My Country, My Home

Sky’s blueness grays as rays punch holes thru strato-cirrus walls ………………..out sneak Amber streaks ………………..urbanity’s valleys hued ………………..brick barns painted gold …………………………………..in just a minute’s time …………………………………..skyscape’s Glory melts …………………………………..as down goes the sun …………………………………………………….the staircase of time.
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Yellow checkered pants tank top, the euphoria lemon-flavored cigarette filters tequila shot after tequila shot youngsters shat money night after night howling growling in each scratch on the disk, the DJ in bliss music was toxic bolting beat elated veins, dripping sweat, ecstatic. Then warmth, then heat, tapping, then stomping stampede scratch and beat, now crackling the DJ in blaze flames were fierce gorging youngsters howling growling for escape. Then smoke, then ashes Twelve...
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Over 50 million registered voters are expected If you want to know where the sweet is, follow the ants to troop to polling places today. Not one ever hoards information or loot. They like to share. All in all, nine candidates want to be president It’s hard labor until they die while eight are vying for the vice-presidency carrying loads of...
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The furniture was re-arranged in the same space. Don’t expect any kaleidoscope likeness. But what does the pattern disclose to the viewer who just wants a seat in the sofa chairs and gets lost in their pillows? Pillory is not a play in words. It is war in peace time. Vocabulary furnishes the ammo. Cold metal, dead metal like the...
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Let them run, for Pete’s sake. Stop the finger-pointing. Stop the whining. It is they, after all, who really live on the margins. In a land where more and more are making their homes in pushcarts or under the bridges, or on the sidewalks or overpasses, or in makeshift tents in the playgrounds of public schools, it is those who have mansions in...
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Many races in this world _Divide men from where they’re in Some are fighting caused by oil _Or, extend the place they live in Installed their ideology _But could not find contentment Still many do not agree _On how to run the government To settle a certain issue _Debate is taken into note And in the end it’s up to you _Truth and good are...
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To get a message across a screen using bullets, follow the rule of three. The rule of thirds keeps subjects in focus too. But, there are supposed to be exceptions. A riddle may not subscribe to rules. A bullet-riddled body violates this rule. To count is a basic skill. Can you reach beyond 56? What is the sound of 100 guns...
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This is a perilous season. Some content may not be suitable- In color or black-and-white, they are still dead. Why count bodies in peace time? Something about parts and whole. I agree. This is more than just an inconvenient fact: keeping your feet wet in disease-infested waters. I asked, as I watched early morning TV- Have you found a newspaper to cover them?
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You flood our streets some years ago An emblem of the masses Resisting stained forces And the shadow of unrelenting selfishnes!   You invoke our spirits Rising from our sleep Like a phoenix from the ashes Reclaiming his life to fly again.   Many voices have been silent But they never dwell in grave. They hush the cradle for tomorrow To raise the strength of our aspiration!   We’re...
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With quivering lips we muttered “there goes our hero”. Her harp made silent by destined mortal passage But her song reverberates over the mangrove trees And on white sandy stretches of countless strands. The regal crests of this country’s mountain heights Intones in the breeze a requiem of a million bird-songs. Yellow bells trumpet incessantly a heavy hearted eulogy For the...
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