Shades Of Twain

[iblieve]

T’was lost in shades of Twain
fragrant cigars smoke after sarcastic refrain.
Called the colors as he saw them
loved the aristocracy less than his Nigger Jim.
Called congress a house of fools
charlatans confusing truth with silly rules.
And today the poets and writers must commit
to writing truth or writing shit.
Must see with open eyes the evil folly
revealed with truth spoken conscientiously
and never stop their pen from the bleed
of compassionate justice for all to see.
Never hold a conspiratorial grudge
against anyone after the ink is dry,
and swear the truth’s worse than a lie.

T’was lost in shades of Mark Twain
Mr. Clemens other side more vain
but words spoken all too plain
of lost faith in a God of sorrow
who takes all hope for happier tomorrows
smashing them against a broken will to live
when love was all one had to give.
Nothing fair and more clear
than the words on the page held dear
to one’s soul if written with conviction
and heated with sarcastic friction.

T’was lost in shades of Twain
reading aloud a wise refrain
from a man I admired.
Smell the smoke of a cigar just fired
thinking of the man born on the day of Haley’s comet
and when the last type was set
in the passing tail of the comet his end was met.

I wish to be as thee
and every word the truth
and when I pass leave the proof
I let my muse run free.


July 15, 2005 iblieve

[stilltrucking]

Stupid do gooders, going to save us from Racist old Huck
book about a white boy who would rather burn in hell then betray his friend by reporting a run a way slave. He knew he did wrong, because he was breaking the law. Twain's English prose still upto date sounds like it has held its own, he be no fad.

Strange coincidence I was just coming to post the following was not sure where to put it.

My life as a zombie
Angela Davis’ hair
Herbert Marcuse
One Dimensional Man
Soledad brother
Born an innocent trusting child
The Madonna And Child
The only time I have ever had a dream about someone who I think might have been Christ he appeared in my dream as a Black man.

The Queen of Spades
The card game makes a statement about race?
Just a card game not Osho’s tarot card deck
Standing line in a McDonald’s on MLK BLVD
I got confused started talking to a different server.
One woman says to the other, “We all look alike to them.”
Oh my sister
Why the Ace of spades as a symbol for death
Why the queen of spades in hearts
Why calling a spade a spade
Listened to Louis Armstrong sing “That’s why they call me shine”
Marlowe novel used “dinge”
So many names
My grandparents, Polish immigrant Jews said,

Schwarzes or
Dreizehn for number 13 Caroline street

My grandmothers brick mansion next to the junk yard on eastern and caroline
Sitting on the front step me and another kid, maybe five or six, I had no idea what it was, just something I peed with, for some reason we got into a debate whose was bigger. So we set down right there on the side steps and presented our little noodles, and that is how my grandmother found us. I did not now what apoplexy was but I think that is what she had. Holy roller church next door, tambourines and whoops of Joy. I loved that music.

I got a house in Baltimore,
Little Liza Jane,
Street cars running by my door,
Little Liza Jane.

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Your dreams must be real my friend cause if you check the geography Christ was probably fairly dark. Still is he any less wiser. Thank for the awesome reply. Mark twain was an amazing writer who had his share of sorrow, guess that's what makes him more than a fad. ibleive

[stilltrucking]

we be writing to each other in paralell hells Between broken dick and a the man in the white suit, seems to be about the same thing?

yeah I been thinking about "language crimes" your trash southern voice was pretty consistent. that was what I meant about Nice Work, but I had to wince, no shame in coming into this world as a southern Jew. always a Jew to lynch if you could not find a negro. Not to change the subject but does G W Bush seem to make a lot of speeches at military bases in the south and the Hill Billy State of West by god Virginia. I wonder if he is planing any trips into the black ghetto of chicago?

just rambling and thank you for the flowers.

[iblieve]

I doubt if Bush is going into any ghettos, lol. I find his good ol boys unfriendly, that's why I left texas and went to Oregon. Some damn nice people and country up here and the biggest hellraiser is Mt St. Hellens. I can see her letting off steam from time to time from my back porch. Anyway love the conversation and hope to read more by you in the future.

ibleive
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