As with alcohol,
cigarettes, drugs,
singing, money and writing
I have a difficult time
knowing when to stop…
Here is the first part to poems for the shaw,
The Name
This short collection of memories, reflections and experiences is called
“Pomes for the Shaw,”
which at the time, was popular vernacular.
An older name would be:
The Edmonton Culture and Convention Center;
An Uprising;
titles to be used intermittently.
A Simple Explanation
A dishwasher working for low wages at the Edmonton Convention Center, sees a woman degraded, a man subjected to racism, and a senior exploited so he forms a union as a small act of vengeance.
Reception
One paid editor, commented, this work was one sixth complete and didn’t feel “Billy the Kid” by Michael Ondaajte was a good comparison.
Disclaimer
These poems are the result of an unsophisticated poet living in the literary world of Nietzsche and Bukowski. I fill the spaces with Layton, Purdy and early Atwood.
I apologize for the poor craftsmanship and self indulgence; these faults are mine and not those of poetry.
Two quotes
“Cheerfully order him to be stupid[gd1] ”
“Gnaw tender ears with biting truth”
A thank you:
To love and life: the beautiful Ramona,
Brother Gabe and Sister Dawn,
Old Man Melvyn
the lovely Lana and Hong
and Charles, Lindy, Ansuya, Polly, Asari, Gordon, Naomi, Lance and everyone else who had the courage to walk outside.
To the Rest
The cowards, the hypocrites, the spineless, the men without balls, the ass kissers and sluts
I wish you no hope, no luck, and no forgiveness, only an abyss, where you are alone and dead with yourself
Now all of you
Fuck off
and go back to work
“Coffee’s Over”
buy the book.
[gd1]use latin quote
i believe that piece of writing assumes a lot…so
i assume the people who control Israel are feeling the heat with the uprisings in the middle east, first the t country, then Egypt and another one has joined the fray.
The people are upset because they live on under a dollar a day which was bearable until the price of food went up…pushed to the point of action…just a
slow grinding worsening poverty
much unlike progress.
Most of the countries were under the sway of dictators, who ironically share a similar trait to the ultra wealthy…being billionaires
most for decades, would this maneuvering have occurred under a republican president? or has a space been opened by an Indonesian president…which has further alienated the white fundamentalists from their urban counterparts…we are not quite “all American” as the very vision of the country is under divide…
the Chinese persuade with “we are all Chinese” when bartering amongst themselves.
On a Personal Note
I am still lopsided after my busy weekend in van…deals and drinking…a single mother with two kids, aging parents…a long stay in the DTES…and the trees look the same after my five day absent…and one day i lost entirely.
Why write? is too open a question
The rich live in pristine nature while i am merely in a first world forest…i have a hard time making sense for it all…excluding reason and including reason…any comments from any literate imaginary readers i may have is welcome…
here’s to citizen wealth,
those dictators should be forced
to turn their assets over to the people
but that never happens…
now why would that be?
Not in the News
wikileaks
now why would that be?
never have the inner workings of a super power been revealed,
at even a diplomatic level…and the world is changing…
Obama has created space for humanism
Assange has created space
fundamentally using technology…
and poems help
the us does not want a civil war…
the citizens have more guns than the army…
mercifully as a failed writer
i can speak of what i do not know
the revolution will not be televised
thank goodness for freelance friday
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