tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75389742163504238362024-03-05T04:50:12.042-08:00Poet of DoomStephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-47998302651141926382015-12-01T14:09:00.001-08:002015-12-01T14:09:33.296-08:00"Time To Admit" by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Time To Admit</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Something wrong<br />
with all of us<br />
<br />
time to admit<br />
<br />
we can't stop<br />
the suffering<br />
<br />
too far gone<br />
spin of our sins<br />
<br />
web of machines<br />
pressed to our flesh<br />
<br />
underworld pulling strings<br />
<br />
needing to look up<br />
falling to our knees.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Published in Catapult To Mars- October 2011</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-82893153288276837242015-11-15T19:13:00.000-08:002015-11-15T19:13:26.890-08:00"Ego" by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><b>EGO</b><br />
<br />
None of us<br />
saw<br />
what the world was coming to<br />
<br />
we had ideas and even visions<br />
but<br />
nothing like the slap and roar of the end<br />
<br />
children no longer born<br />
women no longer loved<br />
sea and sky no longer blue<br />
<br />
earth, wood, and stone<br />
falling<br />
on every man so full of himself.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Published in protestpoems.org- December 24, 2011</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-78192521658574785702015-11-02T09:49:00.000-08:002015-11-02T09:49:56.523-08:00"You Shouldn't" by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<![endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">You Shouldn’t</span></b>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Another
trouble-maker dead</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">For
everything is under control here at home</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Smoke
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Published in The Camel Saloon- January 2015</span></div>
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In The Morning<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We walk in a quiet march</span></span><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
under heavy clouds,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
mist falling</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
mini pearls clinging to our coats.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
The singing has ended for the night,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
the song still in our minds,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
our throats swore</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
by the meaning of the words.<br />
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Tomorrow we will be in the City of Cities,<br />
all the world will hear.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
We are some of the many</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
millions wanting</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
change in the kingdoms of government...</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
We move on,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
our numbers blurring the sight of us...</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Thunder rumbling in the distance,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
countries beginning to bow.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Not enough bullets, or fire, or depravity</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
can weigh us down like the old days lying,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
lying, so much lying...</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
We are no longer meek.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Our strength is our will</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
pushing down the walls with our flood of flesh.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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In the mourning we will sing. We will sing.<br />
And they will listen.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Published in The Camel Saloon- January 2011</span></span></span></span></div>
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Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-22140414211379946252014-12-25T00:15:00.000-08:002014-12-25T00:15:30.574-08:00The Grind by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Grind</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span>Losing<br />
yourself<br />
in the rush unwillingly<br />
<br />
crowd carried<br />
trying not to panic<br />
<br />
another day<br />
<br />
same<br />
insane<br />
world<br />
<br />
coping<br />
by pretending<br />
this is how it is<br />
<br />
finally<br />
pushing<br />
back<br />
<br />
too late<br />
<br />
bumping into something<br />
you've felt<br />
too many times<br />
<br />
the grind<br />
the irreversible grind.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Published in Catapult To Mars- February 2011</span></span></span></div>
Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-456687010735153742013-02-06T23:29:00.000-08:002013-02-06T23:29:22.998-08:00Down And Out by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">on the rim</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">of the spinning city,</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">at home in my dizzy whirl,</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">licking my computer screen,</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">dust of many,</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">buzz of more, more, more...</span></span> <span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">All the toxic leaders</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">soaking in mega tubs,</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">my lifeblood keeping them afloat</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">with my fractured family</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">and bent self.</span></span> <span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Southland weather promising fire</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">sticks burning like pretzels,</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">salt of the earth leaving a slight stain</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">down the middle of the street,</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">shame, shame, shame...</span></span> <span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I don't want to die just yet,</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">wanting to squeeze it before the crash.</span></span> <span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I wanted what others wanted,</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">lost sight of the everyday glow.</span></span> <span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The system corrupting.</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">My toes in the stir.</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Round and round,</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">we all fall</span></span> <span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">down.</span></span> <span><br />
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Published in Shoots And Vines- December 2009</span>
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Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-80176091737160740072013-02-05T01:13:00.000-08:002013-02-05T01:13:06.656-08:00In A Dark Time by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In a dark time</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">within us and here,</span></span>
<span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">we smooth ourselves over</span></span>
<span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">with oil and gossip.</span></span>
<span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Beating our heels into the floor music,</span></span>
<span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">paying more with less</span></span>
