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RSWells
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since 2001-06-17
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0 posted 2005-04-22 02:18 PM



“Where,” he asks “was the parade
that jingo jackals produce?
The kind reviewed from the balustrade
by mortals who think they’re Zeus?”

“Why do we wear only scars
as medals of our ramparts?
Where were the magnets on the cars
from China and Wal-mart?”

Well my friend, the difference then
was that we still had a voice,
and knew no trust for greedy men
who declared we had no choice

The Press was free and there to tell
all the rape and pillage
and we saw where the napalm fell,
on the primitive village

Where’ve you been my sour friend
these past thirty years?
Have you addressed the greedy men
or just cried in your beers?

The babble is a cancer
like that poison from the South
and Orwell had the answer
for that trash chaw in your mouth

We war for peace, we spend to save
and death’s now sent from heaven,
your spit, we’re told, looked mighty brave
on a woman of sixty-seven

We’re now told you’re a hero
for the vulgar act you’ve done,
in truth you’re less than zero,
why else would you have run?

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Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989

1 posted 2005-04-22 02:22 PM


Brava Richard!

Damn, it is so good to see you posting again,
you have been missed yanno?

Welcome back, and I do hope we'll be seeing you around here more!

I really want to care,
I want to feel something,
let me dig a little deeper
nah, still nothing~
my give a DAMN is busted. Jodee

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07
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Tamarac Fla
2 posted 2005-04-22 07:12 PM


RSWells
Nice to see you back.
"We war for peace, we spend to save
and death’s now sent from heaven,"
I like the way you write.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26
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displaced
3 posted 2005-04-22 07:24 PM


touching piece here
Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18
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the ass-end of space
4 posted 2005-04-22 08:33 PM


excellent write, it's sad that so many vets harbour that kind of resentment towards fonda rather than the deserving targets, those that exploited and sent them to hell in the first place
Midnitesun
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Gaia
5 posted 2005-04-23 01:13 AM


I was not surprised at this, having had someone spit at me for marching against the Nam war years ago, and I never did half what Jane did. I met Jane Fonda at a rally, and was impressed by her grasp of political reality, her willingness to do whatever it took to end that war. But I also knew that Hanoi Jane photo incident was a serious faux pas on her part. Spit? Disgusting as it is, I'm sure she has been expecting that and more.
Good to read you again, Richard

ice
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since 2003-05-17
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Pennsylvania
6 posted 2005-04-23 06:55 AM


I have been looking for your name in the forums for a while, always click when I see RSWells, never dissapointed when I read your poetry...

Well Done, RS...

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Sunshine
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7 posted 2005-04-23 10:20 AM


and Orwell had the answer
for that trash chaw in your mouth

~*~

We've missed you.
Welcome home!

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