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By Faith Alone
Religion is not the enemy; it is just a tool employed by those who would control and those who seek to rule by any means to make it seem as if this world is just a dream. It’s not great … Continue reading
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Tagged coersion, ecumenics, evil, faith, power, religion, subjugation, tolerance
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Hallows 2005
Tonight the veil between the worlds wears thin and feels as sheer as gossamer. To touch its fabric is to let the shadows in, to find one’s means of light only a crutch that guides us, just a mere footstep … Continue reading
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Tagged Halloween, illusions, intentions, paganism, power, ritual, Samhain
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For Bukowski
Believe it … poetry can heal wounds; of course, an awkward, ill-set bone will sometimes need to be re-cracked, and soft illusions that so gently cradle us to bind the flesh beneath, must go. And often, language is so poor … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Bukowski, exhuberance, living, poetry, power, sacrifice, words, writing
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What price a pawn
What price paid by a pawn who makes, if merely by sheer luck or chance, its way through fields strewn by mistakes in focused, single step advance to the far end of what it knows, where all the trappings of … Continue reading
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Tagged coersion, control, daily poems, games, hierarchies, leadership, power, sacrifice
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Death of a Circus Lion
His speech was almost poetry; I say almost, because to claim such subtle acts of sophistry as conscious art is to enflame the ire of critics, who exist with their sole purpose to decry encroachment on their world as lies, … Continue reading
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Tagged circuses, coersion, control, daily poems, exploitation, genius, irreverence, language, power
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Careful What You Ask For
Do you really want theocracy, to thin or blur the line between what makes us get along, and what God had in mind? That means you’ll have to tell the truth, and never get divorced; make no income from interest … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Statements
Tagged control, daily poems, fundamentalism, governments, power, religion, theocracy
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