Saiom Shriver Poems

Said One
Who were the first Gentiles to worship Jesus?
The Magi astrologers from Persia.
Said the Second:
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They teach little children
worms on hooks to impale
to trick a fish, suffocating,
thrashing his tail,
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Each prayer, every mantra,
rosary and japamala
all rain dances
add feathers to the cloudwings
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This year, not the Olympic torch
but the Olympic fire was passed
from runner to runner.
How mysterious that one
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He smoked, drank vodka all day long
and ate meat and was diagnosed with
throat cancer. That was 10 years ago.
The day after his diagnosis he quit all
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As a mountain wind makes
every flower nod
while the oaks remain
stiff as rods,
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Beekeepers who
clip the queen bee's wings
to enslave her,
who crush bees in the racks
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