songanddancegirl

APES

IN THE PALEST STARLIGHT OR IN DARKNESS ABSOLUTE

BOKO HARAM   A TRIBE OF BANDED APES

Did you know that the orb-like eyes of a falcon can see

small objects one mile away  +are 30 times more colour

sensitive than ours are?   Maybe the king of birds might

be brought to Nigeria  help find the now 2,000 abductees

some as young as 7 being hitched to suicide vests

Here in the West many believe that efforts have been made

Few know this is pure fantasy  Think logistically   Take the

400 children in their elementary school  shocked+sobbing

as boys are separated from girls   The school now stands empty

How do you transport  +feed an army of abductees  14+under?

Unless you do not   Likely there are bones in the forests  +many

madmen with 10 small wives a piece    Before the young bombers

are sent into market places +cities  the equipment is tested on

live candidates    Only really depressed poets are literalists of the

imagination

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Spring  2016

WALL

TEAR DOWN THAT WALL  OR BUILD A BETTER ONE AND BILL MEXICO

What would Gorby say?  Would he recognize the world today?

These days Daesh makes the Cold War seem child’s play    Oh

that’s a soft target  said the pundit   31 dead   200+ injured  pre-

security check-in Brussels    Airport loungers lying in blood +shoes

Bombs in suitcases on trolleys   injuries below the knees    You know

what that means   Boston Marathon re-play of instant severings    All

human flesh: soft-target  at malls  theatres  +hotels  near you    There

is a fierce urgency of now  Dr. King said from a balcony   1960’s USA

before the day bullet splayed +bloody   at 39

Remember Coretta’s face?  Jackie’s pink suit  clawing her way onto the

trunk?   The naked child running along a path from raped village  Viet Nam

We play characters who exist on multiple levels of dissemblance  concealing

hatred  +fear   putting one’s best foot forward

There is a Happiness Movement  afoot    Zombies like you+me are encouraged

to: walk in a way that is associated with happiness   This will elevate the mood

 of those of us who still have 2 legs to stand on   In Brussels today surgical theatres

are being readied for appendage removals  +re-assemblies    Once again fewer of

us are in a position to adopt the  Superman Pose   highly recommended by

Happiness gurus everywhere

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Adopting this pose for 5 minutes will increase

happiness +confidence 10fold

with a selfie  50fold

Spring  2016