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icebox
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since 2003-05-03
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in the shadows

0 posted 2020-06-02 06:05 PM





Heard some freakers talking ‘bout The Movement,
talking like it was a thing alive
saying, "What's The Movement up to lately?"
doin' up the current Movement jive,

hoping there's a camera in the shadows
recording all their antiquated prose,
not caring if it's truth they shovel daily
only if their public's rating grows.

Any blemish real or just imagined
is focus for their spotlight's daily rage,
truth is less important than the talk shows
and a two inch column on their morning page;

as they speak the smoke around them thickens,
facts become just mirrored shades of lies,
they require our worshipful  acceptance,
they seem to think they are gods in disguise.

So, just keep those contributions flowing daily,
anarchy the only message they can drive,
the world may go to hell in their new basket
but Movements die when they become alive.

©2006, 2010, 2011, 2020 by icebox




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Temptress
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1 posted 2020-06-12 10:24 AM


I have trouble writing about subjects such as these. I'm glad that you're here to do it. It may be lazy of me, but I'd rather enjoy pondering your thoughts on this than try unnaturally forcing out mine. Your words don't seem to move for the sake of moving. They move with a purpose. Thank you for letting me ramble. Enjoyed as usual.


"Maybe that's the way I should go
Straight into the mouth of the unknown"

Shinedown

Paul Wilson
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2 posted 2020-06-14 10:48 PM


Icebox...Your words ring load and clear. The cops threw another log on the fire today in Atlanta." The Beat Goes On And On"...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

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