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EXCERPT FROM POET BILLY LAMONT'S NEW BOOK OF POEMS ENTITLED "STROBE LIGHT GENERATION"
[All Poetry Copyright Billy Lamont 2004]
a van gogh morning
well, it's a van gogh morning on this gumby earth
& you with your mother theresa heart
& your cat in the hat smile should know
~the meaning of life lies within you~
dr. albert sweitzer & a kazoo
x-ray mind
taste my thoughts
and tell me
is it the flavor of truth?
microwave romance
i
love
you
i
i...love you
ilove you/ ilove you/iloveyou/iloveyou/iloveyou
i love you
from the bottom of my
current frame of reference
of course in a few years
i could have
a new preference
i love you
microwave romance
haiku-a-cuckoo
sister on the street
looking for love not a screw
haiku-a-cuckoo
haiku-a-cuckoo
look at me cross-eyed
or unkindly and i'll sue
haiku-a-cuckoo
u.s./us rights left?
there is no left/there is no right
democrats/and republicans
are in the same club
there is no left/there is no right
just the top
and the bottom
the rich
and the peasants
the haves
and the have-nots
the few percent of this world's people that are rich
own and control almost everything!
/the church is in bed
with conservatives
the right tells the church
to not care about the environment
this could hurt corporate
false prophets
oops i mean profits
on the left
being perceived as
caring about the environment
is a good way to get elected/
/pastor's as ceo's
christian right?
christian white
democrats are no longer left
no one left left/
liberty
you are free/you are free to consume
purchase your own slice of gloom
why should we stop shopping?
bombs are dropping!/
when a few companies
own everything
freedom of speech
is so far out of reach
at what point should we resist?
too busy trying to survive
to be alive
/greed is restructuring
taking our jobs
grabbing our pay
now you have the nerve/to steal
our retirement 401k/
medical care by/insurance companies
not by doctors
we keep hearing about the war on terror
but what about the war on labor?
/campaign for u.s.
campaign for us/
/oil for u.s.
in the interest of us/
us?
american interests/
are not our interests!
nationalism disguised/
/as patriotism
welfare for the rich/
/tax breaks for the rich
through brute force/
/and torture
colonization then and now/
there is no left/there is no right
only issues in stereo
invent
think for yourself
fulfill your potential
there are higher possibilities
/judicial tyranny
still need healthy boundaries
checks and balances/
/what are the house
and senate afraid of?/
/judicial tyranny
don't they need
search warrants
to search your house?/
/monitoring innocent people
guilty till proven innocent?/
we the people
are not terrorists
we have rights
not just the right to remain silent
not just the right to pay taxes
at what point should we resist?
still need healthy boundaries
towards the left
pro choice
have a voice
pro choice
please choose life not death left!/
/judicial tyranny
corporate criminals
/our rights
have left?/
our rights/our rights
have left!/
/money will trickle down
pay your taxes/
the only thing that trickles down
is piss droplets
from the criminal elite's penis, right?
shake it off
shake it off
the people's trust
executive criminal
criminal elite
retreat
here comes the street!
class of thieves
The Holy Spirit grieves
capitalism's got a black eye
more than the usual greedy stye
soundbite thought pattern
we will uncover the truth beneath
awaken the wisdom in the chaos
the underlying love, silence, peace in the noise
renegades of hope
outlaws of love
join the resistance
before it's too late!
what's happening?
better call the green party
someone telephone ralph nader
can't blame michael moore
better ask noam chomsky!
night
television red paint slowly drips down the pale
expressionless mannequin face
* * *
we are all parhelia. bright colored spots of light
on a solar halo
* * *
the scapegoat of your misery is baptized with tears.
salt & light
* * *
sweating blood in the name of love in the endless
black tunnel we call night
protest: a declaration
protest
a declaration
for the strobe light generation
* * *
in Jah,
Jesus Christ
and His wife the Holy Spirit
we are one
in body, sight,
spirit and light
* * *
we have this dream
that mankind can be a team
and feed the poor
have peace not war
we are activists
and in our hearts we wave a protest sign
that reads, "to be a leader
is to be a servant of mankind"
for violations of human rights
we will demonstrate
and not keep silence
but will not drink the wine of violence
we believe in passive resistance
love,
love, love
shine on
and pretty soon the daggars
will turn to flowers
we would rather suffer in our youth
than live the lie
and if they ask us to compromise the truth
we shout "we would rather die!"
you never look back
when you have your hand to the plow
the future is a field of harvest
the future is now!
we are not generation x
we are intellectuals
we are not slackers
we are working to overcome the problems we have inherited
we repent for our father's sin
for the blood spilled of the native indian
and the slavery of the african
we feel the pain and persecution of our women
the gays and the lesbian
and will not suffer the abuse of our children
and we will not tolerate not having a voice in our government
while big business kills our animals
and destroys our land and environment
war on poverty!
we want to heal the poverty
in this country
and poverty can be physical
intellectual
or spiritual
so if your eyes are a funeral
and you are a haunted house
excorsize the demons
shake the ghosts
shake the ghosts!
there is hope
don't dream in black
don't dream in black
don't dream in black
a serpent and a dove
evil will turn to love
just sit with us
and dine
and we will drink from a chalice
filled with new wine
we love the united states of america
and will fight to keep it free
to form a true democracy
and we support those who choose to live life independently
artistically
inside and outside
of society
and most of all we support the american family!
all those who hunger
and thirst
for righteousness
this is our song for you:
let your heart always stay true
because a sin is just an absence of a virtue
live by love
and work for justice
shed light on darkness!
a string of pearls
pearls are words
words are art
art is imagination
imagination is creation
creation is life
life is experience
experience is wisdom
wisdom is love
love is a string of pearls
sonnet for the sea
the wind whispers with wonder
in seashells i never find
as love screams like thunder
& swims to the shore of my mind
the passion within the ocean fills
kisses, streams of consciousness
as the seed of creation spills
& splashes in your loveliness
the mystery of the mountain
is the light in sunshine
as i bathe naked in your fountain
& drink from your lips of wine
~your beauty is like the sea
waves that comfort me~
footprints in the sand
based on the anonymous story of the same name
suddenly
my life passed before my eyes
standing alone on the beach
my heart silently cries
two sets of footprints
the afterlife and it's hidden key
one set for my Lord
and one set just for me
scenes of my life are like
footprints in the sand
worst times of my life, my Lord
one set of footprints in the sand
why did you desert me?
why didn't you hold my hand?
why did you desert me?
why didn't you place your rock
so i could stand?
you said you would never leave me
each and every day
you said just believe me
and i'll walk with you all the way
but when i was walking
you were nowhere around
i listened for your voice
but could not hear a sound
scenes of my life are like
footprints in the sand
worst times of my life, my Lord
one set of footprints in the sand
why did you desert me?
why didn't you take me by the hand?
why did you desert me?
why didn't you place your rock
so i could stand?
"I would never desert you, my dear child
never leave my sheep on their own
when you saw one set of footprints
and were feeling all alone
my precious, precious child
it was then i carried you
my precious, precious child please understand
it was then i carried you"
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