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Bellicose, Varicose Vain (A Very Boring Poem)

First, "vain" , in the title, is not a typo.


I will not submit to the notion
that "we" should be greater than "I,"
where hearts are enslaved by emotion
for crimes that honor denies.

While they wave their flags of devotion,
As a ruse for chauvinist's eyes,
I wonder, just why must their hunger
be sated with innocent lives?


Author notes

Inspired (but not limited to that poem's topic) by: http://allpoetry.com/poem/4510351

Dedicated to every person, to every soul throughout history, euphemistically classified as "collateral damage," who has died under the cowardly cloak of a "just" cause. Despite what any of these war mongers tell you...the end does not justify the means. Any act of violence perpetuates violence, and rationalizing it as anything else is a lie. When the innocent are killed (from whatever claim) they are robbed of the inalienable...does any greater crime exist?

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  • Mango Memories gold member
    August 27
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    Existance over essence?


  • Ellis gold member
    November 8, 2008

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    Good idea

    This is humans for you
    Best thing they can do
    Mass attack
    Save the CAT
    Till human life is through

    Tiki Cat
    Buy Tiki's Gourmet Cat Food
    "Too Good For Humans"


    • Yemassee gold member
      November 8, 2008
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      I have always wondered, is the cat food named after the cat, or does the cat make it, or...and I am almost afraid to ask...is the catfood made out of poor tiki?

      Thanks for dropping by Ellis...and Tiki...lets hope Tiki still lives and breaths.


  • FallingSideways silver member
    October 8, 2008
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    I love the intelligence that can be found in your art


  • Melodies
    September 28, 2008

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    A thoughtful write that pierces the reader's brain and allows curious and very potent thoughts to exit.

    lol


  • moon2u
    September 1, 2008

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    applause

    Quoting the Mahatma is always a good start Yem
    You are a very clevor writer for it is our hearts that are enslaved...and I question the mindset of the powers that be...saddened for the lack of conscience I see...


  • waydownuponjoy
    August 24, 2008

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    Bravo dear Yem!

    If drinking Moxie let’s thought such as these
    Stimulate poems - that produce dis-ease
    From those that read who need take heed
    I suggest you write more so they will concede!

    Where red blood flows upon the streets
    The lord of all his watch does keep
    And those with blood upon their feet
    May find the wrath of God complete!

    jy


    • Yemassee gold member
      August 24, 2008
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      Excellent lines! I hope there's truth in them, someone has to make warmongers pay!


  • klassy lassy
    August 21, 2008

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    In the second or third grade I can remember drills for what to do if we should be bombed. We practiced getting under our desks. There were films that showed brilliant white flashes of light. I felt sick hearing the siren go off. It seems asinine to me, looking back, that a child's desk would offer protection from anything so malicious as a bomb. Things haven't changed, except I doubt there are drills now. Disasters are still planned. Right down to inner city violence. I wonder why more don't feel sick at the prospect? We don't teach peace.

    The flag flies at half mast most of the time here, now, for someone's loved one.

    A horrific observation you make, my brilliant friend....

    • Yemassee gold member
      August 21, 2008
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      I still remember when I first realized we could all just annihilate ourselves. I was blissfully ignorant until the 8th grade when a teacher felt it in his infinite wisdom to show us the horrors of nuclear war. I think I still hold a small grudge against that teacher. I remember thinking such a thing was impossible and went home that night and asked my mom...sure enough we educated beings had found a way to destroy us all...with one flick of a switch we could play God, not that God would be that heinous, no that is man's province.

      I'm done. I've always enjoyed keeping my naivete as long as possible...so if there is no Santa Claus, please keep that secret from reaching me.

      Thanks!


  • ariazephyrzoe gold member
    August 21, 2008

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    i'm just wow here...

    the title is uber wow...bellicose varicose vain

    only you Sir Yem can come up with the words like these...the Sir Yem way I know

    Anna Lee


  • Sarah957
    August 16, 2008

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    "I wonder, just why must their hunger
    be sated with innocent lives?"

