'freedom's song' timothy r gates, 7/03-4/2009
sung from
shore to shore
air to air
none to spare
on those days of
rockets red glare.
We do sing
and, cling
to
freedom's song,
sung from
time in chime
dimes thrown at mimes
rat-a-tat-tat
splat-a-spat-splat.
Sung from
you
to me
me
to you,
our children's eyes
(like those in the late night
world hunger fund-raising tv-commercials),
trusting...
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sung from
shore to shore
air to air
none to spare
on those days of
rockets red glare.
We do sing
and, cling
to
freedom's song,
sung from
time in chime
dimes thrown at mimes
rat-a-tat-tat
splat-a-spat-splat.
Sung from
you
to me
me
to you,
our children's eyes
(like those in the late night
world hunger fund-raising tv-commercials),
trusting...
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mueca:
when i read these pieces, a beat forms in my head. i read to the beat, i hope thats an acceptable method of ingesting these writings. i enjoyed the hiccup inside the parethesis, breaking the beat and then going away. very cool
'Patriotism' timothy r gates, 7/02/2009
'America!
Love it, or leave it!'
fifteen, teacher
(WW II Vet,
nothing joking within his persona,
other than as an accountant
warning us regarding
being 'jewed down,'
and to watch out for those japs
'soon they're own everything')
whispered into my ear,
'If I ever see you
dressed like this outside,
I'll kill you.'
(a bit precocious and pretentious,
I...
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'America!
Love it, or leave it!'
fifteen, teacher
(WW II Vet,
nothing joking within his persona,
other than as an accountant
warning us regarding
being 'jewed down,'
and to watch out for those japs
'soon they're own everything')
whispered into my ear,
'If I ever see you
dressed like this outside,
I'll kill you.'
(a bit precocious and pretentious,
I...
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'The embrace, again' timothy r gates, 6/28/2009
sneaks up on us,
so it is said
another's sin, illness,
pretense of surprise
besetting? Perhaps
begetting? Maybe
setting? Yes
i watch the sun
glide
to his recline
the moon
to her repose
both smile at each other,
if we see we join in
grieving? Sometimes
leaving? Likewise
weaving? Haply
eyes in front
in the back of my...
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sneaks up on us,
so it is said
another's sin, illness,
pretense of surprise
besetting? Perhaps
begetting? Maybe
setting? Yes
i watch the sun
glide
to his recline
the moon
to her repose
both smile at each other,
if we see we join in
grieving? Sometimes
leaving? Likewise
weaving? Haply
eyes in front
in the back of my...
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Hello, I'm sending this to you because you are likely to follow through. Please pass it along.
Thanks, Ann (a friend of mine, she and her husband know the impact of such things immediately with a belove son and more)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
....it's not about 'i approve' of this person or that person, it is about do i want the same reights as my neighbor, and...
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Thanks, Ann (a friend of mine, she and her husband know the impact of such things immediately with a belove son and more)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
....it's not about 'i approve' of this person or that person, it is about do i want the same reights as my neighbor, and...
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rydell:
Thanks you for the comment on my Back Booth set..I really appreciate the support hun 
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...
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'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...
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naruka:
thanks alot 
erinya:
absolutely love your comment...kisses from berlin..
'Gran Torino and Mustang Men'
note:obvious inspiration, perhaps, came from my initial response to the movie 'Gran Torino,' and then my reflections upon the +'s and -'s of these days from my youth. like all reflections, and all else, they're only lived out in the present. timothy
'Gran Torino and Mustang Men' timothy r gates, 6/11/2009
talk like men,
bs and more of the same...
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note:obvious inspiration, perhaps, came from my initial response to the movie 'Gran Torino,' and then my reflections upon the +'s and -'s of these days from my youth. like all reflections, and all else, they're only lived out in the present. timothy
'Gran Torino and Mustang Men' timothy r gates, 6/11/2009
talk like men,
bs and more of the same...
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'Lickity-split' timothy r gates, 6/09/2009
Lickity-split
spit
bit by bit
need a
kit
wave to
Brit
Peace given a chance
does show that
all we need is love
Tatta-tat-tat
splat
sat on a hat
waved,
passer by thought
i tossed them the
finger
Fit for shit
sit
lit through wit
waved to
heaven
hell said,
'hi.'
'divine voyeurism' timothy r gates, 6/09/2009
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Lickity-split
spit
bit by bit
need a
kit
wave to
Brit
Peace given a chance
does show that
all we need is love
Tatta-tat-tat
splat
sat on a hat
waved,
passer by thought
i tossed them the
finger
Fit for shit
sit
lit through wit
waved to
heaven
hell said,
'hi.'
'divine voyeurism' timothy r gates, 6/09/2009
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mueca:
love it! i feel so learned now. thanks for a different kind of post that is most welcome!
tita:
Fantastic choices
'Pentecostal Purgatory' timothy r gates, 6/07/2009
kneeling prayers
reeling spares
caring spiel
airing zeal
up, down
another's aphorism
yet, more terrorism
purgatorial flames
pentecostal claims
drunken lit
sunken kit
another's pope
yet, more dope
nope
yep
babel's retrogression
babel's suppression
babel's neo-progression
babel's purgation
line sewn
spine hone
tongues flapping
tongues clapping
slapping divinity
tapping sublimity
i'd say, 'f' it'
but,
i don't
i won't...
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kneeling prayers
reeling spares
caring spiel
airing zeal
up, down
another's aphorism
yet, more terrorism
purgatorial flames
pentecostal claims
drunken lit
sunken kit
another's pope
yet, more dope
nope
yep
babel's retrogression
babel's suppression
babel's neo-progression
babel's purgation
line sewn
spine hone
tongues flapping
tongues clapping
slapping divinity
tapping sublimity
i'd say, 'f' it'
but,
i don't
i won't...
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Love
Zuraih xoxo