The quadrennial quandary,
choosing between
the lesser of two lechers
as they bisect bilateral boundaries,
splitting atoms and Adams,
exporting Middle America
in the making of little Americas. […]
Entries Tagged as 'Poetry'
Monkey Don’t
December 9th, 2007 · Written by David Blaine · No Comments
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A Toast to Modern Beauty
September 3rd, 2007 · Written by Rachael St. John · No Comments

Lies, Deceit, Shame in defeat
Trading lives for moments of glory
One by one the morals diminish
Eating themselves alive
Intimidated by the impending doom.
The human race is left with
Only pieces of its broken word and
The horrors that penetrated the useless defenses
Because nobody was valiant enough to
Believe in the darkness, in the cold […]
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To Know it Young
September 3rd, 2007 · Written by Derrick Mund · No Comments
Rusted globs roll boorishly from the roof,
collect,
glimmer,
and fall seven flights
to pulse squandered rhythm onto the alley.
But oh, to know it young
like a Beat ideal.
To speak in the loosened voice
of nowhere glances.
To say,
“Typhoon
with nothing short of screams for all this beautiful young life
that drowns in cirrhosis like cheap wine.” […]
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The Red, White, and Blue
July 4th, 2007 · Written by Melissa Dey Hasbrook · No Comments
In the U.S.A., we ignore our reflection on the TV screen while we grit thirty minutes of sound bites each night,
Scraps of stories served between drug ads from a buffet of Rx’s to help us
EAT SLEEP SHIT PISS […]
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Don’t Blink or You’ll Miss It [The Truth]
July 4th, 2007 · Written by Abraham Morrison · No Comments

Screams erupt from beneath our lead heel
That will not be silenced with another dollar bill.
The façade of our benevolence falls to reveal
A brutal corporate army moving in for the kill.
With economic warfare we do our fathers proud,
[…]
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