I Held a Lorikeet Today

From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World

*I Held a Lorikeet Today*

I Held a Lorikeet Today—
Both
Free
to
Hold
Its Wings…
My open palm seizes the moment
This warm season graciously
Brings.
I expected
Another quotidian day,
In a prosaic site tinctured in gray,
When in from the Wind
Flew In—
A Pop Fly
Like a stray Blue Jay.
My hand was as still as the air,
As un-shifting as my beholden stare.
I admiringly hawked at its wings—
Each
Assorted
Prismatic
Shade.
As the sun beamed down on us,
I knew I had it made
In the Shade.
This was a once in a lifetime sight,
And I had the perfect bird’s-view.

I captured these six seconds,
And held it for the rest of the day.

My face had a serene tint,
In-Hidden a camouflaged grin…
Although I knew it’d soon fly away…

And I’d sit alone again.

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Ultimate Law

From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World

*Ultimate Law*

Enter Artist
V for Vendetta
Obsessed with Greatness
Love Can Wait
Ultimate Law
Tatted on the Back
I was a Boy
On I Prevailed
Now a Man

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Walls

From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World

*Walls*

Pick up the electric hammer,
Let’s break down this
Massive Wall…
It won’t take much strength,
All you have to do is Call.

Don’t just write on my wall,
We can destroy this
Mighty Wall…
I swear it won’t take much strength,
Just one, single Call.

Thank you, I got your message…
Now we’re on the right track…
I reply, we don’t message again —
That makes two steps back.

Some Abstract Walls are just Artificial,
Others—
Moreover Superficial…
These walls that are keeping us apart —
Are the Real Issue.

Past Generations plowed through walls
without obstruction.
Pens, Planes, Memories, Trains…
Would lead old friends back together.
Some drove through states—
Or flew through gates—

Just to see that familiar face…
Now the only thing between
Old friends—
Is a link on MySpace.

If we could reunite in person,
I could watch your countenance rise…
There lays my profile pic—
Which ruins the big surprise.

New friends the saddest make me,
When we met we had a ball…
The next day we had these walls,
No more motivation to Call.

These walls cause a sickness:
They make All friends lethargic—
To fight this epidemic:
You mustn’t live between them.

Stop writing on these walls,
That message meant nothing
At all,
Let’s mallet past our walls,
Only one of us has to Call.

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Ohio University Piece

*Ohio University*

These words can be found on the marker at the Ohio University Class Gateway:
“Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.”
Well,
God knows that it is necessary to find happiness.
And the promise of our college experience isn’t dependent on the government and is not limited to just our education.
We encourage all graduating high-school seniors to come to Athens.
Our generation has been called the Voices of Promise,
So believe when we tell you your life will forever be changed.
But these moments won’t last forever.

So our mortality conflicts with our morality.

Now let’s party.

***

Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
These college girls—They Gett’nit.
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
The A-Town is Gett’nit.

Ohio is Gett’nit,
This is the Dream—
Go Get It,
We got Red Bricks, Green & White Cliques,
The A-Team—
We in it.
The Marchin’ Band—They gett’nit,
The most exciting band
In the business,
Lead the visitors to the Bursar’s cuz
They ’bout to get
The Business.
The Baker Center—
We in it.
Convocation Center—
We in it.
You the losing team,
We the winning team,
Check the final score:
YOU FINISHED.

Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
The A-Team is gett’nit.

Oh-Hi-Oh is gett’nit.
The Bobcats—
We in this.
We got the Athens pubs
The other schools are scrubs
The Party Lists:
We Win It.
Courtside—
We in it.
Lucky’s—
We in it.
If you think ya’ll can run with The Bobcats, then homie
Check yo’ fitness.
This party’s off the limits.
No cutoffs—
No Limits.
We stick together like Pawpurr’s flo’
Make me a Black Widow then po’ fo’ mo’,
Buzzed Up to Fucked Up then to Union
&
Hit the flo’.
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Biggest parties ever,
Call Guinness…
Wait, put that chick on hold, stud, first finish up yo’
Guinness!
Then top it all come Halloween
The world’s wildest block
YOU WITNESSED.

Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
The A-Team is gett’nit.
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—Let’s Get It.