<span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">awareness.</span></span>
<span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Whistling old songs</span></span>
<span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">like they'll save us.</span></span>
<span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Give us that shot,</span></span>
<span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">vaccine against swine</span></span>
<span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">boiled in the underworld.</span></span>
<span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">There's not enough</span></span>
<span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">lighthouses to cast light over the dying sea.</span></span>
<span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The fires are burning California.</span></span>
<span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Where's the great Kennedy from yesterday?</span></span>
<span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Only Dylan still has a spark to share.</span></span>
<span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">We should march for something...</span></span>
<span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">We're in a vacuum of overpopulation,</span></span>
<span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">soulless</span> mass,</span></span>
<span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">lost</span></span>
<span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">in a dark time.</span></span>
<span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Published in protestpoems.org- September 2009 </span></span></span>
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Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-35239662598729963002012-12-13T23:10:00.000-08:002012-12-13T23:10:11.959-08:00Ravenous by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Father of blood-red fields,<br />
you must be weary.<br />
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Haven't you enough of the dead?<br />
<br />
There's certainly enough wounded...<br />
<br />
Is your thirst unending?<br />
<br />
It must be.<br />
Here comes the silver jets.<br />
The black bombers.<br />
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Your will is solid.<br />
Constant. Ravenous.<br />
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Could you at least consider<br />
the women and children<br />
huddled in their homes?<br />
<br />
You're ruthless, aren't you?<br />
<br />
The explosions are your laughter.<br />
The fires are your long fingertips<br />
probing the corpse.</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><br />
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</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Published in The Dark Fiction Spotlight- January 2011</span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Published in Mirror Dance- June 2009</span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Published in Black Book Press *</span></span></span></span>
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Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-71708787978705293482012-10-03T02:44:00.001-07:002012-10-03T02:44:51.805-07:00Sister Revolution by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<h2>
<span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">SISTER
REVOLUTION<br />
<br />
They killed my sister.<br />
<br />
Hung her<br />
on the side of the road.<br />
<br />
An example<br />
not to tell,<br />
when you see<br />
how they pull our strings<br />
from birth to premature death.<br />
<br />
She was a good girl.<br />
<br />
Changed her clothes behind the door<br />
leading the revolution.<br />
<br />
She's still alive in spirit.<br />
<br />
Her voice sweet<br />
as a lioness at their throats.</span></h2>
<h2>
<span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></h2>
<h2>
<span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Published in Deuce Coupe- February 2010 </span></h2>
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Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-12059846348351636682012-09-03T01:28:00.003-07:002012-09-03T01:28:57.325-07:00In The Morning by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We walk in a quiet march</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
under heavy clouds,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
mist falling</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
mini pearls clinging to our coats.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
The singing has ended for the night,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
the song still in our minds,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
our throats swore</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
by the meaning of the words.<br />
<br />
Tomorrow we will be in the City of Cities,<br />
all the world will hear.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
We are some of the many</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
millions wanting</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
change in the kingdoms of government...</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
We move on,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
our numbers blurring the sight of us...</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Thunder rumbling in the distance,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
countries beginning to bow.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Not enough bullets, or fire, or depravity</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
can weigh us down like the old days lying,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
lying, so much lying...</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
We are no longer meek.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Our strength is our will</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
pushing down the walls with our flood of flesh.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
In the mourning we will sing. We will sing.<br />
And they will listen.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Published in The Camel Saloon- January 2011</span></span></span></span></div>
Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-78507078743548922972012-08-03T02:57:00.000-07:002012-08-03T02:57:28.072-07:00Back to the Beginning by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-weight: normal;">We're in a slow tumble,<br />
sleepy-eyed...<br />
<br />
The whole country a quack,<br />
paying now and forever.<br />
<br />
They say it's our fault.<br />
Maybe it is...<br />
<br />
Thinking of the kids...<br />
We deserve to be stepped on.<br />
<br />
But I believe<br />
we can shake ourselves out of this.<br />
<br />
Changing those at the top<br />
to the bottom.<br />
<br />
Going back to the beginning,<br />
common sense and hard work...<br />
<br />
A friend to earth and sky and self.</span></span></span></h2>
<h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></h2>
<h2>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-weight: normal;">Published in Word Catalyst Magazine- February 2010 </span></span></span></h2>
<br /></div>Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-49460086199039801812012-07-12T02:29:00.001-07:002012-07-12T02:29:58.097-07:00Lost In Iraq by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Never free<br />
in the arms of the ice queen,<br />
<br />
mopping the floor<br />
with the back of your head,<br />
<br />
you're grinning in ecstasy and pain,<br />
humming that tomorrow will stay away.<br />
<br />
You're flawed<br />
with the war in your dreams,<br />
<br />
your old outpost still<br />
in the mountains of the penniless,<br />
<br />
falling forever<br />
into her eyes,<br />
<br />
she keeps your stick swinging,<br />
fingers cold,<br />
<br />
unpromising,<br />
multicolored in the spin of your room,<br />
<br />
your uniforms in the closet<br />
hanging above the sniffing rats,</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">they snuck in<br />
nestled in her purse,<br />
<br />
as she steals your nobility,<br />
snuffs out your fire.</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Published in Counterexample Poetics- 2009 </span></span>
