our lives were simpler
in the black and white movie time
reels were ten minutes
movie reels of 35mm film come in 1000 ft loads averaging about 10 minutes before a reload. There’s a lot of life to be captured in that time.
Tag: Outlaw
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Shovels fall
Silent in the night
The grave yawns
Tongue spilt dirt
As a mouth hungers
For meat
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how does looting stores
teach us to love one another?
theft is not justice
In Chicago, the downtown core and surrounding South and West corridors have been wilded. Mayor is understandably appalled.
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the protestor steps forth onto Michigan Avenue to fight for peace
the mother watches on television the city burn as she prays for peace
in this country, the war continues
with apologies to Christina Sng
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Country ‘tis of thee
Black oppression, White Fear
Going down in flames
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My city burns
Some asshole steals a cop’s horse
Galloping through the fires
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I run laughing, bills trailing behind me pennies from my pockets bounce
Blood streaming from holes I won’t let slow me down
Bright red footsteps leading them to me in a dance pattern maze
1 foot 2 foot step-step-step breath hitching in bike spoke chatter
I collapse in Arthur Murray massacre formation the procession now over
Robbing the last dance
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16 millimeter chatter
magic shadows paint the screen
lost in the celluloid
old movies have always been my first 🖤
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watching serials
real men could fight and fly then
two tone cliff-hangers
watching old republic serials on vhs on the back porch
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rescuing sewing
machines so convicts can make
face masks for everyone
traveling to Michigan penitentiary to donate time and equipment for those in need
Outlaw Poetry 