rhetorical verse BSS.135[829] hat s bullshit - BOKE · Well, '.... . .. . .... . .. . .,. '. . .. ....

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rhetorical verse in Shakespearean sonnet form

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ONE-CLICK SOFTWARE VERIFICATION OF STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH SHAKESPEAREANSONNET VERSE FORM IS AVAILABLE AT: www .boke .com/BSS/BSS .135-154 .htmlBIO: Boke has composed over five hundred sonnets since the Election 2000 fiasco.

9-11 DEC 03

that’s bullshit

THAT’S BULLSHIT {1 of 20} -- Op-Ed Verse [NOT!] by Jim Boke Tomlin

AL GORE SHOUTS: "NO MORE BULLSHIT

FROM NOW ON!"That's what Gore meant

endorsing Dr. Deanon Tuesday morning

not long after dawnin Harlem with a force we'd never seen . . .. . . when Gore was being careful and polite.Too nice to shout

"That's BULLSHIT!" and prevailagainst the half-truth tellers.

NOW HE'LL FIGHTTHE TIDE OF BULLSHIT

that we'll now detail...BEGINNING when Americans allowedtheir nation to be grabbed

by Satan's goonswho screamed their bullshit

‘till the law was cowed, and jumpin' journalists

re-spread their tunes. As this last stretch

of BULLSHIT SONNETS ends, the Anti-BULLSHIT candidate ascends.>>>

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AL GORE SHOUTS: "No more BULLSHIT from now on!"That's what Gore meant endorsing Dr. Deanon Tuesday morning not long after dawnin Harlem with a force we'd never seen ...

... when Gore was being careful and polite.Too nice to shout "That's BULLSHIT!" and prevailagainst the half-truth tellers. NOW HE'LL FIGHTTHE TIDE OF BULLSHIT that we'll now detail...

BEGINNING when Americans allowedtheir nation to be grabbed by Satan's goonswho screamed their bullshit 'till the law was cowed,and jumpin' journalists re-spread their tunes.

As this last stretch of BULLSHIT SONNETS endsthe Anti-BULLSHIT candidate ascends.

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{2/20}that’s bullshit

9-11 DEC 03

OLD NEWS: BUSH did not win 2000 fair.

[Thank you, MoveOn!] BUSH: GUILTY of each death

as Satan's rep ensconced in White House lair

blaspheming Christ with every BULLSHIT breath.

"We did not lie! We can't help if you gotthe wrong impression

from our choice of words."The worldly prince's

BULLSHIT TEAM gets hotwhen branded "lying liars" —

when their turds . . .. . . are carefully arrayed along a linea razor blade away from the abyss.NO PROBLEM IF the press

were not "supine."(Bill Clinton's choice of word.

He did not miss.) SUPINE: on back, inactive, passive,

slack both mentally and morally.

News? Claque! >>>

OLD NEWS: Bush did not win 2000 fair.[Thank you, MoveOn!] BUSH: GUILTY of each deathas Satan's rep ensconced in White House lairblaspheming Christ with every BULLSHIT breath.

"We did not lie! We can't help if you gotthe wrong impression from our choice of words."The worldly prince's BULLSHIT TEAM gets hotwhen branded "lying liars" -- when their turds ...

... are carefully arrayed along a linea razor blade away from the abyss.NO PROBLEM IF the press were not "supine."(Bill Clinton's choice of word. He did not miss.)

SUPINE: on back, inactive, passive, slackboth mentally and morally. News? Claque!

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9-11 DEC 03

that’s bullshit


A college education in our day is not sufficient, clearly,

to preparenewsfolk to MEDIATE the way words playor prey on minds

in ways that keep it "fair."

A word already rhymed, but I'll repeat

it many times throughout the lines ahead —

at least in my own thoughts — as I re-heat

the long-cold past of how we were MISLED.

A pathologic even-handedness

instead of balance of the truest kind.

The reason Bush is King, Iraq a mess,is journalists’ incompetence.

Fast, blind . . .

... and arrogant, mis-educated bunch. Misframing ev'rything

by clichéd hunch. >>>

A college education in our day is not sufficient, clearly, to preparenewsfolk to MEDIATE the way words playor prey on minds in ways that keep it "fair."

