With more skat
than a stray cat
can poke his eyeballs at
the punk
in the Midnight Choir
starts to twist and shout
Yet …
the All in All
all too beautiful
for even a bird on a wire
to sing about
Like that
concert hall in Vienna
where your lips
were so warm and wet
Getting a feel
of the real deal
… that love thing
Upon a mission
a royal commission
seeking foremost
the rock solid Kingdom
It all starts from within
Seizing the living moment
Best be in it
to win
And Leonard Cohen
he’s moved on
to the Tower of Song
To find truth
without love
or at least a trace
of faith and hope
like trying to climb
the highest peak
of Mount Everest
naked
without oxygen
or even a rope
Not saying it can’t be done
but man …
sounding much like
a clanging gong
in the Temple
of a world gone wrong
Or have I found
that love thing?
From the mire
of the dire basement
that we’re standing in
try as you might
to sight the heavens
across the endless skies
Far better
in the light
seeing the world
through heaven’s eyes
Heart and Soulful
Holy Mindfulness
is the rightful place
where we all belong
And Leonard Cohen
he’s moved on
to the Tower of Song
I too
have tried
in my way
to be free
If it be your will
then let it be
Yet
here on earth
they sentenced me
to forty years of mayhem
for spying
the celebrants
of sin
Tell me
where does
this world end
and the next begin?
Because
I don’t like your
toxic culture mister
And I don’t like
the choir
you’re singing in
I don’t like Big Brother’s
twisted little sister
The King
of everything
He’s coming back
He’s coming to reward them
The King of hearts
and minds
the Prince of Peace
returning
But first
we seek the Kingdom
Then let freedom ring
And Leonard Cohen
he’s moved on
to the Tower of Song
I’ve been buried
and I’ve been dug up
I call it grace amazing
You called it dumb luck
And thank you
for those items
that you sent me
The stone monkey
and the ink
under my skin
I’ve tunnelled
towards the light
and now I’m ready
First
we occupy the Kingdom
then
let the revolution begin
Yes … Jesus was a sailor
when he walked upon the water
Seeking the lost at sea
and the drowning
The stranger
the gambler
and me
And Leonard Cohen
he’s sailing on
to the Tower of Song
Through all
the rise and fall
the pulp fiction
from hell’s kitchen
I really like
to walk
that tightrope, baby
I really like
to hear
those Sirens sing
But to see that nightmare
of deception
prowling through creation
Jesus told us
yes he told us
Kingdom starts with
Remember me?
I use to to live
without rhyme or reason
Remember me?
I plugged your Hi-Fi in
You loved me as a loser
You’d hate
to ever see me win
With Christ Jesus
my ship has finally
come in
No longer tied
to a kitchen chair
With a Glory
and a broken Hallelujah!
But first
we take the Kingdom
Losing it all to win
And Leonard Cohen
he’s moved on
to the Tower of Song
I’m counselled
by a whisper
from the heavens
Once I was blinded
by visions in a spin
Now it’s …
So long Chicken Maryland
That frozen turkey
who nearly did me in
For now I’m guided
by the beauty of creation
and a thirst
for the Kingdom
where I first heard
those angels sing
Jesus told us
yes he told us
Kingdom begins within
And Leonard Cohen
he’s singing along
from the Tower of Song
~ by David B. Redpath © 2017-20
Artwork;
‘La Musica Sacra’
~ by Luigi Mussini
Photography:
David B. Redpath © 2017-20
David Redpath 
Dollar Store depravity:
nursed in sin
no volume of poop
roots out the vice
———-people are quick to point out that Jesus was free of contagion
perhaps his genitals were just decorative
his manhood a spout
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your pillow begs you
not to pry into things further
leave mysteries alone
dream about apple pie
Sunday School, valentines
your pillow whispers
“all things are lawful”
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the pillow whispers,
“your thoughts are heard”
agents monitor your familiarity
measuring your appreciation
logging your Godward way
—————
—————
finding it difficult
to be honest
in the armor
of God
——
——
love
should flow freely
love
should not battle
weighed down in armor
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my heavenly armour
is as light as a feather 🪶
every now and then
I check if it’s still there
(just in case of warfare⚔️)
by saying a little prayer 🙏
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a head full of committed interpreters
the words that we say
the actions we take
we shape not life
but death also
—————–the large head commands
—————–that we live as we were created to live
the pleasures of the moment
knock on the front door
pain forced to hide
under a rug
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fortune cookie:
THE THING THAT ONE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT
WILL REPLACE GOD
—————-
—————-
(+) rulership of the heart (+)
—————-
—————-
your final home:
1. upstairs
2. downstairs
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the forgiveness of our trespasses
so distant from the Letter of the Law
Forgiveness @Reader’Digest
available at the Dollar Store
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(Forgiveness comes with a hint of rosewater)
whispers:
I own my condition
I embrace my need
——-
——-
sin is sin
never less
——–minimizing
——–the dangers of sin
relocating outside Eden
somewhere you know
you be the master
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(Release comes with a splash of saltwater)
rumours:
I took my little Lolita
to the seaside on her spring break
for a road trip on the wild side
and to see that Florida Orca
Big Lolita
as a way of gently telling her
that all wild creatures
need to be released
and that Big Lolita
was soon to be set free
Little Lolita
being an accomplished sociopath
found the idea hilarious
and laughed as she asked
was I about to dump her into the sea?
