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Open Poetry #33

Some of the Beast

Krawdad
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since 2001-01-03

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0 posted 2004-08-27 01:18 AM

Some of the Beast

It has long been thought, by me at least
that the brain retains some of the beast
When e’r I stand too near an edge
from deep within my brain I dredge
conflicting thoughts of what to do
about this feeling that seems not new
There is an urge compelling me
It says that I must jump or flee
I do not know from where it comes
but it insists like beating drums
Perhaps in the distant primate past
where in the trees our fates were cast
we had the thrill and fear combined
when hand and limb need stay aligned
No longer swinging in the trees
I now feel shaking in my knees
to think that I might here jump off
just for the thrill, to be aloft.

If you don't vote your conscience, what part of your anatomy are you going to vote with? - Ralph Nadar -

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

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