A word already rhymed, but I'll repeatit many times throughout the lines ahead --at least in my own thoughts -- as I re-heatthe long-cold past of how we were MISLED.

A pathologic even-handednessinstead of balance of the truest kind.The reason Bush is King, Iraq a mess,is journalist' incompetence. Fast, blind ...

... and arrogant, mis-educated bunch.Misframing ev'rything by clichéd hunch.

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A whipping boy! We need one! Look right there

in Iowa at center stage to stickhis well-respected nose and Koppel hairat presidential level... "help us" pick . . .

. . . the Democratic candidate. He'll bound

the situation. Lord, thank God we're "blessed"

with journalists to bark and gen'r'lly hound

the conversation off the cliff. You've guessed . . .

. . . this won't be Mr. Koppel's fav'rite verse

of Big Bad Boke's. BUT THIS IS WHAT HE GETS

for demonstrating, NOW, the fatal curse

bad journalism is — when it forgets . . .

. . . (or maybe never knew) its vital role

which cannot be described as poke and poll. >>>

A whipping boy! We need one! Look right therein Iowa at center stage to stickhis well-respected nose and Koppel hairat presidential level... "help us" pick ...

... the Democratic candidate. He'll boundthe situation. Lord, thank God we're "blessed"with journalists to bark and gen'r'lly houndthe conversation off the cliff. You've guessed ...

... this won't be Mr. Koppel's fav'rite verseof Big Bad Boke's. BUT THIS IS WHAT HE GETSfor demonstrating, NOW, the fatal cursebad journalism is -- when it forgets ...

... (or maybe never knew) its vital rolewhich cannot be described as poke and poll.

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9-11 DEC 03

that’s bullshit


TED KOPPEL cannot help he has no skill

in orchestrating conversation flows.A few times watching Nightline's

lightless hillof Koppel-verb'age

sounding like he knows . . .

. . . a lot more than he does (if you're not fooled)

will make you click on by. You will not gain

one useful insight. Why? He was mis-schooled

to simulate a guy with half a brain.

Articulate is not the same as wise.Aggressive-asking

of wrong-questions keensthe journalistic law for all these guysand gals who land their face

on TV screens . . .

. . . palavering as if they knew the truth

and all folks not their sources are uncouth. >>>

TED KOPPEL cannot help he has no skillin orchestrating conversation flows.A few times watching Nightline's lightless hillof Koppel-verb'age sounding like he knows ...

... a lot more than he does (if you're not fooled)will make you click on by. You will not gainone useful insight. Why? He was mis-schooledto simulate a guy with half a brain.

Articulate is not the same as wise.Aggressive-asking of wrong-questions keensthe journalistic law for all these guysand gals who land their face on TV screens ...

... palavering as if they knew the truthand all folks not their sources are uncouth.

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9-11 DEC 03

Ted Koppel got his Nightline when Iran

took U.S. hostages. And Ted kept watch.Night after night he wore a groove that ranquite deep. But just because

they grabbed our crotch . . .

. . . and Ted was there to detail ev'ry squeeze.

"America Held Hostage" gave him fame.Because most journalists

have the diseaseof no imagination

Ted would claim . . .

. . . that spot of time forever as his right.Remove him for bad ratings?

Hear the screamsof "quality!" And "history!" He'd fightbefore they'd take his cubby-hole

and dreams . . .

. . . of being "well respected" in his craft

by those who don't know better when well staffed. >>>

Ted Koppel got his Nightline when Irantook U.S. hostages. And Ted kept watch.Night after night he wore a groove that ranquite deep. But just because they grabbed our crotch ...

... and Ted was there to detail ev'ry squeeze."America Held Hostage" gave him fame.Because most journalists have the diseaseof no imagination, Ted would claim ...

... that spot of time forever as his right.Remove him for bad ratings? Hear the screamsof "quality!" And "history!" He'd fightbefore they'd take his cubby-hole and dreams ...

... of being "well respected" in his craftby those who don't know better when well staffed.

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9-11 DEC 03

that’s bullshit

THAT’S BULLSHIT {7 of 20} -- Op-Ed Verse [NOT!] by Jim Boke TomlinBut fear of cancellation's made Ted feara boring situation. He has learnedto be provoking, though you will not heara thought that's more than one that should have burned ...

