tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post2257050347779191974..comments2023-07-12T03:49:56.593-07:00Comments on CombatWords!: [Combatwords, March 18, 2011] End of an EraKhakjaan Wessingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05501187261486087495noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-69756222207774615862011-03-25T19:08:58.900-07:002011-03-25T19:08:58.900-07:00If there is no utopia, there is no such thing as d...If there is no utopia, there is no such thing as dystopia. Where I grew up, among big houses on landscaped hillsides, from time to time someone would dump a body on a dead end road, or alongside a dirt path. One day a shotgun blast rang out across my neighborhood. Rumors spread quickly: One angry guy had come the house of another guy, who brought out his shotgun and fired it in the air to scare Onyx Supersonicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906677842480253216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-3182527077701459322011-03-23T19:32:04.381-07:002011-03-23T19:32:04.381-07:00a city built in flames
the heat recorded in years ...a city built in flames<br />the heat recorded in years to come<br />unfounded remorse for a<br />porter house yet in the oven<br />I married her to my future<br />to taste now and know how delicious<br />it wasAngushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15500322577187920144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-63639534098980092722011-03-20T18:50:06.002-07:002011-03-20T18:50:06.002-07:00Bar Mitzvah at the Fairmont Hotel [Combatwords, Ma...Bar Mitzvah at the Fairmont Hotel [Combatwords, March 20, 2011]<br /><br />Thirteen's too young for adulthood,<br />Too young for a party, for presents;<br />Mizvah or not, they were trifles.<br /><br />Manhood: a drink from the bottle,<br />A job and a suit and a headache—<br />Kids and a party like Gatsby.<br /><br />This is adulthood we chuckled,<br />And aimed the eclairs at commuters,<brKhakjaan Wessingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05501187261486087495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-83605792366657737702011-03-19T10:38:01.404-07:002011-03-19T10:38:01.404-07:00(Sorry for the removal, that first one didn't ...(Sorry for the removal, that first one didn't really work out so well. Not that this one is much better, but thought I'd give it another stab.)<br /><br /><br /><br />Fin de siècle<br /><br />My wife could not care less, but I insisted<br />that no daughter of mine was to be wedded<br />without there being served at the reception<br />our precious shark fin soup of celebration.<br />I Seann McCollumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01336078093080875959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-31540472350891110242011-03-18T18:23:46.743-07:002011-03-18T18:23:46.743-07:00The Next Dispensation
Bespoke dust, a rib remov...The Next Dispensation <br /> <br />Bespoke dust, a rib removed<br />and Adam choked on paradise<br />as Eve fell from favor; eyes open<br /> <br />Knowledge is death<br /> <br />The will of man confounded<br />and common speech confused <br />by an angry god; alas Shinar<br /> <br />Pride cometh <br /> <br />The law was torn in two<br />like the temple curtain<br />at the last exhale; my God<br Steven Marty Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12025403178005766557noreply@blogger.com