Are We To Dance On Broken Feet?

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icebox
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in the shadows

0 posted 2011-08-07 10:50 PM

I find no forgiveness in heart's ache
grown tired of waiting for the halt,
tired of casting patiently
for lame of thought to rise
to seize and share what could have been,
sane thoughts in breaths gone by,
tired shrewish rulers arguing about ceilings
on debts we'll never pay
refusing cuts to obviate the very debts in play,
liars and deniers dancing twist upon the truth
as if cleverness with words could become their own defense
singing to vast waves within whose grasp our ship of state is sinking
empty promises empty lies
pathetic cries of guilty sham denial,
self-serving fingers pointing,
all brutal desperate tries to sate a gluttony of rats.

©2011 by icebox

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

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1 posted 2011-08-07 11:04 PM

I was talking to an avatar the other night about this very thing...

We happened to be dancing at the time, too.

She told me she was from New Zealand, and I asked her what the government was like there, and she replied:

"reasonably socialist"

*chuckle*

I kinda dug it. (She had a pretty nice avi, too.)

Sometimes I watch that channel, and I think that we should go back to passing the peace pipe and talking sticks...

I dunno, lovie. It's all so much pointless noise. I think I'd rather play etch-a-sketch with the cracks in my screen...and read your poetry, of course.

*serenity blaze has not been paid for this endorsement.*

love you!

Michael

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2 posted 2011-08-08 02:34 PM

quote:
all brutal desperate tries to sate a gluttony of rats

You hit it right on the head witht hat statement. I'm right there with you on this one, Ice. Nice write.

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

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So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2011-08-12 12:30 PM

I always enjoy the depth and truth of your poetry even when it is a brutal truth, Charlie.
Ida

Marchmadness
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4 posted 2011-08-12 12:30 PM

I always enjoy the depth and truth of your poetry even when it is a brutal truth, Charlie.
Ida

Alison

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Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

5 posted 2011-08-12 12:31 PM

I have sat here twice with an open, empty box on my computer screen and tried to think of how I can adequately express myself. I can't. I appreciate your poem and I feel it. I can almost taste the disgust that I have for our "leaders".

A

Prasad Nataraj
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since 2008-05-29

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Bangalore,India

6 posted 2011-08-12 02:48 AM

"liars and deniers dancing twist upon the truth
as if cleverness with words could become their own defense"
very true lines, fine writing.

"The secret behind survival of mankind is kindness and love within our hearts"

BluesSerenade
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By the Seaside

7 posted 2011-08-12 12:25 PM

Love the cutting edge and raw emotion you convey.

So very well said and done, Sir~

icebox
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in the shadows

8 posted 2011-08-12 03:15 PM

Thank you all for your thoughts in these troubling times.

secondhanddreampoet
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a 'Universalist' !

9 posted 2011-08-13 07:24 PM

effective exposé on the current state of the "Runaway American Dream" !

Alison

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Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

10 posted 2011-08-13 09:15 PM

PS - Charlie, I love the title to this poem.

A

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

11 posted 2011-08-15 02:00 PM

Excellent commentary, Sir.

Dark Angel
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12 posted 2011-08-15 06:33 PM

Smile, it's so good to read you again Charly...

m

ebonygirl
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13 posted 2011-08-27 03:31 PM

Enjoyed the truth in your poem,
Ms. E

JL
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Texas, USA

14 posted 2011-08-27 05:23 PM

Lets see....
That was a left upper-cut with round-house kick and a straight punch to the nose.
Right?

Nice venting.

JL

serenity blaze
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15 posted 2011-08-27 06:18 PM

*rubbing my...head*

Check in when you're able, k?

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