Mill Fest—
We at it.
Palmer Fest—
Back at it.
What would be your school’s biggest party
Is to us
Just a Habit.
Bobcats—We At It,
Five-0—They’ve had it,
Tried to hose us down,
Can’t hold us down,
Fuck a violation—
Notepad it.
There’s a Palmer fire so let’s smoke now,
It’s about to
Go Down,
And you can take that pint down
if you old enough to
Vote Now.
We hotter than O’Betty,
And our grub is the best,
Eatin’ GoodFella’s, Big Mamma’s, then Mike’s Dogs: #Fest
Then it’s sex in apartments and all our dorm rooms—
#@*!Fest
In the Spring Time it’s the best time for the best fest:
#Fest
It’s mud, music, water guns, beach balls and alcohol,
Got Natural Light we on a Natural High no last call—
Drunk Fest.
It’s past 3:00 and we still ain’t finished,
You hear about
Ohio U,
and all our parties but
WE LIVE THIS.

Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
The A-Team is gett’nit.
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Live This.
After all the parties we’ll hold the diploma, sayin’, “Mom and Pop,
I Got It!”
And when you graduate you must go to Broney’s on Saturdays,
You Got It?

Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
The A-Team—We in it.
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Gett’nit
Ohio U—We Live This.

We live it up loud up in Athens, Ohio.
We live it up now cuz we ain’t promised tomorrow.
#Getit

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Rainbow Bride

From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World

*Rainbow Bride*

Most Grooms would Love
A
Bride in White…
But most cannot
Give that Gift.
So Grooms settle for a few botches
And red left-breast stains.
It no longer matters.
A new beginning calls for
White…Right?
I know I certainly would love a bride
Worthy of White…
Not just physically but spiritually…
but I guess physically is all we can really ask for…
But how many really
Get that Gift?
So…since that gift is so far out of reach…
And there will be color regardless…
Well,
Then…
I see nothing wrong with choosing a Rainbow—
Even if They color her a “Ho.”

You can’t try to bleach colors,
It just won’t come out right…
You can rearrange and try to match…
But it just won’t come out white.
2 shades darker or 200…
White just isn’t White…
Sometimes light colors try to pass as white,
or think they are close enough…
But white just isn’t white:
Close just isn’t enough.
Instead of picking a light,
A grey or a pink shade…
He went and got a Rainbow—
I still say he’s got it made — although They think
otherwise.

And even if they don’t last or workout…
Sometimes even white doesn’t come out the other end
The way you thought it would.

I said, “He’s a lucky guy…”
They say, “She’s a Ho, not a Housewife…”
He’ll have Great Sex for a
Long, Long Time:
The next best thing to a Bride in White.

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Rainbow Bride

From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World
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*Rainbow Bride*

Most Grooms would Love
A
Bride in White…
But most cannot
Give that Gift.
So Grooms settle for a few botches
And red left-breast stains.
It no longer matters.
A new beginning calls for
White…Right?
I know I certainly would love a bride
Worthy of White…
Not just physically but spiritually…
but I guess physically is all we can really ask for…
But how many really
Get that Gift?
So…since that gift is so far out of reach…
And there will be color regardless…
Well,
Then…
I see nothing wrong with choosing a Rainbow—
Even if They color her a “Ho.”

You can’t try to bleach colors,
It just won’t come out right…
You can rearrange and try to match…
But it just won’t come out white.
2 shades darker or 200…
White just isn’t White…
Sometimes light colors try to pass as white,
or think they are close enough…
But white just isn’t white:
Close just isn’t enough.
Instead of picking a light,
A grey or a pink shade…
He went and got a Rainbow—
I still say he’s got it made — although They think
otherwise.

And even if they don’t last or workout…
Sometimes even white doesn’t come out the other end
The way you thought it would.

I said, “He’s a lucky guy…”
They say, “She’s a Ho, not a Housewife…”
He’ll have Great Sex for a
Long, Long Time:
The next best thing to a Bride in White.

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University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire Poem

*UW—Eau Claire*

When blue & gold come together…There is a beauty that lives by the river.
It is found all over Eau Claire,
which is why we have the most beautiful campus in state.
A campus where Blugolds intertwine and mingle with the meadows,
Whispering our motto through the breezes & it breaks the fence—
Excellence.
A word morphed into a campus-wide goal.
Our excellence is reflected in those we have hosted
inside our celebrated Forum.
Names of prominence like
Sherman Alexie, James Meredith, Gene Siskel, Martin Luther King, Jr…
Give our students a reality to aspire to become.

