M.L. Squier Poems

Dedicated to the people of Afghanistan


Echoes of Tamerlane, Genghis Khan, and Alexander
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I am the architectural wonder
Of the grand and crawly insect world

I can bend my body better than
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Baal of Baalbek sat with Baboo the baboon &
Listened to baby Bacchus dancing & howling
At a bacchanal beneath the holy moon
All of the loud babble of Babel
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AnD tHeRe It WaS.

ThE vErY fIrSt StAr.
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Go walk into your garden & pick the tiny
Red fruit of the very old sun
It is just one plant & quite small
But go walk into your garden & pick the tiny
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The most beautiful place I've ever seen: Bamian, Afghanistan.
The ugliest and most sorrowful places were in India.
But the countryside was beautiful.
Rushes include:
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You are a pathetic romantic
Running to paradise to find
A jar full of delight
Trying to escape the phantom pain
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You have now become the bright
Heavenly ink of my dark soul
To write about the night or love,
And the tight, painful feelings
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I've got some big storms alright
I've got some big electric storms in my mind
In this world that's blowing up all humankind
I've got some storms brewing all the time
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I walked & walked until my shoes fell off
When I saw green I jumped off the old train
When I hit the ground & rolled over I was
Surprised I was alive, I had bruises,
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