... with all the dead leaves off the living treeswe should be looking at, but Ted re-aimsall talk where he is sitting midst the fleasof newsy factoids linked with news-time games.

Ted's pleased he's punched the moment just enoughthat watchers will stay tuned to hear Ted presshis guest with Koppel gravity. Rebuffwhatever path might lead beyond his guess ..

... of possibility. That's why he fucks-up visionary lines. Poor Ted just sucks.

But fear of cancellation's made Ted fear

a boring situation. He has learnedto be provoking,

though you will not heara thought that's more than one

that should have burned . . .. . . with all the dead leaves

off the living treeswe should be looking at,

but Ted re-aimsall talk where he is sitting

midst the fleasof newsy factoids

linked with news-time games.Ted's pleased he's punched the moment

just enoughthat watchers will stay tuned

to hear Ted presshis guest with Koppel gravity. Rebuff whatever path might lead

beyond his guess . . . . . . of possibility. That's why he fucks- up visionary lines.

Poor Ted just sucks. >>>

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9-11 DEC 03

hell’s

table

So it should not surprise a soul, Ted screwed

the last Debate of Democrats: '03.Thank God for righteous Dennis —

not me-tooedinto Ted's "Hey, y'all fight,

but look at me!"

Kucinich bapped Ted good. THEN CAME THE CHEERS

OF CITIZENS fed up with journalistscamped out right in the middle —

not the peersof candidates, but gods.

The crowd was pissed.

And Koppel understood and shushed awhile.

He understands the audience is right.Well not quite that.

But he knows if you rilethat beast

then you cannot stay in their sight.

Ted wants to stay on TV. He's its knave. But "Journalists Gone Wild"

have dug our grave. >>>

So it should not surprise a soul, Ted screwedthe last Debate of Democrats: '03.Thank God for righteous Dennis -- not me-tooedinto Ted's "Hey, y'all fight, but look at me!"

Kucinich bapped Ted good. THEN CAME THE CHEERSOF CITIZENS fed up with journalistscamped out right in the middle -- not the peersof candidates, but gods. The crowd was pissed.

And Koppel understood and shushed awhile.He understands the audience is right.Well not quite that. But he knows if you rilethat beast then you cannot stay in their sight.

Ted wants to stay on TV. He's its knave.But "Journalists Gone Wild" have dug our grave.

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9-11 DEC 03

that’s bullshit


Don't care how many laurels weigh Ted’s brow —

Just cast him from the realm of candidate.

Dear journalists with fewer laurels, bowas quickly and retreat —

'till you UPDATE . . .

. . . your education to transcend the crimethat "modern" journalism somehow plantsin your hard, thin-skinned noggins

in our time.You've ruined democracy,

and brought these rants . . .

. . . constrained to sonnets or there'd be no end

of anguished shrieking from my soul. Thank God

for finding form to channel, shape, and send

this message from my gut into a rod . . .

. . . which gives me license. Boke says: "You must learn

RHETORICAL facility ... OR BURN!" {smile} >>>

Don't care how many laurels weigh Ted’s brow --Just cast him from the realm of candidate.Dear journalists with fewer laurels, bowas quickly and retreat -- 'till you UPDATE ...

... your education to transcend the crimethat "modern" journalism somehow plantsin your hard, thin-skinned noggins in our time.You've ruined democracy, and brought these rants ...

... constrained to sonnets or there'd be no endof anguished shrieking from my soul. Thank Godfor finding form to channel, shape, and sendthis message from my gut into a rod ...

... which gives me license. Boke says: "You must learnRHETORICAL facility ... Or burn!"

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9-11 DEC 03

Bad journalists! Bad Christians! Join the line

to hell in a hand-basket that I'll weavefrom clever chunks of words

while drinking wineof Jesus Christ's communion.

I won't leave . . .. . . the Internet,

the global knowledge spherein your despoiling hands.

Are you mad yet?Not half as mad as me. No mornful tearwill you see streak my face.

The sun "don't set" . . .. . . upon these words.