yes … eventually
was my answer
in the meantime
we both had a killer whale of time
thank you Big Lolita
for that splash in Miami
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20 million to transport an Orca
from one coast to another
so it may communicate
with its 92 year old
mother
———(romantic)———
years later
overpowering
the smell of chlorine
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schizophrenic baby bird
one eye on today
the other on
tomorrow
——–dealing with the craziness of death
your alphabet has vanished
your arithmetic gone
thinking vertical
but horizontal
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he took on human flesh
lived on our planet
as a man
(a man born without a sperm)
you can rest assured
(sympathy of shared experience)
you are free from the desperate quest
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drugs to be brought low
to abound
when it comes to love
I have received my harvest
———
———
waving at those going across
those who face what He has ordained
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everyday Valerie Solanis
pulls the trigger on Andy
his gender opened
destabilized
Valerie
famous for poetry
about giving birth
to the world’s
most athletic
penis
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Valerie needed to do some
hard time at the shooting gallery
happiness is a warm gun
as practice makes perfect
especially for a feminist lesbian
who’s aim is all wrong
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journey to Placebo Town
experience
a more profound understanding
of man’s sexual neuroses/desires
PROCREATE (Adam and Eve style)
DESTROY (the instinctive emotions)
all those illogical carnival rides
nothing nurtured by parents
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whip-ass primitive ancestry
the path to neurosis
constantly being
cleared
men labor
in their sleep
(+) ever wishful) (+)
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———the fruit tree that bears no penis———
macabre style riddles
tortured sexuality
honeymoon
angst-ridden
lunch meat genitalia
off color emaciated flaps
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shot the bastard three times
he suffered, he died
only to be
re-animated
component parts
vital machine warmth
say my name slowly, VALERIE SOLANAS
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bite and destroy
the creature MAN
shadow cast woman
begged the serpent
send him away
the shit rag
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——————————
poetry: imagination minus intellect
——————————
later, the creation of a man
——————————
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the penis
better known
as Jekyll-and-Hyde
—————–the signature of God, the penis
THE PERPETRATOR
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Dr Jekyll could not handle the truth
so he made a mixture to run and hide
from what’s deep inside and must
never be let loose, Mr Hyde’s phallus
of brute force that no defence can resist.
Dr Jekyll is now renowned as Placebo
Town’s premier celebrity anesthetist
since he rendered the beast unconscious.
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the merciless exploration
of Eve’s filthy workshop
the grave hole
———–
———–
watery assailants
fully realized
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Little Lolita has been using my razor 🪒
to shave the fuzz off her peaches 🍑
I said I didn’t mind
as long as I could watch her🦵 👀
by the time she reaches
her thighs and pelvis
I’m about ready to pay her
some overdue lip service 👄
as her cute little sighs
and her jiggling breasts
brings my inner beast to the surface 😈
am I just another pathetic case
for Dr Jekyll to diagnose? 🤔🕶️
is Lolita the sweet sauce of my psychosis?