    What a true statement! Its been going on since the world began and will surely be its end.

    Why in the world would you call this boring in your title?


    • Yemassee gold member
      August 17, 2008
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      Thanks Sarah957. I just warn people of the danger they are getting into , sort of like, "Warning: Toxic Area"


  • J aime Coudre silver member
    August 15, 2008
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    I applaude you

    More people need to get on their soap boxes and off their duffs, take charge of their lives instead of letting some one else do it for them..I really feel that we made this mess we have so we can clean it up if we just try...and we do have a mess...world wide...

    Great job here...thank you...


  • Aesthete2000 gold member
    August 15, 2008

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    Sightless,
    except to exploit their greed,
    heartless,
    when executing their goals,
    the bellicose,
    any naton, any color,
    gain control with stolen "we."

    Title, concept, execution---10.

    M-C


  • hugh wyles silver member
    August 14, 2008

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    Dear Yem,

    "I think that I shall never see
    a poem lovely as a tree..."
    for trees were made for kids to climb
    and poems are supposed to rhyme.

    and, as I shuffle through the leaves,
    amazed at what my Muse conceives,
    I fear she may have gone too far
    for she has just removed her bra....

    I guess this is her hint to me,
    as student of boobology,
    that I need never feel alone
    or have this fear of the unknown.

    It says: "suggest something else the poem could include.•
    Well, I can think of a thousand things but I've gotta get on and write another 97 haiku for "The Century of Haiku" which I'm gonna post in "the King's Happy Haiku Hike". MariGoes, the fierce Haiku Queen, is gonna judge this terrifyinjg contest at the end of this month.

    Thanks for your inspiring poem which I consider superior to Ripyard Kudling's "The Last Banana Tree of British Empire." (Stodder and Whoreton 1910).

    Applause and salaam.



  • Melodies
    August 14, 2008
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    A shocking tale, indeed! Also, a very smart poem that tells a tale of truth.


  • Peteskid gold member
    August 14, 2008
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    Warlike...liking war...seeing solutions in conflict...if your only tool is a hammer you treat all your problems like nails...the world has many tools, and compassion is the greatest, leaders can make a difference, make the world better..but only if they use all of the tools and not just the same blunt instruments over and again...i like this a lot...of course a hammer is good for building a soapbox...PK

    • Yemassee gold member
      August 14, 2008
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      "if your only tool is a hammer you treat all your problems like nails"

      As fine a statement as I've read on this site.

      And the humorous soapbox line was so Yemish I want to steal it!

      • Peteskid gold member
        August 14, 2008

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        not to take undue credit:
        Abraham Maslow said it better:
        Source
        Maslow's "Psychology of Science" p. 15, et. seq:
        "I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer,
        to treat
        everything as if it were a nail."



        • Yemassee gold member
          August 14, 2008
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          ok, it's the best statement I ever heard from a psychologist named Maslow...then again it's the only one.


  • Mari Goes gold member
    August 14, 2008
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    I wonder the same thing, and the more I break my head trying to figure out, the less I understand.
    The worst thing, in my opinion is that the world keeps on watching without doing anything about to change situations like this.
    bellicose, varicose in the vain minds. The title is perfect, and the poem sadly true!


  • Sir Ima Cucumber
    August 14, 2008

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    Dedicated to every person, to every soul throughout history, euphemistically classified as "collateral damage," who has died under the cowardly cloak of a "just" cause. Despite what any of these war mongers tell you...the end does not justify the means. Any act of violence perpetuates violence, and rationalizing it as anything else is a lie. When the innocent are killed (from whatever claim) they are robbed of the inalienable...does any greater crime exist?

    • Mari Goes gold member
      August 14, 2008
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      Ima, I wanted and tried to applaud your comment, but don't know how to do the clap thing...
      Consider yourself applauded

      • Yemassee gold member
        August 14, 2008
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        Oh, you mean the comment? Thanks. Yes, that was a valuable asset in the old days, to be able to applaud a comment we liked. Kevin should bring that back, and it would be a way to put more points into circulation here.

        thanks.

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