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Poetry from P to S

paradise lost

stupid girl
stupid boy
all you had you wanted
all you had you wasted

every one of you
the devil inside
gas up with greed
cee oh two

hellfire
paradise cali
hellfire
paradise maui
​
carbon stinks
to high heaven
lucifer with torch
at the gate
partition

americans
becoming
indians
nineteen
forty-seven

muslims
pull away
from hindu
dominance

heartland
and dixie
pull away
from
liberal elite
Picture

​​americans
on warpath
force choice
red or blue
no purple reign

purge for purity
sharp boundaries
cut and maim

violent
partition
migration
of millions
peace

less squid game
more squidward
and spongebob

fewer terminators
more terms
of endearment

every
national anthem
all you need
is love
performers
​
took off
gray flannel suit
put on
clown suit

lost careers
found gigs
off the assembly line
on the assembly of lies

failed marriages
drugs and liquor
once the life
of struggling actors

becoming
the norm
for rest of us
quantum history

spooky actions
over time and space
overseen by holy spook

divine design
in lincoln-kennedy
entanglement

bullets in heads
next to wives
lincoln in ford's theater
kennedy in lincoln
made by ford

elected 1860 and 1960
vice presidents johnson

assassin fleeing from
theater to warehouse
assassin fleeing from
warehouse to theater

theater play 
our american cousin
becomes
irish nickname
for kennedy

the tall target
kennedy finds plot
against lincoln
is plot against him

kennedy alive is hawk
over vietnam
unclear war becomes
nuclear war but
assassin clips his wings

culture interrupted
strangelove changed
the doctor delayed
as real time lord
changes the story
Picture
Virgin of Guadalupe

​rose tree

dream of rose tree
abundant branches
cut white roses for lady

ask to graft
my flower on branch
our lady says yes
​
echo of guadalupe
my beliefs will bloom
among catholics
Picture
scarecrow

did i scare you
with my gun?
don’t blame me
i’m only twenty one

if i only had a brain
that was all there
but i only need
a lawyer

i’m a scarecrow
arms stretched
like jesus on cross
you owe me mercy
soft opening

let’s do a soft opening
a test run
see how we get on
and get on
in the bedroom

then I’ll sleep on it
baby baby
let me sleep on it

she says
i don’t want meat loaf
i want steak
spiked orbs

event horizon
deepwater horizon

british production
british petroleum
deep space hell
deep ocean hell

event
coast guard patches
​deepwater
coast guard rescue
Picture
BP logo, Event Horizon gravity drive

​​gravity drive oil slick
gravity drive spiked orb
bp logo spiked orb
​
promise of pain
for sins against sea
virus spiked orb
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Images  Virgin of Guadalupe, 1824, Isidro Escamilla, public domain; Scarecrow, Carus, Berlin, 1910-1915, public domain; BP logo ® British Petroleum, fair use; Event Horizon © Paramount Pictures, fair use
​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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