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<br /></div>Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-82512980925852636792012-06-28T23:19:00.001-07:002012-06-28T23:19:38.362-07:00In A Dark Time by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In a dark time</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">within us and here,</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">we smooth ourselves over</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">with oil and gossip.</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Beating our heels into the floor music,</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">paying more with less</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">awareness.</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Whistling old songs</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">like they'll save us.</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Give us that shot,</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">vaccine against swine</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">boiled in the underworld.</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">There's not enough</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">lighthouses to cast light over the dying sea.</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The fires are burning California.</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Where's the great Kennedy from yesterday?</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Only Dylan still has a spark to share.</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">We should march for something...</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">We're in a vacuum of overpopulation,</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">soulless</span> mass,</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">lost</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">in a dark time.</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Published in protestpoems.org- September 2009 </span></span>
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</div>Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-3147983106671413362012-06-13T23:45:00.000-07:002012-06-13T23:45:13.296-07:00Ego by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">EGO<br />
<br />
None of us<br />
saw<br />
what the world was coming to<br />
<br />
we had ideas and even visions<br />
but<br />
nothing like the slap and roar of the end<br />
<br />
children no longer born<br />
women no longer loved<br />
sea and sky no longer blue<br />
<br />
earth, wood, and stone<br />
falling<br />
on every man so full of himself.<br />
<br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Published in protestpoems.org- December 24, 2011<br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-32971455043298352142012-05-23T00:07:00.000-07:002012-05-23T00:08:15.411-07:00Throne Sitters by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><br />
Humanity<br />
is<br />
awakening<br />
<br />
pushing<br />
back<br />
<br />
the downward<br />
press<br />
<br />
of the elite's fat asses.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Published in protestpoems.org- February 2011<br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-31063622453528429392012-04-11T00:37:00.000-07:002012-04-11T00:37:54.690-07:00No Man's Land by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">You're shaking,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">mumbling on</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">barren plain of smoldering</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">stumps,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">distant city</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">smoking ruins,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">river full</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">boiling ash,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">burnt boots,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">hanging rags,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">coughing hoarse,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">chewing blood,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">you survived the blast,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">doomsday bomb,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">searching mile after mile,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">no woman to touch,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">no holy house,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">no sacred word.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Published in protestpoems.org- October 2009 </span></span> </div>Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-27672700481722146132012-03-27T02:30:00.000-07:002012-03-27T02:30:55.567-07:00Down And Out by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">on the rim</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">of the spinning city,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">at home in my dizzy whirl,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">licking my computer screen,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">dust of many,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">buzz of more, more, more...</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">All the toxic leaders</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">soaking in mega tubs,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">my lifeblood keeping them afloat</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">with my fractured family</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">and bent self.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Southland weather promising fire</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">sticks burning like pretzels,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">salt of the earth leaving a slight stain</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">down the middle of the street,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">shame, shame, shame...</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I don't want to die just yet,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">wanting to squeeze it before the crash.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I wanted what others wanted,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">lost sight of the everyday glow.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The system corrupting.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">My toes in the stir.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Round and round,</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">we all fall</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">down.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> <br />
<br />
Published in Shoots And Vines- December 2009</div>Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-41865642200766475462012-02-28T23:04:00.000-08:002012-02-28T23:04:31.393-08:00American Destiny by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Half the night listening to them</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">licking their fingers of barbecued chicken,</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">out my window they cover the earth</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">rolling their joints out of Bible pages</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">unafraid of dying,</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">a thousand tribes mingled and massed,</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">no remorse</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">America splitting,</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">tipping into two seas,</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">tearing down the middle: land, cities, people...</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">She made me tie her to the hood of my car,</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">naked and posing and laughing with speed</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">80 mph down the freeway</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">busting through tollbooths,</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">wind howling</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">going off the cliff believing she'll sprout wings.</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Published in Rusty Truck- October 2009 </span></span> </div>Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-32365874467905348422012-01-09T05:03:00.000-08:002012-01-09T05:04:54.899-08:00Chaotic World by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Feeling<br />
