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. >Chris Emery wrote: > >PHYSICAL INSIGHTS > >The next stimulus is: "Poetry and violence" > >Max 300 words. > Poetry and Violence My Daddy tole me one man slew a thousand Wit' an ass' jawbone And when done had a cool drink from that gory club Holy water A fine tale memorializing the slaughter O the blood O the blood O the blood done signed my name The Muse croons after violence like she do flowers and rain Wardrums git her jiggy widdit And pain In the lines of Homer and Song of the Cid Even in Gentle Walt Whitmans Drumtaps She's doin' dat thing She can dance to the rhythm of hate Just like she gets rite with Spring For hate is steady forever Hate is like iron Love like a summer breeze Strong hot today tomorrow gone I know it wuz the blood I know it wuz the blood I know it wuz the blood for me If he who is angry without cause Must burn in hellfire Is even one to be saved Even one My nation stands stiff at attention At words wrought at the cannon's mouth Rockets Red Glare Bombs Bursting in Air What 21 odes shall salute Noodle McVeigh What poems shall explode When the next one sets off the nuke in his suitcase Chris Hayden _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com