March 2015 Notebook

by

Klaus J. Gerken


diction

if you refuse to acknowledge good thought
articulated badly
you are deaf beyond the realm of possibilities

kjg 953am 2 march 2015

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education

i ain't got no learing'
but i got things to say
and ain't no professor
going to tell me to go away

i say what i want to
damn your high learnin' ideals
i can't understand a thing you say
with your perfect diction you think real

i'll say what i have to
and make no deal about it
damn you tell me i can't write
keep your learning and flaunt it

i'll say more in a few words
and swear words included
than you will ever in pages
and pages with empty thoughts flooded

so don't think your education
ever makes you smart
smart's not perfect erudition
but what knowledge you impart

kjg 1011am 2 mar 2015

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validation

dr johnson compiled a dictionary
and created "literature"
academics loved it
it validated their "investiture"

shakespeare never cared
neither did milton
chaucer, spence or
anyone before

today life is devided
between the "dictionarians"
and those who actually live
in the real world

kjg 1055/1103am 2 mar 2015

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the kill kill chant


let's kill
let's kill
there's no room for discussion
let create a concussion
let's kill
kill kill
i don't like your god
but it's the same one i've got
but i don't like the way
you worship his way
let's kill
let's kill
there's no room for discussion
let's create a concussion
let's kill
kill kill
i've got the mace
i'm the king ace
i say what goes
i follow god's nose
there's no room for barter
your belief doesn't matter
let's kill
let's kill
there's no room for discussion
let's create a concussion
let's kill
kill kill
i don't know about you
but i know what is true
my holy book says it all
it's you who must fall
let's kill
let's kill
there's no room for discussion
let's create a concussion
god said it all
in heaven you thrive
we're here to survive
kill with a knife
i don't know about you
but i know what is true
my holy book says it all
it's you who must fall
let's kill
let's kill

kjg 1228pm 2 march 2015


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Ever notice pagans didn't kill each other over religious issues; only Jews, Christians and Muslim do?

kjg 347pm 2 march 2015

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The knot of knowing

by

kjg

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If God made us in his image, he obviously didn't look in the mirror first.

kjg 1015pm 2 mar 2015

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gd

there is obviously
a deep something
that haunts us
from the beginning
we cannot
let go 
it rules our
instinctive need
to survive
and manifests
itself in the cruelest
acts imaginable

kjg 3 mar 2015



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"The reason bad things happen in America is because the country was founded by future televangelists." 

-- Anonymous 

4 mar 2015

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venus sets in the west
rush hour on o'connor street
the evening settles in

kjg 651pm 4 mar 2015



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I wonder where you are today, Samantha, 15 years on; 
Have the years been kind to you? Are you still this strong?

kjg 1220am 5 mar 2015

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I like to try and find things that Martialis hasn't said;
After all, what "genius" hasn't said what he has said?

kjg 140am 5 mar 2015

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at least one phd who knows where he belongs

soldier: i need some medical healing.
dr. jackson: i'm an archeologist.
soldier: but you're also a doctor.
dr. jackson: of archeology.
soldier: never mind.

1113am 5 mar 2015

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morning blues

i
ain't
know
the
ins
and
outs

i 
can't
tell
you
what
it's
all
about

sometimes
maybe
i'll
reveal
what
others
stake
upon
a
deal

but
right
now
i'm
just
too
damn
tired
to 
give
a 
hoot
about
flat
tires

kjg 610am 7 mar 2015


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speak easy
understanding's hard

kjg 613am 7 mar 2015

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fragment

i sought in thunder
what the light denied
it wasn't pretty
when the darkness died
i sought a desert
where the rivers ran
to a wider ocean
than mankind could span
i found no purpose
i was all confused
the devil shook me
it was all a rouse
no perfect ending
could be so abused

kjg 622am 7 mar 2015

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All poems copyright (c) 2015 Klaus J. Gerken
Published by Ygdrasil Press