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Poetry from A to C

amazon

amazon stock raised
amazon razed
for livestock

lungs of earth
shriveled
like covid corpse​

all complicit
deserve as much
atheist

look in mirror
say atheist
a hiss and sneer
leave lips

nary a hint
of goodness
the beatles

beatles incarnation
of khepri scarab
resurrection god
jesus risen from tomb
beatles risen from
liverpool cavern

paul was face
john was mind
george was mystic
ringo was heart

jesus was
king in matthew
servant in mark
perfect man in luke
god in john

the way things are going
they're going to crucify me


nubians influence
egypt art
blacks influence
beatles music

yellow submarine
barque of ra meets
blue meanie demons

scarab rolling
ball of dung
beatles and
the rolling stones

stubborn god
abbey road beetle
can’t be moved

mccartney gives
wink to khepri
in egypt station
Picture
Nat King Cole

​black royalty

​nat king cole
martin luther king, jr.
rodney king

count basie
king of swing
prince

tina turner
queen
of rock and roll

mariah carey
queen
of christmas

beyonce queen b
gayle king
woke up cbs 

queen latifah
queen ramonda
of wakanda

need democracy?
kings and queens
get things done
blindness

in land of blind
the one-eyed man
is not king
but harried
till eye plucked out
Picture
Seven of Nine

​the borg

in dream of god
i rise in elevator
among ducts and catwalks
in dark power block

approach distant light
male and female cylinders
vast intelligence
of non-living god

cube was empty
but filled now
with billions
​in internet borg

seven of nine divorce
gave power to obama
and smart phone
slave masters

cube in mecca
muslim collective
jihad cry
resistance futile
breaking bad

hollywood gave
america
what it wanted
​
tony soprano
breaking bad

no surprise
america wanted
donald trump

america is
breaking bad
burning man
​
burning fuel
getting to
burning man

mud and muck
among porta potties
but we’re
sustainable

leaving behind
footprints
of rv dinosaurs
cabaret

hell to pay
for cabaret
impish emcee
divine decadence

hell to pay
for cabaret
sarah silverman
quiet depravity
Picture
David Bowie

​thin white duke
austere nazi
fat white duke
luxury trump

hell to pay
burn away
filth and
wretched excess

there's nothing
pure in this world
start again
columbia comet

​my mother
assembler midwife
of shuttle birth
i am coroner
of shuttle death

manmade comet
manmade omen
night streak of spirit
becomes
day streak of mind

columbia name
for peace dove
falling over
palestine

toxic train wreck
east palestine
toxic terror
gaza strip
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Images  Nat King Cole in 1959, Capitol Records, public domain; Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine, promotional photo, Paramount Television, fair use; David Bowie as The Thin White Duke, 1976, O’Keefe Center, Toronto, Jean-Luc Ourlin, CC BY-SA 2.0
​Robert Urbanek grew up in Southern California and earned a BA in journalism from California State University, Long Beach, in 1973. He has more than two decades of experience as a writer and editor for community newspapers and medical and legal-related publications, which included several years each with the National Notary Association, The Doctors' Company and CCH Incorporated. Copyright © Robert Urbanek.
 
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