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Mick Jagger and the boys (The Rolling Stones)
famous for their less than honorable ways
cannot run from themselves
cannot escape their employment
common stones in an underground hole
laughing at Daddy God and his substitute son
———————
———————
humans are no more than fancy apes
moral perfection is a violation of nature
———————
did Jesus live a perfect life ?
did Jesus walk in our shoes ?
———————
dead in sin @Reader’s Digest
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——the only thing on her mind——
to shine a light up my pee hole
to see the creature
that spits semen
——^——
——^——
sodomy is serious business
be meticulous and clean
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going downtown
for some dandies
outside Placebo Library
Robert Frost raking leaves
sociopaths wanting his autograph
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“Face everything and recover”
reality:
a Dollar Store poltergeist
comes out at night
and rearranges
the furniture
captured
on film
for all to see
it streams on television
viewers panic and plunge
no parachute, no life jacket
black omens swoop through
flirtatious ravens, flirtatious crows
when danger exceeds the bounds of play
one prays to the Almighty for timely rescue
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reality
projected
on to a screen
inside our heads
primal: the front door
terminal: the back door
on the edge of Placebo Town
one can witness their creation
the exact moment of intercourse
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the towel
under Mom’s butt
a hygienic solution
brothers and sisters
wet gelatinous snot
(+) ashes to ashes
(+) dust to dust
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today at wORKsHOP:
we were not permitted to color Darth Vader black
our black crayons were confiscated
agents of social equality
constantly complaining
exhausted from battle
with those who lack
regard for others
—————-LIFE ceases to be real
—————-LIFE becomes a cinematic portrayal
agents of social equality
overloaded with color-coded shades
overloaded with gender confusion
locational gender
seasonal gender
(entry level unquestioning service)
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selling yourself short
accepting a social identity
Dollar Store
Reader’s Digest
COMMODIFICATION
nothing seems too trivial
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watching ancient episodes of “Star Trek”
sexual expectations
perhaps, auto-erotic
disabled crew members
strapped in wheelchairs
a life of uncertainty
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a spectator of oneself
an onlooker of oneself
incompatibles compatible
trapped in masturbation
the slick exit, orgasm
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two famous streets in Placebo Town:
self-glorification
self-contempt
(+) you ride your friends
a motorcycle
too fast around curves
0————–0
arrogant omnipotence
0————–0
earth so far below
your feet
are
no longer visible
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a world
where sputtering idiots
become beautiful butterflies
where derelicts in the gutter
beg your attention as kittens
your despised self ready
to arm wrestle angels
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various Michaels
pulling in all directions
0————-0
praying to God,
“Please house them in separate identities”
0————-0
PLEASE HOUSE THEM IN PARADISE
0————-0
(+) I heard angels talking about the multifariousness of human life
what the hell does that mean ?
human life on Earth ?
in outer space?
death
standing vertical
hot head, cold feet
knee high Michael
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to question the goodness of God
sin
to refuse the role of servant
sin
perfection is never enough
sin
guards at the Gate of Paradise
block entrance/block exit
daydream about escape
one minute of freedom
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apes conceived in sin
(apes conceived)
raped and raped
by talk of sin
Adam and Eve struck
by phenomenal confusion
was it: LOVE GOD or SERVE GOD ?
