Peter Black Poems

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1.
The Natural World

This human world is fixed with chains and locks.
Children are told with their arms and legs clasped,
'Do not think of what is not sold or bought.'
As they are led from closed box to hot box,
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2.
Oppression

It is contrary to your station
Get on the floor
Slave master is going to chord you
hit you up blood, put your head in a hole,
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3.
The Beetle

I have a good friend called The Beetle.
We are true companions
And passionate lovers
Of the night and silence,
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4.
Perfect Moment

Perfection is but a human conceit
Impossible, though constantly placed
Like salt upon all things we eat
To be judged bland, good, always in need.
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5.
Juno

Cherry roses and sweet things your hopes up,
Are in the sight of eyes that split the light,
Make new colors, stones for a diadem.
Spectrum bursts, your eyes such colors contain
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6.
Wrath

Burn it to the ground
Any structure or house
And stamp the bones and ash to feed the grass,
Raze the fields that rise in sweat and blood
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7.
Autopilot

I set controls to starboard,
Move at a steady clip and pace
Around the corner,
And make my way
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8.
The Clean Life

In terms of life, at first sight people seem
Like ants: move sand, dig holes, walk in line;
But we make far worse a society;
Even I smoke holes through my lungs and throat,
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9.
Wasted Time

Counting the days which were thought,
To be something better, bringing a change
Simple as a close and kind face,
To see not with eyes; but the heart
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10.
Wandering Alone

Regret the losses thrown in wind as sand,
passes all the pain from refused lips and hands,
But when I walk upon the black grout stones,
Down side roads, off the main, drone
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