POETIC JUSTICE

AN EYE FOR AN EYE OF SKEPTICISM

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-07-07T21:48:09-07:00

(A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Historic Bible pages put onlineWill this tell us what we yearn to know;Ancient text translated into languagesUnknown to the earth’s mortal choir,Source of so much grief and slaughter?Biden: Israel free to set own course on IranFree will, sovereignty, liberty, independence-The words clang like a whore’s jangling thighs;“Free to look, but it takes cold, hard cash to

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THE LIMBAUGH PRINCIPLE

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-07-01T08:09:55-07:00

Rush Limbaugh Compares Al Franken's Win to the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Vote Recount (A Poetic Justice Photomontage)O! From the foul wind blowing over AmericaComes this; a most colossal whore’s voiceScreeching another miserably worn-out minute!The irony of his deception belies an ignoble aimLeaving fools ready to lop off someone’s headAs the mythic shit-stain spews forth tired claims.He is no one’s

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SHAPED BY STARS (Head-Lines)

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-27T23:51:37-07:00

(A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Quiet crackdown drains Iran dissidentsThey took off their shoes and plannedAnd their naked feet paced a new journeyWhich now stirs inside every room.Shoes cannot represent this moment,It’s feet and hands and the flame of a newborn star.Ready or Not, Iraq’s Military Prepares to Stand on Its OwnPrepare to make your way in the manner you see fitLike the depth and curve

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WOUNDED SCAMP (Head-Line Poetry)

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-26T08:08:28-07:00

Gay Exorcism VideoCome! Manifest thy vigorous and crippling glory,Spit thy upright venom atop my prone and uncleanSkin, rend it complete to partial bone and space,But above all, Lord, keep thy charlatans away.Michael Savage Threatens Media Matters StaffO Savage, steal your mask away, place your microphone down lowSo your sheep might not listen in…“Take heed. They’ve already come for you,Seeking

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THE HOWL OF CHANGE

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-24T01:06:06-07:00

Support Health Care Reform that Addresses Needs of WomenShe basks in the slender bone of sun that has embraced her diseaseAs she lies upon the biddable afghan knitted by her only daughter.The birds of shadow have begun to fasten themselves `round her spirit;On this day the sun will commence setting much earlier than she imagined.Ask President Obama and his admin: Include the vision of a nuclear

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FATHER AND TIME

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-20T23:33:15-07:00

It is a wise father that knows his child. __William ShakespeareAll the clocks that surround us mark off moments as they dissolve;Steady drum of the second hand tick tocks like a time bomb,Vanished down beneath the rising rush Cast outside of reach of all that’s hereOr that frantic hands can seize or bear.Like time, we will travel forward as moments become lean and swift,Instances slipped within

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DRILL DOWN (Actionable Head=Lines)

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-19T23:09:21-07:00

Call on Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute Bush-era torture, etcSeeing the old man who moved like a sloth across the parking lotStumbling a path waged in determination and loaded with angst,I began to see the future. A panorama of a rebellious reckoningWith a gnarly toothed reality of necks bent in disappointment.Our smugness, suffering tossed out like crumbs

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TAKE ACTION (Head-Lines)

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-19T06:29:57-07:00

Support a Cautious Response to the Iranian ElectionI am turning the lights out nowA heavy summer heat hovers over the ground.Before the morning sun lifts this crimson boilMany will have marched in solidarity on far off streetsWhile others watch with bewilderment, a mini shock and awe.Tell Congress to require legislation be posted on the Internet for 72 hours before debateThis rattling the cage

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MAY YOU... EVERMORE

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-07-07T21:50:01-07:00

(A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Minuteman Leader Charged for Murder of Latino Father and his Nine Year Old DaughterO! The minute has come to address the rotten deeds of your foul-smelling, toothless fear!May you and your murderous brethren spend an eternity with only love in your heartsMemorizing every moment of the lives you ended and the hatred you encouraged.May your hearts be full of an

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WITHIN THEIR FILTH

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-16T01:14:06-07:00

Eliminationist Gear at Café Press – Scott Roeder is an American HeroThe pages are alive with lifeless gods and pale blossomsPainted with too much glee as if a child stroked the paper,Grinning at his creation. Offerings of murky madnessThat scream unhinged slaughter more than glee or satire.Posed as freedom’s rant; naive, normal, nontoxic furor,A bitter thought crawls up from infection to its

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ISRAEL'S (NETANYAHU) BOOKEND

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-15T00:18:42-07:00

(A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Netanyahu accepts limited Palestinian stateIf you give up your guns and your rockets and turn your eyes away,You can live in what little space that is left for you to stand.If you accept this, your sentence, you’ll also acknowledge your fate…Crowds join Ahmadinejad victory rallyMajority rules on Election Day with its bright lights on.Save for the house arrest of the

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REVISITING A MANIACAL MELODY

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-14T21:12:34-07:00

CIA chief believes Cheney almost wants U.S. attackedO! Love at first sight in bleak day.You’ve life’s gallant sun.The arid tempest swoons;Love. Hope. Joy. Doubt. Lust. Slaughter.Blood’s staining authority.The silver gorge croons to her,Breathing deep, conjuring worship;The grubby toothed grin of casualty.“My love, may I have this dance?”“Tis my honor most valiant knight!”“Take my hand, my dear,

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THE CLEAN SKIN...

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-13T13:53:57-07:00

More than some ashen membraneAre the clean skin.Tell me what they are?Oh! How beautiful are these alien creatures!They move with the windUnder cover of night and sun.Glowing and graceful they progressNearer my tenuous fear.Seen and unseen,Like I’ve just exited some dark room;Under the sun everyone’s a ghost.Phantoms, whose faces are washed away,And whose hands are sickly white,Blanched from

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WHAT IF...

