The poems I've read and poems I liked thread....

I have never seen a purple cow
I never hope to see one
But I can tell you anyhow
I'd rather see than be one
Author unknown

I learned this as a child (from Encyclopedia Britannica) and never forgot it.
 
yeah, I read the part about seediest bastards...

"In 1986 Time called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski

He's awesome. Modest mouse did a pretty good song about him a couple years ago too. Where one of the lines they keep repeating is "God who'd wanna be such an asshole? " If you are in the mood for a good read and not "sensitive" I recommend it.
 
I turned one of my favorite Thomas Paine quotes into a Haiku once:

Cunning of the fox
The violence of the wolf
Murderous the same
 
ode to the american empire

the gRandest cOllective
the earth's primary humaN Protector
the eArth's primary destroyer of life.
the Unanswering unaccountabLe body resPonsible foR thE most wrongS In our worlD.
thE offspriNg of near diviniTy.
A goveRnmEnt once ruled by lAws, now a cateL with a monopoly on the world.
the military inFluence pREsEnt throughout the worlD which spawns the hatred and rebelliOn needed to justify their presence.
the brain cleansing of citizens through duMbed-down CorporAte media owNeD by the same people who rely on the populatIon's general misinformation.
the free housing project(jail) which is more successful than any other of the worlD, plAce where obedience is Taught and individuals arE restrained against their will.
The Rollercoaster economics of john m keynes and the federal reserve.
the looting of the popUlaTion, tHe harassment of travelers and the forced pornography fIlmed by federal SecuriTy agents.
the eavesdRopping on citizEns, the scheme which Acted aS if this eavesdrOppiNg were patrIotic.
the erosioN of THE constitution's influEnce, the defaMation of character for vocal suPporters of the foundIng pRinciplEs and the eliminatiOn oF peopLe who become too InfluEncial.
the meddling in other coutryS' affaiRs in thE name of our country and placing blame on all americanS.
The destructiOn of a once feRtilE mArket econoMy, thE funneling of money to the alReady rICh, the Absurdly sTupid cOncept that our economy is too strong to fail, the belief that a printing press proDuces vAluable goods, the misrepresentation of paper as a median of exchange.
the destruction of morals through forced materialism, the laziness and stupiditY of all of the public for not keeping and preserving our inherited republic.
 
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