming demented below

 
Israelis and Palestinians
Cry change
Denied
Cry change   
Into the night     
Denied     
Cry change cry
Change    
The planes   
Against the sky    
The sand      
Denied    
Cry destroy

 

I have a law degree (Stanford, 66') but have never practiced. Instead, from 1967 through 1977, I tried to contribute to the revolution in America. As unsuccessful as everyone else over that decade, in 1978 I went to work for the U.S. Forest (more...)
 

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Capital letters separate first lines. by GLloyd Rowsey on Sunday, Nov 23, 2008 at 3:58:04 PM
Oh, yes. by GLloyd Rowsey on Sunday, Nov 23, 2008 at 4:04:47 PM
editing problems by Mikhail Lyubansky on Sunday, Nov 23, 2008 at 6:27:33 PM
Thanks, M. by GLloyd Rowsey on Sunday, Nov 23, 2008 at 8:31:38 PM
The Form-Over-Content Folks by Rafe Pilgrim on Monday, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:59:59 AM
Thanx, Pilgrim. by GLloyd Rowsey on Monday, Nov 24, 2008 at 1:09:28 PM