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New Paltz is an organism. The wiki is the brain.
- They name us, brand us
- "us" and "them"
- They say we're "democrats," "liberals"
- ideological literals
- they say "republican," "habitual," seek the ritual
- they say "libertarian," none of you, not to scary then
- and they name us and brand us all
- and they name us and brand us all
- they divide us
- they say we're "left," "right"
- and that we're drawn to the sight
- of our leader, our sovreign, our white male robin
- hood
- do we leaf or spliff?
- until we bridge the gliph
- we lose
- we make "they"
- and they monopolize
- the right to prophecize
- the need to apologize
- the brevity to summarize
- the gravity to vaporize
- the strength to lift and glide
- the weight to remember flight
- ....is all underneath us
- all in us now
this poem is called VICTIM.
- i, the one who likes pot
- the one who enjoys a rumpus route
- a ham hock in my shlock nock
- anyway i am a victim
- forsociety blames me,and i must go and get society
- and get them good
- and then get a beer and take a bong hit
- and then take a bonein my beef route
- from my buddy paul. a lubracation
- stick me in my rumpus paul. we love it that way
- we love it
- we love it
- lets get married paul
- and we can pledge our rumpus to each other.
- but bush wants me to be quiet
- and i will not for i am the champion.
She doesn't know what to make of her day.
The sun sets to her back, to the west.
She ponders.
