Alexander Shaumyan Poems

He was demented and well-known
By those who knew him not at all-
The thundering Thomas Chickenbone,
Who walked these famed poetic halls.
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'No one here likes you,
Go away!
Get a clue!
Go back to your f*cking zoo
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If Jesus scratched his balls
In the most indecent way,
Would a thousand angels
Turn into a pack of perverts,
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They came together-red and black-
In a revolt like no other,
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There are places in the heart,
that are still unmarred by
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Remember, remember
The fifth of November
When we the people
Took America back
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A Lion

A lion's heart is full of pride,
A lion's eye is full of visions,
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I've lived among dullards
And easy lovers, dainty
Girls that would fall
Apart if I'd mention
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(for Robinson Jeffers)

The rocks, the sun, the valleys, and the trees
Speak louder than all the voices of the poets,
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I do not trust the experts, whose science is for sale,
Whether they come from Harvard or MIT or Yale—
I do not trust the gurus, the mystics, or the priests,
Who claim the truth is hiding in some obscure mist.
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