a piece of the pain,<br />
fraction of the frustration,<br />
dipping of the down<br />
fall...<br />
<br />
Getting out<br />
on the streets to scream,<br />
banners to burn,<br />
rocks to fly,<br />
and maybe a change<br />
soothing...<br />
<br />
But the girl with a bullet in her head<br />
weeps in our memory,<br />
a million candles lit,<br />
a dark night<br />
blazing on the hillside that never sees the sun.<br />
<br />
<br />
Published in Dark Chaos- September 2011</div>Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-23126008790560526342011-12-05T23:51:00.000-08:002011-12-05T23:51:35.782-08:00Time To Admit by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Something wrong<br />
with all of us<br />
<br />
time to admit<br />
<br />
we can't stop<br />
the suffering<br />
<br />
too far gone<br />
spin of our sins<br />
<br />
web of machines<br />
pressed to our flesh<br />
<br />
underworld pulling strings<br />
<br />
needing to look up<br />
falling to our knees.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-20735449370070517432011-11-01T00:46:00.000-07:002011-11-01T00:46:06.848-07:00The Rose by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoHeader">A heaviness in the air,<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>all men turning over in their beds,<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>sweating in the sheets,<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>dreams like moon eyes,<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>silver scenes of something strange,<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>a quiet clearing,</span><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>surrounding trees listening,<br />
<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>opening our windows and looking out,<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>not enough reasons for all the horror,<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>not enough reasons to look for hope,<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>yet, we go on</span><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>with life inside us<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>sprouting up in the clearing,<br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>a rose </span>through the heaviness,<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>making its own heaven.</div><div class="MsoHeader"><br />
</div><div class="MsoHeader"><br />
</div><div class="MsoHeader">Published in Word Catalyst Magazine- February 2010 </div></div>Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-91742904333111636222011-10-03T01:50:00.000-07:002011-10-03T01:50:24.650-07:00In The Morning by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
We walk in a quiet march</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
under heavy clouds,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
mist falling</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
mini pearls clinging to our coats.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
The singing has ended for the night,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
the song still in our minds,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
our throats swore</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
by the meaning of the words.<br />
<br />
Tomorrow we will be in the City of Cities,<br />
all the world will hear.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
We are some of the many</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
millions wanting</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
change in the kingdoms of government...</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
We move on,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
our numbers blurring the sight of us...</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Thunder rumbling in the distance,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
countries beginning to bow.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Not enough bullets, or fire, or depravity</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
can weigh us down like the old days lying,</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
lying, so much lying...</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
We are no longer meek.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Our strength is our will</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
pushing down the walls with our flood of flesh.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
In the mourning we will sing. We will sing.<br />
And they will listen.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Published in The Camel Saloon- January 2011</span></span></span></span></div>Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-67198143218779977032011-09-08T01:13:00.000-07:002011-09-08T01:13:28.111-07:00The Grind by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Losing<br />
yourself<br />
in the rush unwillingly<br />
<br />
crowd carried<br />
trying not to panic<br />
<br />
another day<br />
<br />
same<br />
insane<br />
world<br />
<br />
coping<br />
by pretending<br />
this is how it is<br />
<br />
finally<br />
pushing<br />
back<br />
<br />
too late<br />
<br />
bumping into something<br />
you've felt<br />
too many times<br />
<br />
the grind<br />
the irreversible grind.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Published in Catapult To Mars- February 2011<br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-49872100010946501192011-08-02T02:02:00.000-07:002011-08-02T04:53:07.048-07:00Ravenous by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Father of blood-red fields,<br />
you must be weary.<br />
<br />
Haven't you enough of the dead?<br />
<br />
There's certainly enough wounded...<br />
<br />
Is your thirst unending?<br />
<br />
It must be.<br />
Here comes the silver jets.<br />
The black bombers.<br />
<br />
Your will is solid.<br />
Constant. Ravenous.<br />
<br />
Could you at least consider<br />
the women and children<br />
huddled in their homes?<br />
<br />
You're ruthless, aren't you?<br />
<br />
The explosions are your laughter.<br />
The fires are your long fingertips<br />
probing the corpse.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Published in The Dark Fiction Spotlight- January 2011</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Published in Mirror Dance- June 2009</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Published in Black Book Press *</span></span></span></div>Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538974216350423836.post-84136182438234580172011-06-22T00:34:00.000-07:002011-06-22T00:34:26.236-07:00Sister Revolution by Stephen Jarrell Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<h2 style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">They killed my sister.<br />
<br />
Hung her<br />
on the side of the road.<br />
<br />
An example<br />
not to tell,<br />
when you see<br />
how they pull our strings<br />
from birth to premature death.<br />
<br />
She was a good girl.<br />
<br />
Changed her clothes behind the door<br />
leading the revolution.<br />
<br />
She's still alive in spirit.<br />
<br />
Her voice sweet<br />
as a lioness at their throats.</span></span></h2><h2 style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h2><h2 style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Published in Deuce Coupe- February 2010 </span></span></h2><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span><h2><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></h2></div>Stephen Jarrell Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585038351457156031noreply@blogger.com0