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(7/30/09) THURSDAY

Guantanamo inmate to be released
Unaccountable flesh and bone and greed and cruelty
mixed in with the fineness of a discarded spider’s leg
and everything else that we’ll soon release of ourselves.

Iran to release prominent reformist from jail
Stride slowly now, warrior, on the sidewalk
toward your battle. It will be this taste, this air
that you shall carry for others to breathe.

House Democrats clinch healthcare deal
There is still a little life left in you,
inside thy sacrosanct chamber
a small portion of duty
and sympathy.
It is this tenacity
we desire; decency, within each of you
singing stridently.
Now get back to the people's business,
there's much more work to do.

Mayan Calendar Spurs End-Of-The-World Debate
This is what I know of ancient thought-
It is a map of the world best not read
with certainty. These things have myth
and wonderment attached to them.
History for them has already moved on.
They wept.
They danced.
They dreamed.

Extreme Right Wing Racists Like Beck, Dobbs and Others Are Having Difficulty Controlling Their Core Racist Beliefs!
Jackals lunge
for the shadows of noise.
Nasty are these beasts of prey.
They do their barmy beast worship
upon our cheerless faces.
Bigotry. Failure. Begin again humanity.

Single-Prayer Option from The Middle of Nowhere by Elizabeth Mika
Some things are already poetry…

© 2009 mrp/thepoetryman

(7/29/09) WEDNESDAY

Iran 'releases 140 demonstrators'
Was it dark in there? Were you in pain?
Is it light outside on the path to sovereignty?
Do you have the same evil upon your streets as we?
Why does gloom sit with you on the crimson sidewalk?
Careful that you not tarry long, for wickedness
Will surely wipe the efforts of tyrants upon your joy.

Gates says U.S. urban pullout in Iraq going well
Are you proud? Rush to war has made us slaves, not free men.
America, listen to this- the clack of warfare and greed
Are noiseless compared to the sharp whip of slavery
Which is giving birth to a world that will soon bow to tyranny.

Iraqi Forces Reportedly Open Fire, Beat Iranian Exiles
Has it endured our stay? Has it remained; death?
Through the liquid sidewalks and solid air I can see
The faces of those still trapped there staring out with
Astonishment that their brother had come to kill them.

Suspect In Abortion Doctor's Death Pleads Not Guilty
How does it feel to be "not guilty"?
Yes. You're not guilty of aborting a fetus
Or guilty of abandoning your tired faith
Or guilty of rising above your ignorance.
You’re not guilty, but you are a murderer.

Study: Tanning beds up cancer risk
New study just released says that
Nearly all findings in studies like this
Are known to people with a heart beat.
Another study filed under “No shit!”

7/17/09 FRIDAY

Taliban threatens to kill captured GI
A colossal, gloom stuffed breathing thing
Moved over the land with a push from inadvertent liberty.
They said they weren’t sure if it was from this world
And begged the hostage to find the nearest well hole and
Drag it kicking and screaming down with him...

Chaos besets 9/11 court hearing
O, thank you, lords of turmoil,
Thank you for this stunning day;
How bone quaking hideous it must be.

Keep Guantanamo open, September 11 families say
Great red gash spreading open
With terror in its womb;
All those who love this land
Stand and watch with dismay.

Judge Sotomayor and My Lesson From Eighth Grade
The little girl wore her best outfit to school.
Her mother knitted it for her in much the same way
She had woven the sweet child from birth,
Knowing it would never be enough for some.