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'four pieces/Poetry from a Niagara Falls collection' trg, 5/26/2009

'Buy American!' timothy r gates, 5/24/2009

protesters, sing-holders
(designer sandals, hemp t-shirts)
'Down with consumerism!'
'Down with facade Bookstores!'
(t-shirts stitched in Vietnam)
we protest the
Mega-stores,
But didn't we stop
shopping at the
Mom & Pop,
the first Inde-Stores?
neo-protest signs,
paper from Mexico
markers from Indonesia
'Buy American!'
Every one else does.

'those damn immigrants' timothy r gates, 5/24/2009

indigenous peoples?
Bull shit
pretentious propaganda
left, right
who came first?
The Land is
indigenous
stewards
thieves
tenants
terrorists' Canadian
cheap labour Mexicans
Irish, indentured dreamers
Chinese, railroad ways
African, sold bought sold
natives migrated, again
Those damn
immigrants!

'sadness is like a cold gun' timothy r gates, 5/25/2009

sadness is like a cold
gun
shoved into your
face
not 'my' time
robbed of a warm
gun
imprisoned for not
loading
empty shells
empty barrel
empty casket
peace
is such a
damn strange thing.

'Niagara Falls' timothy r gates, 5/25/2009

Nigara Falls,
Nigara Falls
all that water, and
no restrooms
you'd think the river'd
be yellow
Lady in the Mist,
still chants
not a hymn,
not a slam,
not a message
glad
her tune
still heard
by those with
ears to
hear.