In China someone's markedthis page with Gates' Explorer as you readthis interlude of tirade....

which was sparkedby Koppel's stupid mangling

how to lead . . . . . . a public conversation

that won't bore. BOKE SAYS: If there is voting,

folks won't snore. >>>

Bad journalists! Bad Christians! Join the lineto hell in a hand-basket that I'll weavefrom clever chunks of words while drinking wineof Jesus Christ's communion. I won't leave ...

... the Internet, the global knowledge spherein your despoiling hands. Are you mad yet?Not half as mad as me. No mornful tearwill you see streak my face. The sun "don't set" ...

... upon these words. In China someone's markedthis page with Gates' Explorer as you readthis interlude of tirade.... which was sparkedby Koppel's stupid mangling how to lead ...

... a public conversation that won't bore.BOKE SAYS: If there is voting, folks won't snore.

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9-11 DEC 03

that’s bullshit


While Ted's in purgatory, I'll address

the rest of "so-called" journalists to teach

a lesson that may help you fix the messfrom BULLSHIT UNCONSTRAINED.

As I impeach . . .

. . . the guilty, let the willing lend their earsto one straightforward message:

WRITE LIKE THIS.Write sonnets for awhile —

buy rounds of beersfor all who write just one a week.

"I'll kiss . . .

. . . the girls who write the best and tilt their lips

to indicate that kissing is their wish.No sexual harassment! Sonnet tipsfor everyone: Don't let

sweet romance squish . . .

. . . the purpose of your lines to getting laid.

The time has come: Democracy Remade. >>>

While Ted's in purgatory, I'll addressthe rest of "so-called" journalists to teacha lesson that may help you fix the messfrom BULLSHIT UNCONSTRAINED. As I impeach ...

... the guilty, let the willing lend their earsto one straightforward message: WRITE LIKE THIS.Write sonnets for awhile -- buy rounds of beersfor all who write just one a week. "I'll kiss ...

... the girls who write the best and tilt their lipsto indicate that kissing is their wish.No sexual harassment! Sonnet tipsfor everyone: Don't let sweet romance squish ...

... the purpose of your lines to getting laid.The time has come: Democracy Remade.

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Now, I'm from Tennessee. I twice met Gorein town hall meetings he made sure to workinto his schedule. Effort he would pourinto the feedback loop. His ears would perk ...

... up for each citizen who sought to askor share or shout his thoughts or needs: transmitdirectly to the man who bore the taskof "politician" -- framed so that word fit ...

... a man of honor. Honestly concernedwith his hard job of balancing the needsof all ... with everything that he had learnedabout the bigger picture. All the seeds ...

... of big ideas as they impact each plot.Each farmer in the courthouse. None forgot.

Now, I'm from Tennessee. I twice met Gore

in town hall meetings he made sure to work

into his schedule. Effort he would pour

into the feedback loop. His ears would perk . . .

. . . up for each citizen who sought to ask

or share or shout his thoughts or needs: transmit

directly to the man who bore the taskof "politician" —

framed so that word fit . . .. . . a man of honor. Honestly concernedwith his hard job of balancing the needsof all . . .

with everything that he had learnedabout the bigger picture.

All the seeds . . . . . . of big ideas

as they impact each plot. Each farmer in the courthouse.

None forgot. >>>

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9-11 DEC 03

that’s bullshit

THAT’S BULLSHIT {13 of 20} -- Op-Ed Verse [NOT!] by Jim Boke TomlinFrom Congress to the White House is a jump.And face to face back home is not the job,since ev'ry state is home. A broader stumpto stand upon ... But quite more slipp'ry knob ...

... to grasp. So many hands you'll never touchdirectly. You must have a way to seethe details of America. Too muchfor anyone. That's why democracy ...

... must find a way to let the knowledge flowfrom branches spread throughout our fertile land.Both news of sunshine and the storms. To knowthe consequence of choices. We demand: ...

America and politics restore!(In sonnets, if you please now, Mr. Gore.) {smile}

From Congress to the White House is a jump.

And face to face back home is not the job,since ev'ry state is home.

A broader stumpto stand upon ...

But quite more slipp'ry knob . . .

. . . to grasp. So many hands you'll never touch

directly. You must have a way to see

the details of America. Too muchfor anyone. That's why democracy . . .

. . . must find a way to let the knowledge flow

from branches spread throughout our fertile land.

