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'Lennon and Jesus' timothy r gates, 2/19/2009


Like
a warm gun
not i
that almost killed a
man
i,
the man,
killed.
Naked, in bed,
my Yoko and I
in white, privileged karma
would find its peace.
Jesus and me,
strolling the Garden,
the cool breeze
hugs our frames,
together we intone,
'All we are saying.....'
'Bleat' or 'omnivores?' timothy r gates, 2/19/2009

Bleat
replete...
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'Dante's purgatorial flame' timothy r gates, 2/13/2009 Happy V-day, Your-day!

Dante's purgatorial flame,
Beatrice,
captured his heart, purged his passions
to be dispassionate
to accept unrequited
to wait for regeneration.
Beatrice's song's lament,
Dante,
burned to capture
to be captured
to be being
to not be subjugate.
Milton's eternal cross,
always in divinity's heart,
renews their song,
each harp's sting strung
each strung string plucked...
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'seeing' timothy, 2/12/2009

buddha looks the other way
jesus turns the other cheek
mohamed says it's in the book

rumi looks inside
st john of the cross looks at the same
mary, the other, knows she's not martha
lao tzu walks the unknown's path

mythos tells a story
legends see beyond the story
theopneumatos isn't found in a text

butterfly, i am
man, i am...
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'why Walt' timothy r gates, 2/11/2009

dandy,
he did sing the song
American,
quintessential
man's man,
yes
woman's man,
yes
misogynist, racist, classist, bigot,
iconoclast
speciesist, 'could live with
animals'
free-person,
icon
warrior,
resistor
Civil War, North and South,
nurse
soldier,
hero
soldiers, pawns in the hands,
others
religious, irreligious,
contemplative
land, sky, blue or gray,
awe
beauty,
you.
'I celebrate'
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'through windows, prism's hues' timothy r gates, 2/09/2009

Sunshine
through windows
prism's hues splendor
i, too, join Walt's hymn
'from pent up aching rivers'
clap for beauty, gender and genderless,
unrequited love
not so with this
day.

Dayspring
grimace's demise
Aquarius's dance, real
roses are red, violets are blue, sometimes,
thorns not hidden on a rose
these come gladly
as does the
morning's breeze, the...
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two pieces.......

'bat's fly too' timothy r gates, 2/02/2009

her face shows
no fear
free flight
with the bats
not in the belfry
but not away for her thoughts
the moon's light sufficient
for praise
but so much more, for her,
is the silhouette
of the bat
who flies too.

'the sun's awakening' timothy r gates, 2/02/2009

The sun
rises
as the moon
shines
we...
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'pedestal' timothy r gates, 1/30/2009

I stand
not to laugh at your
fall
or, your
rise
the Earth
breathes
genesis, protogenesis
gods and goddesses
dance
with you
in life, in death
Blessed Repose,
joined, again
in your conception
before the Dirt gave you
form
the Breath give your
inhale, exhale
the firmament gave you
your flight.
I stand upon this pedestal
seeing your
empathy.

'Metanoia' timothy r gates, 1/25/2009 (note:for Matanoia's birthday)

climbing
skipping
tripping
slipping
climbing
Climacus
Matanoia M
sublime
timberline
line
by
line
metamorphosis
glory to glory
Psalmist's silence
gives
rise
arise
still
I hear your voice
words
behind
words
icons of Agape's splendor
gives Eros a grin:
Metanoia.

'Sedition' timothy r gates, 1/24/2009

goodness
wellness
the act of sedition
taking out those that
dis-agree
with those that
agree
called
patriotism
perhaps
patriot act?
Perhaps ah's
lacking courage to simply
do
good.

'pens, collectibles for some' timothy r gates, 1/25/2009

Pens, collectibles for some
pencils, rarely used
legal pads and spiral notebooks
all the works in process
no mistakes to be found,
printed posthumous,...
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'MLK' timothy r gates, 1/16/2009

in five years
my president murdered
my marching friend murdered
JFK
(my teacher came in the room, that day,
said, 'the President kicked the bucket!
- years later before i got the force of his unrequited bitterness)
MLK
(Poor People's March lost, that day,
a Free-man, left them black and white leaders
marching by themselves without us)
innocence long lost,...
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