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Honesty

Take my hand when you cross the street
You are not a child but I am.
And I need to be sure of you.

Edgar Allan Poem

Who did you in, Mister Edgar Allan Poe?
Was it corrupt politicians, cooping you to vote?
Did your cat sink his rabid teeth into your throat?
How did you die, Mister Poe?

What was it killed you, my dear friend Edgar?
Your heart or your kidneys, I don't think it was your liver.
Was it dipsomania or perhaps it was murder?
How did you die, Mister Poe?

Did you plot your own death, like a mystery novel?
Did you fall in with companions who forced you to grovel?
Did you die with regrets, did you purchase your own shovel?
How did you die, Mister Poe?

http://www.openculture.com/2015/10/the-mystery-of-edgar-allan-poes-death...

DOLDRUM

When down in the depths of a doldrum
Most guys would have them a cold one
That won't work, I fear
For I do not like beer
Instead I will smoke me a rolled one

Scat

If you go to the dog park
On a 100 degree afternoon

And open the lid of the
Metal trashcan, which
Sits in the sun
All day

The stench of a dozen
Little bags of
Fermenting dog crap
Will smack you across
The snout like a hot,
Wet washcloth of decay

By god!
The pong of it
Is unnatural

Or is it?

For what could be more natural
Then the end result of digestion?

All creatures eat and excrete
Poops stinks and
Flies feast

It's natural
But on the
Other, other hand...

The plastic baggies,
The sun roasted can,
The sheer concentration of crap
In one place
Is less so

It's rather like humanity

We staggered from the forest
Just a small tribe of
Clever mammals
But now

With our metal can cars
Our poured stone cities
Our plastic refuse

The sheer concentration
Of humans
On one, small
Overheated planet

By god!
The pong of us
Is unnatural

CIRCLING

We circle each other like jungle cats
Captured by the scent
Of wild blood singing
A song we cannot name
Because we know the song
Too deeply
Unspeaking on the prowl
No words, no thought
Gravity pulls us slowly closer
Circling, hungry for the taste
Of wild feasting
Frightened by the powerful
Revealing force
Of desire
And the nakedness it demands

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