Both news of sunshine and the storms. To know

the consequence of choices. We demand: ...

America and politics restore! (In sonnets, if you please now,

Mr. Gore.) {smile} >>>

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9-11 DEC 03

One night I helped someone and missed the chance

to cross paths with Al Gore before that fall

when ev'rything went wrong. Too late to dance

through Secret Service checkpoints to the ball . . .

. . . in 90210 land. Check in hand —one hundred dollars

for one moment's timeonce free in Tennessee.

Too late — the bandwas playing, gate was locked.

No talk of rhyme . . .. . . or rather "poetry" in broadest sensewould I be whispering in Al Gore's earamidst the lips of hundreds ...

I'll dispensewith that night's sad narration.

No career . . . . . . of poet-to-the-candidate

for Boke. I'm smiling, but that may not be

a joke. >>>

One night I helped someone and missed the chanceto cross paths with Al Gore before that fallwhen ev'rything went wrong. Too late to dancethrough Secret Service checkpoints to the ball ...

... in 90210 land. Check in hand --one hundred dollars for one moment's timeonce free in Tennessee. Too late -- the bandwas playing, gate was locked. No talk of rhyme ...

... or rather "poetry" in broadest sensewould I be whispering in Al Gore's earamidst the lips of hundreds ... I'll dispensewith that night's sad narration. No career ...

... of poet-to-the-candidate for Boke.I'm smiling, but that may not be a joke.

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9-11 DEC 03

that’s bullshit


Whatever I'd have told him, Gore now knows

from losing — that old lesson prophets fear.

As I smile at the man unleashed who crows

the words with power like an outside seer.

Imagine if he'd exercise in versehis rhetoric?

I'm smiling, but it's true.Perhaps he might teach Dean,

so he'd rehearsea few of his quick lines

some folks might boo.Not teaching. No. Suggesting he should try"that looney thing"

that Boke said might inspirenew lines of thought and words

to say goodbyeto all the BULLSHIT patterns.

And refire . . . . . . the passion for a public life both kind and energized with hope.

No longer blind. >>>

Whatever I'd have told him, Gore now knowsfrom losing -- that old lesson prophets fear.As I smile at the man unleashed who crows the words with power like an outside seer.

Imagine if he'd exercise in versehis rhetoric? I'm smiling, but it's true.Perhaps he might teach Dean, so he'd rehearsea few of his quick lines some folks might boo.

Not teaching. No. Suggesting he should try"that looney thing" that Boke said might inspirenew lines of thought and words to say goodbyeto all the BULLSHIT patterns. And refire ...

.... the passion for a public life both kindand energized with hope. No longer blind.

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9-11 DEC 03

We like our well-worn patterns. Well, that's life.

A babe confronts a strange world. Baby screams.

But soon some patterns form. Someday a wife

or husband ... That same loving face that beams . . .

. . . a smile we recognize down to our soulacross a room or mountain.

That's the one.Perhaps "old patterns"

are part of the goalof life that make us happy and have fun . . .

. . . BUT in one corner of one eye still seesome things we haven't thought of,

and just reachout toward that strange

new possibility.That isn't something

that someone can teach . . . . . . except to say, just try a little verse to find strange paths

you can't try in a hearse. >>>

We like our well-worn patterns. Well, that's life.A babe confronts a strange world. Baby screams.But soon some patterns form. Someday a wifeor husband ... That same loving face that beams ...

... a smile we recognize down to our soulacross a room or mountain. That's the one.Perhaps "old patterns" are part of the goalof life that make us happy and have fun...

... BUT in one corner of one eye still seesome things we haven't thought of, and just reachout toward that strange new possibility.That isn't something that someone can teach ...

... except to say, just try a little verseto find strange paths you can't try in a hearse.

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9-11 DEC 03

that’s bullshit


At end of year the candidate who stands

atop the ladder of both polls and cash

is usually the candidate who landsthe nomination ... Still,

could Howard crash?

I hadn't noticed Doctor Dean is short.

I see why now his nose might often aimat inclinations assholes always sport:Not arrogance

but altitude to blame.

