Monday, January 24, 2011

going to battle...

and so we don our best and most repellent, energetic armor...
TEFLON from head to toe..
6 feet in all directions...
as we near the Brooklyn bridge...
BATTLE READY...
for we are preparing to FIGHT ,
limb for limb,tooth and nail,
regardless of black icicles falling from the parapet....
PREPARED...
 in order to 'secure' the veritable "goose down" bed...
for the victim of GENOCIDE...
there will be NO NEGOTIATION on this score...
as there is ZERO wiggle room...
save amongst the goose feathers....
ONE CAN WIGGLE upon the golden mattress....
and the heads will be mounted...
in the HALL OF SHAME NO MORE !
for mercy and honour will follow suit...
and the day will be blessed with lilacs and red wine...
and so it will go....

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