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'angels are angels, period' timothy r gates, 0/0/2009 (inspired by another's angels)

angels are angels, period
fallen or resurrected, lights
saints are saints, period
saintly or unrequited, luminary
they touch,
we, too
fly
dream
are frightened, when
not understanding something, anything
we, too
are, period.
Then...
'leviathan' timothy r gates, 12/17/2007

leviathan
flies
swoops
cries
no one to walk with
no garden to dance in...
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'she said it would only be once' timothy r gates, 9/9/2009 (inspired by pin-up photo from friend)

reclining, there,
before my intoxicated eyes
'come smoke with me,'
she said
'only once,'
she said
'i want a bong of you,'
i said.

'politics and US in the U.S.' timothy r gates, 9/9/2009

we the people
free to vote,
don't vote
loan sharks, all
we're hungry for our stuff
those that vote, hungry
for more
those that don't vote,
bitch, even, more

disenfranchised
rich, poor,
red and yellow, black and white
-addd any missed in this list,
genders,
lifestyles,
youth, aged, VETS,
disabled and or different
(whatever the...
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'cheating, and' timothy r gates, 2008 back at you, for one from the forest

three times, the charm
back to witchcraft,
as such,
when used for self-perpetuation
but,
then,
we do become
what we hate,
if we hate it more than we
love
another
others
we do become,
what,
once,
we said
we said, said it,
for our own advatage
and others,
that,
we hated....
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'Land of the Free, Home of the Brave' timothy r gates, 9/05/2008

'I pledge allegiance to the Flag,
of the United States of America'

we recited the pledge to our country,
then to our collective god,
a morning prayer,
read spiritual texts,
getting into the right mood.
Our day began.

JFK, our president murdered,
the last year that we
did our pledge
our prayer
our...
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'left and right' timothy r gates, 9/3/2008

left and right,
like balls,
dicks,
not the 'c' word,
oh that too;
politicians are
all of these,
save for the fun between them,
perpetuating bullshit
thought this died after high school
years ago,
insider clubs in the big club;
the rest of us watch,
buying their bs,
taking up their banners,
'we care.'
decomposed bullshit smells better.

'Kissing' (trg,6/30/03)

My first at six,
she was seven.
I fell in love with kissing that day.
Petting, making out, intimacy --
these are only inviting
if the kissing is good from you kisser.
Only thing worse than a poor kisser,
is when you're dreaming of passionate kissing,
only to be awakened by your dog licking your mouth.
Some of my kissers over the years...
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'propitious' timothy r gates, 8/29/2008

asleep
day watch
attuned
not assuaged, often
propitious
gods weep
people cry
i've seen gorillas do the same
elephants too
never my dogs,
or, my cats
though, others'
i've seen do the same, yes
shed tears
asleep
awake
attuned
holding a heart
rose
thorns plucked
stems thrown aside
scarlet drops flow
her eyes true
her frame in b&w
i'm not...
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'o Captain, oh Caption' timothy r gates, 8/29/2008

o Captain, o Captain
oh, Caption, oh, Caption
i, too, see
the hoary caps
the amorous breeze,
here i sing with
you,
praying for tomorrow's air,
to-day,
sardonic wit
i am wont to say,
from my favorite bumper sticker,
not that i know this any more than
something other,
'g-o-d loves you;
every one else thinks you're...
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'another Mary' timothy r gates, 8/23/2008

said to be a whore,
prostitute,
by way of hypocrites,
like the woman accused of adultery,
how would those accusing know?
Mary's friend's daughter
her doe-eyed playmate
platonic adolescent BFF
wept when Lazarus died,
resurrected
wept when Jesus died,
and again, after
one, the Virgin
the other, not the Virgin
i hear her prayers,
doesn't give a damn,
or...
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