How wrong I was to judge him for a flawof character,

when it is only heightthat makes him lift his eyes and nose

and jaw.He's closer to the ground

than some think right . . . . . . for presidents,

but that's why he's ahead: His ears are down where "all good dirt" gets spread. >>>

At end of year the candidate who standsatop the ladder of both polls and cashis usually the candidate who landsthe nomination ... Still, could Howard crash?

I hadn't noticed Doctor Dean is short.I see why now his nose might often aimat inclinations assholes always sport:Not arrogance but altitude to blame.

How wrong I was to judge him for a flawof character, when it is only heightthat makes him lift his eyes and nose and jaw.He's closer to the ground than some think right ...

... for presidents, but that's why he's ahead:His ears are down where "all good dirt" gets spread.

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9-11 DEC 03

THROUGHOUT THE DAY, COMMERCIALS ...

and we’ve skippedright over them,

but it would not be fairto totally ignore all those who’ve slippedsome money to the networks,

and with care . . .

. . . transmitted messages of usefulness.IMAGINE AT A PARTY

you approacha mucky-muck

(or Koppel-in-distress), {smile}

and they proceed to treat you like a roach.

A human body has the code to feardispleasure of "your betters."

In Japana samurai could slice you ear to earif you did not bow quickly.

That's the plan . . .

. . . of social power coded in each gene: The assholes rule the world

by being mean. >>>

THROUGHOUT THE DAY, COMMERCIALS ... and we’ve skippedright over them, but it would not be fairto totally ignore all those who’ve slippedsome money to the networks and with care ...

... transmitted messages of usefulness.IMAGINE AT A PARTY you approacha mucky-muck (or Koppel-in-distress), {smile}and they proceed to treat you like a roach.

A human body has the code to feardispleasure of "your betters." In Japana samurai could slice you ear to earif you did not bow quickly. That's the plan ...

... of social power coded in each gene:The assholes rule the world by being mean.

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that’s bullshit


RELAX ... flow on ... reality ...romance —

not power plays and rhetoric. Just love.SEE Trista and her Ryan —

their first danceat their reception.

Playing just above, . . .. . . a solitary cowboy with guitar.A song built out of Ryan's

sweet-poem linesby friend/composer.

Now, friend/country starthere, all alone,

transfigures all the signs . . .. . . of old-hat patterns

into something swell.When they were married,

sonnet lines they shared —though Browning's aren't like Shakespeare's,

Boke knows well — but anyway, the point is,

when compared . . .

. . . to all the flashy drama on TV, a sonnet and guitar's

just right for me. >>>

RELAX ... flow on ... reality ... romance --not power plays and rhetoric. Just love.SEE Trista and her Ryan -- their first danceat their reception. Playing just above, ...

... a solitary cowboy with guitar.A song built out of Ryan's sweet-poem linesby friend/composer. Now, friend/country starthere, all alone, transfigures all the signs ...

... of old-hat patterns into something swell.When they were married, sonnet lines they shared --though Browning's aren't like Shakespeare's, Boke knows well -- but anyway, the point is, when compared ...

... to all the flashy drama on TV,a sonnet and guitar's just right for me.

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9-11 DEC 03

AMIDST SUBMISSION one face does not bowas samurai ride past. Too young to knowthe price of non-submission to "the-how-you-must-behave" amidst the normal flow ...

... of "how-things-are?" Or is it risky choice?Not standing in the road all full of spit,but strategizing on the edge a voicethat might subvert the power of the shit ...

... that makes the others bow without a thought.Is this a girl or boy? I cannot tellin this finagled image somehow caughtin my frame of attention at the bell ...

CLANG! Boke is through with BULLSHIT! Now for tales-about bold pudding girls unfurling sails. {smile/THE END}

AMIDST SUBMISSION one face does not bow

as samurai ride past. Too young to know

the price of non-submission to "the-how-you-must-behave"

amidst the normal flow . . .

. . . of "how-things-are?" Or is it risky choice?

Not standing in the road all full of spit,but strategizing on the edge

a voicethat might subvert

the power of the shit . . .

. . . that makes the others bow without a thought.

Is this a girl or boy? I cannot tellin this finagled image somehow caughtin my frame of attention at the bell . . .

CLANG! Boke is through with BULLSHIT! Now for tales

about bold pudding girls unfurling sails. {smile} ❐

THE END OF THE BULLSHIT! SONNET SERIES

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