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If you feel a need
to go to war
you can be sure
all the flowers
in the field
to death
they will yield
Myself included:
I can't be deluded
Why do you
go to war?
Well...
This iris will tell 'ya
its your troubled
genitalia
Needing to penetrate
the enemy
and stain
the deep blue sea
Needing to proclaim
victory
where peace
should be
Needing to boast
that all else
is toast
Needing to hate
is just inability
to communicate
Needing to bomb
—and to bomb well—
this heaven on earth
is what you make hell
But the following
must be read:
Sweep the hate
in your head
with a broom
Sweep it into
a lockable room
(flavored with cumin)
allowing every human
and all flowers
to blossom
and bloom
🌼 🌼
© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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This potent poem is actually "wishful thinking," something
ReplyDeleteyou previously referred to as a synonym for "prayer."
Having an African Iris talk directly to the human race
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-Oliverio
all the flowers are talking...they never stopped...or trees, or grass...happens that we are distracted and have stopped listening.
ReplyDeletekudos, Paul