When you attend the Viennese Ball, and you waltz to a retreat in the eyes of your companion, recognize that in the background is our Jazz Ensemble—
That gives your love and every limb on this campus
A greatness to step towards.
These jazzy sounds give our feet the distance,
For there is excellence in their measure.

Eau Claire is where you can enjoy the festive college life wearing a gold evening gown to a Madrigal Dinner. It is the regality of a ball of formality, with nature as a necklace with a small-town charm.

Dance on in the arms of your lover.
When the song is over, you continue to sway.
And when you go home, you remember that excellence—
Grab hold of something great:

Play.

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UConn Poem

*UConn*

Sons of Connecticut,
Beget!
Spawn a legacy
they shall never forget!
Navy Men,
Defend this court,
Let invaders know
This is our sport.

Hold the colors steady and strong,
The Navy & White outlined with red,
Hoist banners of years waged & conquered,
A testament to Husky men who have led:

Commanders like Ollie & Jim Calhoun,
Who in strategy’s belly are always consumed,
Minding the notes of the cadence of shots,
Assuring Huskies have positions assumed.

Captains like Allen, Gordon, and Walker
Remained on guard as UConn’s floor generals,
Forwards like Hamilton aimed and let it Rip,
Finding the targets & winning in general.

Huskies salute to
Connecticut’s sons,
Inside of Ted’s
and
Huskies Bar,
A river meets the mouth at King Hill Road,
Turn-up louder, yell where we are:

A party school with full provisions,
The constitution’s haven within bombs’ bursts,
UConn, found in Storrs, Connecticut:
The Center of the College Basketball Universe.

~ ~

Daughters of Connecticut,
Beget!
Birth a legacy
they shall never forget!
Navy Women,
Defend this court,
Let invaders know
This is our sport.

Joining the men to rule this nation,
Our women in total have won ten banners,
Breaking the record and still vying for more,
Enshrining the dome—Queens of the manor.

Showing basketball’s not just a king’s court,
With the co-ed dynasty of this sport.
Reigning together in 2004,
And in 2014 every adversary
Fell to the Queens who rejoined the Kings:

The 10-Year Royal Anniversary.

The commander of this fleet is Geno Auriemma,
Drilling firm habits into his platoon,
Directing the best win streak in college hoops,
At streak’s end, the winning resumes.

Captains like Ralph, Bird, Taurasi,
Remained on guard as UConn’s team leaders,
Lobo and Walters—Front and Center!
They kept us #1 as the game’s top-seeders.

Huskies salute to
Connecticut’s daughters,
And the best coach ever in women’s by far,
A steady rumstorm befalls the head in The Jungle,
Turn-up louder, yell where we are:

A party school with full provisions,
The constitution’s haven within bombs’ bursts,
Storrs, Connecticut: Home of the Huskies,
Center of the College Basketball Universe…

A space documented and well celebrated,
A legacy our
Sons and Daughters
Created.

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University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire Poem

*UW—Eau Claire*

When blue & gold come together…There is a beauty that lives by the river.
It is found all over Eau Claire,
which is why we have the most beautiful campus in state.
A campus where Blugolds intertwine and mingle with the meadows,
Whispering our motto through the breezes & it breaks the fence—
Excellence.
A word morphed into a campus-wide goal.
Our excellence is reflected in those we have hosted
inside our celebrated Forum.
Names of prominence like
Sherman Alexie, James Meredith, Gene Siskel, Martin Luther King, Jr…
Give our students a reality to aspire to become.

When you attend the Viennese Ball, and you waltz to a retreat in the eyes of your companion, recognize that in the background is our Jazz Ensemble—
That gives your love and every limb on this campus
A greatness to step towards.
These jazzy sounds give our feet the distance,
For there is excellence in their measure.

Eau Claire is where you can enjoy the festive college life wearing a gold evening gown to a Madrigal Dinner. It is the regality of a ball of formality, with nature as a necklace with a small-town charm.

Dance on in the arms of your lover.
When the song is over, you continue to sway.
And when you go home, you remember that excellence—
Grab hold of something great:

Play.

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Promiscuous Birth

From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World

*Promiscuous Birth*

Only on this
Flawed Earth:
The more people you love,
The more people breed hate.

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