A letting of blood,
Red river on the pale flesh,
A trembling hand.

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Metal fragments flying,
Murder of the innocents,
The manticore walks.

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God,
Thought it extremely odd,
His followers from the United States,
Prefer to be a killer to one who negotiates.

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Warmongers drop bombs,
Profit, not peace, the target,
Wounded doves dying.

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Peter Brian Hesgeth
Making much of all his Lord giveth,
A 'Jerusalem Crusader's' badge proudly worn,
A pretense to greatness, in reality a tinhorn.

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Fingers trail water,
Rivulets ravine black foam,
Scared fish scattering.

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Laughing into bed,
Making love with abandon,
Sheltering clownfish.

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Running fast footsteps,
Break the deep still of the night,
The prey? The hunter?

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Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair,
Advising everywhere,
His saintly efforts never cease,
Now a founder member of the 'Board of Peace'.

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The Mango Mussolini,
Meaner than the meanest Blue Meanie,
Rants about the woke,
He's the comedy though, only doesn't get the joke.

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A shiver in trees
Rustling downhill through thick pines,
Scurrying squirrels.

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The soldier dies,
Crying out in the unknown,
Vultures circle high.

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Long, long, long the road,
Twisting, turning for the child,
Baying of wolves.

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Superinjunctions,
Hide the evil done to us,
A Gamayun flies.

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"Strings"

Moneymen's tight strings,
Move our heads, arms, legs and minds,
Circus performers.

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"Waves"

Waves break on rubble,
Lapping over skeletons,
New fish learn to walk.

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"Echo"

A scar runs tearful,
A finger tracing lost love,
The lark's song echoes.

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"Viper"

Hail the President,
Wielder of corrupt power,
Viper in the nest.

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"Crows"

Cawing at others,
Suited politicians,
A murder of crows.

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"Quick"

Burn water brown flows,
Quick flashes white in the mirk,
Caught the Heron's eye.

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"White Out"

Blasted by thunder,
White out blinding, isolating,
Hare footprints in snow.

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"A Time"

Pine needles drift down,
Fir needles turning yellow,
A time for all things.

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"Snow"

Snow wind whips up white,
Imprisoning us in love,
Freeing us from hate.

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"Inhumanity"

Past, present, future,
Man's inhumanity to man,
No reason, no bounds.

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"Sated"

I see no evil,
Sated by consumerism
The docile cat purrs.

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"Free"

Free men need no crown,
No divine leader of men,
The pelican flies.

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"Bitter Air"

A quivering hand
Falls bloody into the sand,
Breathing bitter air.

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"Carú"

A double tap strike.
Indiscriminate slaughter,
Carú weeps once more.

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"Wild Birds"

Grifters in power,
Con men shuffling the marked deck,
Wild birds in the house.

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"Sweet"

Sweet, sweet is honey,
Dripping slow mellivory,
Bears feed at the hive.

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