4th of July - ring freedom's bell... (new york edition) Inside the soldiers drum rat a tat a tat a tum the imagination of science decrees within the vortex of constructed value the causality of our genetic stream Adam meets Jesus rat a tat a tat a tum meets himself as father meets son soldier meets lover, meets death lowers captors flag, conversion disorder Captain cries murder rat a tat a tat a tum Olivia deHaviland, the gates of death sucking the skeleton's thumb wet feet adorn the dead screen Carnations for the victor rat a tat a tat a tum the actor's voice is calm, measured the feeding of the five thousand has begun the document ordered is delivered! In this wild, cotton phase rat a tat a tat a tum ideas and papers scatter the place damn damn marvel's salvation man where is peace in the valley? Women like their strawberry jelly rat a tat a tat a tum pouring cream on autumn's belly time talks things through slowly the Bentley's running on empty Wolfgang opera's applied gently rat a tat a tat a tum the scorpion hides within the breast Pablo plays his mandolin best Shafts of newsreel buildings Dong dong, Dang a dong Dang rat a tat a tat a tum the anthem we all sang, together in the market, by the ironmongers whilst we queued for bread Where elders of the city gather rat a tat a tat a tum It's miracle stuff they chatter Portia dominatrex of proceedings bluesmen in their grainy pictures We need passports to escape rat a tat a tat atata tata tum my friend John says he can sort this Swedish step stools at the ready dimpled white and plastic ©edenbraytoday4thofJuly-2021
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wow, that was great, somber, truthful, inventive, lyrical poetry. Nice job!
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thank you for your kind review
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