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UNDERGROUND VOICES: POETRY
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JOHN DORSEY
a red sea of burning bridges as a boy i swam in a red sea of burning bridges i saw my face on wanted posters covered in blisters burning my shadow in effigy and now if i dance like a ghost it's because i wear the skin of invisible dreams only the sun may speak my name whispered on the lips of this generation's underground railroad its revolution just about ready to protest and sing out loud our full tilt boogie lullaby waking up on november 27 every year on my birthday when i think about my grandfather rolling over in his grave just long enough to push death's snooze button for what seems like eternity but is little more than a man made decade i have a moment of silence for silence in hell they whisper my dreams hours spent betting on longshots dark horses and black sheep in a country where there is little difference between a peep show and a confessional the ghosts pull wool over my eyes the fabric of the american dream i try to remember his last words one last time before i fall back to sleep John Dorsey currently resides in Toledo, OH. He is the author of "Harvey Keitel, Harvey Keitel, Harvey Keitel" with S.A. Griffin and Scott Wannberg, Butchershop Press/Rose of Sharon Press/Temple of Man, 2005, and "Moshing With The Cosmos" with Iris Berry, Magenta Press, 2005. He can be reached at archerevans@yahoo.com |
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