Terence George Craddock Poems

history teaches victors make remake rules called laws
victors will commit war crimes with political immunity
losers hung for war crimes committed against humanity
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victors will commit
swept under the carpet war crimes
with political immunity
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poets do not pitied fall on their prolific pens
just standing walking through fume molasses
ten hour shifts but pumps more than pay bills
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still breathing
not writing
in the shadows
of petrol pumps
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the weight of ages
hangs dust layers
heavy over prehistories
over forgotten beginnings
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the father was drunk on drink drunk on malt whiskey
for a temperance committee the sight would not be pretty;
in a child's idolizing eyes his father danced a pretty ditty
for a father drunk on drink, to waltz music he stepped smartly;
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At Caltex Westport
Petrol Service Station
management extracts
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to understand achieve the freedom of humanity
from 1% of 1 % ruling rich elite we must understand
terms of enslavement once whips branding irons
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this is the dream childhood
to play endlessly during
eternal summer days
to barefoot explore
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if I wear a cave
key around my neck
will you come
explore my cave?
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