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Schenectady Synecdoche 2
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Truth To call the larger
US by the
smaller Schenectady
is an example
of a synecdoche
as it is
to call war profiteer
cartels
America
AUTUMN ROSE
The spring rose
holds petal clothes
in fear and shyness
very close
but fearless of
foes
is the
the autumn rose
open to the sun
her petals grow
UNTRUTH
Falsehood
is the black velvet which foils diamonds
the purple sky which contrasts the ignited stars
the lies which magnify Sathya
BEKNIGHTED NIGHT
The sun as his vassal
did beknight
the starstudded
moonjeweled night..
but His presence
is so garbed in light
when he does the night ignite
hurt are the eyes
of the beknighted night
MAD COW BY OTHER NAMES
A rose is a rose is a rose
but Mad Cow deaths
and Mad Pig fatalities
and those of Mad Chickens
and Mad Fishes and Mad Lambs
by the CDC
are called
Alzheimer's and encephalitis
brain tumors and meningitis
leukemia and brain tumors
food poisoning and Newcastle's
Disease and of course
West Nile Virus
BEN GAY AND ARTHUR ITIS
She heard her fiancee
had in the past
been in bed
with Ben Gay
and Arthur Itis
but she did not
worry
for vegans rarely
contract AIDS
and without uric
acid
it's harder to
get arthritis.
TR and Pinocchio
They say that
Pinocchio's nose
when he lies
does grow
but in T's case
the throat constricts
changing the sound
of the voice..
and the eyes dim
. for clouds have
passed over the sun of
truth
NOTRE DAME ROSE
As beautiful is
the pink light philtered
through softly to the
aisles of Notre Dame,
some want no grid
between them and
the blazing sun..
nor priest between
them and God
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EFFORTLESS LIGHT
Draculas and
Frankensteins
and black magic priests
easily slain
by the dawn in the East
Now God's light
destroys the shards of night
Now God's light
melts iceshells of hell