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-13T00:51:55-07:00

...2009... Imagine life under these conditions: Living in limbo under a foreign occupier. Having no self-determination, no right of return, and no power over your daily life. Being in constant fear, economically strangled, and collectively punished.Having your free movement denied by enclosed population centers, closed borders, regular curfews, roadblocks, checkpoints, electric fences, and

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PLAY FROM YOUR HEART

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-13T21:20:13-07:00

-Zoe Keating @ La Boule Noire Paris Oct 23, 2008/Amanda Palmer cabaret show.Play from your heartWhat's the point of anything if you don't?What’s to stop us from staying in the middle While hate’s tangled up in a half-baked peaceAnd love’s tapping out some half-hearted beat? Love’s not a liquid flowing between worlds-It’s now! It’s the curve of her neck as she turns to gaze at her children.It’s

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NOTHING BUT TALK (Head-Lines 6/11/09)

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-13T21:20:47-07:00

(A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Gunman kills guard at U.S. Holocaust MuseumNo.I can’t imagine the foul deed set between this dog’s teethLeaning awkwardly against death’s unbending carry.There must be something- illusory power tethering murder?An unplumbed urge sitting in some bar with an open tab?Something that has nothing to do with killing a human being.There are other dogs howling his name,

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WHO AM I AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-13T21:23:13-07:00

I was visiting an old friend, Graeme, on the net yesterday (Facebook) and he introduced me to the singer, Chocolate Genius and his song, "My Mom". I was very moved by the song and my muse began to scream, as she's in the habit of doing. Hours later, the next day, I was driving into town and listening to my Bright Eyes disc "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning" track #1- "At the Bottom of Everything" and

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REALISTIC STORIES (Head-Lines)

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-13T21:23:48-07:00

(A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Mercy plea for held US reportersEuna Lee and Laura Ling were not alone in their frantic plea.The parent’s gasps were sentenced to twelve years of labor-A heaving wave smothering freedom’s beacon;China’s Guantanamo.Crews find more bodies from Air France crashWind, rain, lightening, sky, wish…Floating now. Moving us down,A weight atop such laden grief.Wind, rain,

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LONG AND BROKEN TEETH

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-07T23:01:39-07:00

Name That Racist Tune With Daniel Carver-Caution: Disturbing racist slurs and language throughout video-Hat Tip to We are Respectable Negroes-“Now he knows what the “n” word means.”She bellowed through discolored teeth,Her vinegar lips pursing upon the dank breath of morningAs foul old men slurred about guns and their prideful obligation,“To use `em when times call or when we damn well please!”“

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SOMETHING IS PLEADING (Head-Lines 6/7/09)

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-13T21:24:32-07:00

(A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Obama remembers bravery of D-Day vetsThey moved down into the valley of the shadowAnd found death there. They marched into its jaws,Quaking at its countenance with an eagles fortitudeLeaving their breath for it to commit to memory.They battled onward so this day could breathe,Saved this world that we might salvage our spirits,That we might remember what it meant to

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BROKEN

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-06T22:00:12-07:00

(A Poetic Justice Photomontage) U.S. contractors held in Green Zone killingInformation is temporarily unavailable.Iraq suicide attack kills man, hurts police chiefWar concludes, piercing the proof of silence;Influence spent, the station of splendor set,Undressed in stillness; an ambush on our union.But let’s not paint the words; let us just say it-War, for the warrior, never ends.War, for the

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MAKESHIFT PYRE

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-13T21:25:01-07:00

Daniel James Murray Charged With Making Threats Against Obama In UtahFederal prosecutors have charged a man with making threats against President Barack Obama after he allegedly told a bank employee in Utah he was on a mission to kill the president.Johnny Bounds at 11:00pm May 31 Facebook“THE LAST MAN NAMED HUSSEIN THAT MESSED WITH THIS COUNTRY WAS HUNG IN PUBLIC, I SAY WE KEEP THE STREAK

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VIOLET FOREST (Head-Lines 6/4/09)

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-13T21:25:25-07:00

N.H. governor signs gay marriage billStrolling through the violet forestBonnets of green, sleeves of red and caps of brownShake their hips to the breeze.Born there, grow old there… die there.They’ve not much say in the affair.Born red. Born green. Born Brown. Living. Breathing. Crying. Laughing with the wind.New Air France debris found, explosion unlikelySteadfast in this expanse, uncoveredAnd

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PAINTING THE FRONT PAGE (Head-Lines 6/3/09)

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-13T21:25:53-07:00

Obama pays call to King AbdullahIt is as it has been this closeness with kings.It is as it should be these gestures of goodwill.It is as it shall be the backside of reason.Truth be told, we need keep them closer.Bagram: Obama's new Guantanamo?New, fresh and haunted?The siren song wafts over BagramCalling for warfare without anguish.Someone needs it this way;New. Fresh. Idealized.Cheney Defended

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IN THE FAMILY OF MAN (Head-Lines 6/2/09)

prime63@cox.net (thepoetryman) — 2009-06-13T21:26:26-07:00

(A Poetic Justice Photomontage)Killing puts abortion foes on defenseIn worship he found his causeIn prayer he found his scoreIn murder he found his godObama hopeful on Mid-East peaceHow simple it must soundThis wistful wishful flight among the fragile beamsOf stone and foul hatred.Search Is On for Wreckage of Missing Air France JetAmong protea, cycads, and pincushions and the stunning breath of

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