Can find so little Thought in time,
Cruel blintzes hating all contemplation;
None say words of sense,
Only ravages of emotion!
Middle Class Values reign as Law,
Crippling what calculation discerned;
Stupidity possessing the majority vote!
Ancient Rules of Order determine
The Idiocy of the Ages should remain;
While Genius left to rot.
Libraries evolve into repositories
Of the ludicrous inane,
Pontifying twisted regalia'
Truth a winged predator on a death list!
Reprinted from my collection of poems entitled 'Stark Realities', copyright.2000. Thinking to increase readership beyond the number 1.
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Reviewed by Retardo Culo (Reader)
Reviewed on September 27, 2002
Dear Gentleman:
Your words and thoughts are like treasures bold explorers try
to claim for their queens with undying faith
through strange, uncharted earth and sky.
Whew! This was a little tough on me (sometimes, free verse tends to SCUD me!) although WHAT it says is quite good. If the 9 upsets you, zap it, 'cause I'm not qualified to authoritatively critique free verse (maybe not even lyric verse!).
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Dear Gentleman:
Your words and thoughts are like treasures bold explorers try
to claim for their queens with undying faith
through strange, uncharted earth and sky.
Keep up the great work.
E Culo, the MaD cLiCkEr
Whew! This was a little tough on me (sometimes, free verse tends to SCUD me!) although WHAT it says is quite good. If the 9 upsets you, zap it, 'cause I'm not qualified to authoritatively critique free verse (maybe not even lyric verse!).
Hanley