booksartyoume

Poetry Reading coll from this last evening invitational night. Fun and cool, and here's just a few of the more fun ones from my persepective.

'Cats' timothy r gates, 6/13/2009

cats,
i'm not a cat person
god,
i don't believe
damn felines,
they love me.
I smile at every
purr,
though it
truly grates me
then i smile,
again.
I laugh, aloud
loud, real loud
when i tell
god i don't believe.
sometimes i wish
this god
would just stop
the damn purring.

'Pray for peace' timothy r gates, 6/13/2009

pray for peace,
piece
that makes me
gasp, 'Oh god!'
'hO dog!'
pray for tease,
terse
preyed upon
lack of an
exhausted elation.
moon rises
sun sets
tide knows
what other call
myth.
Pray to be
preyed
upon by
d og.

'Post 9/11 religion' timothy r gates, 6/13/2009

Muslim fundamentalists
brought down the
Towers,
murdered their own,
collateral damage,
Pres Clintonise euphemistic colloquialism.
Capitalist fundamentalists
in the guise
of Democratic Socialists.
Christian Fundamentalists,
Crusade altars,
every group decries,
'It wasn't us!'
Pagans
look the other way,
'We're the most ancient!'
(everyone's claim)
Atheist fundamentalists,
the new in thing,
'I found it!'
Post 9/11 religion:
It's our fault
for being raped
by fundamentalists,
must've looked like
we wanted it?
Do you think
Babel's Tower will
be brought down
again?

'I am' timothy r gates, 6/13/2009

I am
woman
submissive
feminist.
I am
man
enslaved by
fear of
being
a
man.
chained by
notions of
being
a
woman.
I am
born
too soon,
'miracle,'
told daily
first six years.
quieted
by their bs,
their
violence and silence.
I am
logos,
wordless words
holding hands
with
empathy
despise sympathy
like strolling
with
the woman
that
nurses God.

'My Brother' timothy r gates, 6/13/2009

My Brother
we raced on our
red flyers,
he lost
i pushed him.
My Brother
we wrestled
big time wrastlin',
mattresses on the floor
he lost
there's still a scar
on my right thigh
from that win.
My Brother
he followed me
drank, drugged
( brilliant)
never stopped
heart attack, stroke
coming out of coma
his first concern,
'they say i'm a fag!'
'who cares?' all i said
My Brother
body gave out
father, mother broke
he didn't see this
I did, do
I pulled the
plug
we won.
My Brother.