Adam was a busy boy, Eve not so much
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moral progress can be measured at your local Dollar Store
poets continue to write about things outside their knowledge
poets are always nonentities
penis length/girth no distinction
genital embroidery
the wife sewn shut
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a relative showed me his stuffed polar bear
I was in shock
he whispered in my ear
“I don’t even like polar bears”
all I could think
===what about your wife ?===
salty imagination
but limited push
when it came to shove
===what about your wife ?===
impersonators
the lot
outer space cotton socks
made in Ohio
upon erection
they wouldn’t stay up
===fantasies of the future knocking on the door of yesterday===
backwoods cannibalism
hillbilly cannibalism
athletes
white healthy athletes
nicotine and THC
aggressive sodomy
under the right conditions
babies from stolen sperm
mommy eats daddy
baby be all pretty and smart
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awakening
to the blessing
of a new morning
flesh rested and aroused
twitching with anticipation
hormones interacting
the circulation of liquid warmth
my Linda open and inviting
with a physical transformation
into something supernatural
pleasuring a symbiotic union
body … soul
… touching the spiritual
flowing with angelic motion
the giving and taking
of sensual stimulation
the cherishing and grasping
all primal
the gratification
fully mystical
the sensation
of love’s celestial fruition
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hillbilly lesbians
willing to pay top dollar
for healthy white boy sperm
(+) an entire neighborhood milked from one stud
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mentioning the unmentionable
what seems a lazy shortcut
turns out to be a task
it is not luck, it is art
spelling is math
(+) RELUCTANT MULTIPLEMICHAEL
(+) (+) recirculation: random particulars (+) (+)
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your outside covering
so different from others
you offer nothing
you take nothing
each and every face
stretched to appear human
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genitals in their fortified sanctuary
dungeons and torture chambers
(+) corruptible goods
——————
——————
UFO beings look through walls
look through clothing
nudity of heart
nudity of soul
(+) the voice is a bugle call
agents of death selling lottery tickets
children on the street bought and sold
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POETRY CUTS THE FLESH OF EARTH
furrows of womanhood
never free to escape
to retire
birth after birth after birth
it is not paganism or sin
the Holy Sweet Lord
———–
———–
the gobbling of youth
not a single prayer
to die more
slowly
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pass me a thousand more cigarettes
the grave is hungry
I’m exhausted
from rubbing
its lips
———————————-
———————————-
Christians around the corner
hung up on pride and selfishness
apes piss pride, poop selfishness
souls are limited
you must share
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lovers tarnish, warp, and decay
lovers empty and unfinished
honeymoon love
turned into a
reproduction
postcard
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rational and irrational
pork and beef
fish and fowl
make no distinction
understanding love and murder
swallow love and live love
swallow murder
and murder
swallows
you
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Placebo Town
a rest stop across from Hell
where drug crazed citizens
write about Adam and Eve
(+) motherless children
no mother but a father
who punished them
with
filthy materiality
animal sexuality
locked in incest
Adam and Eve
DNA certified
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little Lolita
my hole lotta lover
I can take full credit
for her good taste in music
as she now sings along
to every Led Zeppelin song
wearing my old Pink Floyd t-shirt
all part of my pygmalion project
I even tried teaching her to fake empathy
but I had to stop when her Viking mother
saw the bruising where a heart should be
there’s only so much you can do
with a juvenile sociopath
now she keeps asking me to be
her backdoor man!
have I created a monster?
with little Lolita I never know
whether to cry or laugh
when she’s showing off her new thong
singing and dancing
with nothing else on
and getting the words
to ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’ all wrong
the question my friend
is should I leave her behind?
is it a highway to hell
or a stairway to heaven
tucked away in Lolita’s back room?
is the dark side of her moon
just another hard grind?
all in all … am I to be
just another brick in her wall
as the crack in Lolita’s mortar
is so very quick
. . . and easy to find 🧱 🔍👀
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a conversation without words
cease to be ignorant
or start
that which can be told
must be told
between the legs of Mary
Jesus was resurrected
(+) three years in the womb
Jesus was a miniature man
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———three years in the womb———
Jesus born a miniature man
artists paint him nursing
but Jesus suckled not
( what a shameful thought )
(what a shameful thought )
( what a shameful thought )
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pOETRY wORKSHOP
crossword puzzles
replace the Bible
words center
on entertainment
a naked body
not yet complete
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pSYCHOPATHY wORKSHOP
lovely Linda
took a fighter
and turned me
into a lover
little Lolita
took a lover
and turned me
into a psycho killer
with not much to say
as the blood to my head
has all drained away
a rED pSYCHO pATH
squeezing hard
the grapes of wrath
till the bleeding stops
Qu’est-ce que c’est?
pSYCHOPATHY wORKSHOP
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——————————–
——————————–
———RANDOM WORDS———
——————————–
revved-up excitements
prowling pleasures
007 ejector sex
slow motion
before death
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data to view ourselves
to respond
to redirect
data to view others
recycled parents
with gifts of mercy
pockets never empty
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