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Send The Devil... (Free verse) by horus8
Fat tourists and blown out windows I haven't seen the sun since you died Alone and crazy like you wanted, vented I'm a sucker for chicanery and first person narratives Sedatives, a child bent on torture by the good book But there's nothing good in the look Of dead birds and silent-skinny-dogs Dented rusty trucks, gun racks, and mosquito larvae. Silk worms dance, singe, to flames on church street Grandmother rolling out fresh biscuits And drunk old men rocking away to the blues The sound of spent rooster, and shotgun I'm in love with you dead mother, fucking Another lover by the rail road tracks In yellowing high weeds, I need a religion That sings of promise and salvation. Armies, brass instruments, where is my - - Drummer boy and rifle, rations, canteen? I have a bone to pick with you A flute to hollow out and whistle through Another minstrel fingering away at children Clearing town of rats and welcome mats Carve a cross into my forehead with sweet oil And stolen silver; forge me a weapon Promise me a dream that keeps me needing. The cold, when will I be wanted, kept? Sent into the night like a dark bird Strapped with message and ill intent Can I not just sleep with my shoes on? Again, and again to the sound of crashing Symbols and echos from the past Behind mask and massacred shadow I want you Satan, I want you to show me More than I can keep from the light I want to be burnt bright with witches and mad men against post, or crooked tree. Planted by the past, I am not my father But who will bother to separate ash from dirt When death catches up with memory Give me poison, sick sex, and a million More hours of bad TV, and politicians Promising aisle upon aisle of product And circus like grandeur complete with trained animal and spun treats Forgive me, forgive me for noticing too much ado about nothing. Here is my letter, my last request Give me fire, smoke & Send the Devil.

Up the ladder: Chin-up
Down the ladder: only pleasure left

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Arithmetic Mean: 8.0
Weighted score: 6.5
Overall Rank: 691
Posted: October 23, 2005 11:15 AM PDT; Last modified: October 23, 2005 11:38 AM PDT
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[10] zodiac @ 217.144.7.195 | 24-Oct-05/4:12 AM | Reply
Nice.
[10] <~> @ 167.206.181.179 | 24-Oct-05/11:29 AM | Reply
it's good to read you again.
[10] cpill @ 81.179.105.60 | 20-Nov-05/6:59 AM | Reply
My my you grow like a coral reef
And I will always want to cut me feet
[n/a] Freethinker1602 @ 129.174.180.3 | 30-Nov-05/9:57 PM | Reply
Hey there... I was just looking around on here for kicks, haven't been around in ages. Just wanted to say that just because my name is Ke-Ke does not mean I am black. I'm a beautiful blonde with blue eyes.
[n/a] deleted user @ 24.222.245.130 > Freethinker1602 | 29-Jan-06/3:52 PM | Reply
I'm black, blonde, and blue.
[n/a] baphomet @ 204.126.64.254 | 7-Feb-06/7:03 PM | Reply
i read the long poem of how mom trys to ruin u on poem ranker, what is that. Is it true?
i hope not that would be mal.
i lo v loved you cause you were my teacher
and i the squire.
this sucks i hope your a liar.
i came out the hospital, a couple months ago in
hawaii now im in california again.
i od on ice, now i just live life in a criogenic dream
im sorry but please tell me the truth of the matter when me and mom lived there.
i missed you, i want to miss you again.
[n/a] horus8 @ 24.130.62.63 > baphomet | 8-Feb-06/8:56 AM | Reply
Hospital for what?
Ice? As in drugs?
As for Hedwig, yes, she's a horrible person
and needs a good doctor and some serious counseling.
She systematically destroys every good things she comes
into contact with. She needs medication, a doctor,
and probably a lifetime of therapy. Fortunately,
I've lived my life never needing a mother, or really knowing
her or her family so it's no skin off my back, and I'm a lot
better off for it. She covers all truth in treacherous lie,
like a thick fog that no-one can wake up from, but that
third rate witchcraft has never worked on me. Sad thing is.
It's not her fault it's her fathers, and his stepfathers fault the priest. Incest, and sexual abuse exists on many levels kiddo, and regardless, no child should have to go through it. Or the kind of head trips and double talk that comes along with it. I'm just happy to still be sane, and
healthy. With people like Hedwig out there, the world is
a dangerous place. You are a good boy. You never did anything
wrong. Kids aren't raised the way you and I were raised brandon. they are loved in a stable home, and given the truth
and a steady supply of love, education, and opportunities.
Not turned into abused slaves through lie, sexual manipulations, and FEAR. The reason Mother in I do not get along is because she has a dark force inside of her, and if she's around me I will not tolerate it. Think back to the night she lied about my father not being my father...
I have no tolerance for cheap liars, charletans, and pointless black magic. I love my family, and she has no place in it. I love this earth, and she did not bring me here, and she has absolutely nothing to do with how I live my life.
She's just an abused child running around in old lady skin, controled by a dark spirit that grandfather gave her, she tried to give it to me, but it never took. I know the difference between what's right and wrong. That's why life has shined bright upon me granting me the wishes and the light I wanted to be. She can never have that, but you are always welcome with me. You are my brother, and a part of me.
I will always champion you.


Love,

the oldest of many.
[9] Ranger @ 62.252.32.15 | 13-Mar-06/7:53 AM | Reply
Awesome. Stanzas 2, 3 and 4 rocked my world, as did the final two lines.

It's been too long since I last read your stuff.
[n/a] Bill Z Bub @ 70.29.75.165 | 7-May-06/11:22 AM | Reply
You're still here? Awesome. I missed this place...

alienboy aka bill z bub
[9] Ranger @ 62.252.32.15 > Bill Z Bub | 7-May-06/4:35 PM | Reply
Duuuuuuuuude!
You back for good?
[10] SupremeDreamer @ 75.35.231.137 | 22-Nov-06/11:10 AM | Reply
Alas, it is good... I haven't spoken to you in awhile horus. I've finally gotten round to reading Manly P Halls book, and a curiosity holds me- Are you a mason? This question feels stupid, then again, it's better to get stupidities out of the way.

Aside from that, how are you doing you fuckin bastard? My new email is sdreamer2234@yahoo.com - maybe I'll hear from you soon.

Peace. And heres a ten, though we both know it means nothing.
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