The Republic of Perpetual Outrage
Outrage, outrage! Get your daily dose of anti‑everything! Shouting, pointing, watch out now the rage is forming Maybe it’s him,
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The Long Winter Vigil
Beneath the wooden rafter’s weight And beams with abandoned spider silk, Where hearth once roared with living flame Now but
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All for the Love of a Lady
Introduction ‘All for the Love of a Lady’ reflects a more traditional time when life had a slower pace.
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Normal Was The First Casualty
Normal Was the First Casualty is a collection of dystopian poetry that examines how collapse does not always arrive with
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Thoughts Over Coffee – The Cereal Taxonomy Crisis
The diner was your everyday small town greasy spoon kind of place. Trucks, station wagons, and the occasional tractor were
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Normal Was The First Casualty
Normal Was the First Casualty is a collection of dystopian poetry that examines how collapse does not always arrive with
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The Long Winter Vigil
Beneath the wooden rafter’s weight And beams with abandoned spider silk, Where hearth once roared with living flame Now but
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The Silence of Love
Love rarely arrives to the sound of trumpets and drums Nor does it storm ashore with the shouts of conquest
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Barter – Why We Trade
Paper bills are just paper now Backed by no one and nothing No vaults of gold or silver bars Worthless
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The Seven Deadly Sins
The sins of seven, counted here Deadly as they are revealing Cuts the truth from the souls of men Peels
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When The Dictator Falls
Eyes focused on the monuments and statues Propaganda posters with eager children Smiling faces on worthless currency Starving hands reaching
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In The Space Between Breaths
Alas, my soul does bid thee to come close Not for the sake of ceremony, nor influence But because there
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The Witch Returns
Silence came with a great exhale The land heaved with the unexpected weight Dark, ghastly, agonizing, and unsettled Turbulent winds
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A Dystopian New Year
We stand, not united, but wary The cusp of another year in sight Voices silently counting down not with hope
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The Wintery Sky of Christmas Day
In the lower part of Texas…We don’t really have Four Seasons. When it comes to Winter here it sweeps in
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The Final Frontier or A Superhighway of Cosmic Wonders
Out there, the great beyond, the final frontier Galaxies, star clusters, solar systems A superhighway of cosmic wonders awaits And
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War Is More Than Just Battles and Bullets
War is war, but so much more Secret agendas hidden in plain sight Yet so few can read the signs
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When Breath No Longer Gives Life
Breath, oh how we took it for granted Natural, simple, without a single thought But that was then, and this
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When The Feed Is No Longer Transmitting
When the feed is no longer transmitting Endless streams of mind-numbing videos Remakes and retakes of songs and movies Fails
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Finding Peace in a Turbulent World
Outside the world roars, screams, lunges Dangerous, like a wounded beast, threatened mother Teeth bared, twitching, trembling, fearful A mixture
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Krampus Stalks the Winter Roads
Krampus stalks the winter roads Driven not by malice or anger, but by purpose For his is the burden of
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Christmas Day in Those Bygone Years
In the country homes and little towns Where winter came without a sound Frozen breath and bodies thin Clapboard walls
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Emotional Contraband Identified
Static rages where silence once reigned, It’s everywhere, all-consuming, all-controlling There’s no escape, not even in the land of dreams
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The Wasting Age
Prosperity reigned, at least until it didn’t In the final century of promise, hope still remained The world heaved and
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