17
Jun
2011

Americano

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—but not that boy
in the corner,

protected from the corpse
faces—Vietnamese

women—their husbands,
children, mothers—

ears strung on a wire—trophies
for his father’s necklace—

or from Iraqis—sifted for combustible
bones into profitable plasma rubble—

or from two hundred thousand—
Afghan winters—emaciated

starvation statues—icicles
with horrified pupils

that fully dilate to capture—
they howl—always they grope

to capture a fading light source;
wars are vicious poets.

 

Song: “There is a War” by Leonard Cohen

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  1. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 1:37 PM

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  2. Jane says:
    June 17, 2011 at 1:38 PM

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  3. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 1:42 PM

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  4. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 1:44 PM

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  5. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 1:44 PM

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  6. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 1:46 PM

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  7. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 1:48 PM

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  8. Jane says:
    June 17, 2011 at 1:49 PM

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  9. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 1:49 PM

    #FollowFriday @abitofmybrain @progress2day @brittanykamalei @trackerinblue : my #poem http://bit.ly/mxFvyy (via @ffhelper)

  10. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 1:51 PM

    #ff @ikonografer @nowever @nikkowolf @madprof666 @maggiepriceless: my #poem http://bit.ly/mxFvyy (via @ffhelper)

  11. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 1:55 PM

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  12. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 1:55 PM

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  13. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    #ff @hellspriest @nanasilvergrim @theeiron @rcoles66 @gemswinc: my #poem http://bit.ly/mxFvyy (via @ffhelper)

  14. Cindy says:
    June 17, 2011 at 2:09 PM

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  15. Rafiq says:
    June 17, 2011 at 2:11 PM

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  16. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 2:39 PM

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  17. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 2:39 PM

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  18. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 2:41 PM

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    June 17, 2011 at 2:41 PM

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  20. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 2:41 PM

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    June 17, 2011 at 2:43 PM

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  22. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 2:45 PM

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  23. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 2:45 PM

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  24. Mei Qing  says:
    June 17, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    Thx .@CharlesBivona #ff @ikonografer @nowever @nikkowolf @madprof666 @maggiepriceless: my #poem http://t.co/qxdrgtx

  25. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 2:50 PM

    #ff @walkypagnanelli @robinpedrero @ofrevolt @reneeroman300 @angelsavant #poem http://bit.ly/mxFvyy (via @ffhelper)

  26. stopchildabuse.us says:
    June 17, 2011 at 2:50 PM

    #ff @torent1221 @jethro_aryeh @helpspreadthis @tamworthgrice @janieo : my #poem http://bit.ly/mxFvyy (via @ffhelper)

  27. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 2:50 PM

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    June 17, 2011 at 2:57 PM

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  29. LMJ says:
    June 17, 2011 at 2:57 PM

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  30. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    Thx .@CharlesBivona #ff @ikonografer @nowever @nikkowolf @madprof666 @maggiepriceless: my #poem http://t.co/qxdrgtx

  31. K says:
    June 17, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    #ff @vokal_race @elaine1384 @radiate @williampeeps @diahpoetlox @korgasm_ #poem http://bit.ly/mxFvyy (via @ffhelper)

  32. Jamie Hamilton says:
    June 17, 2011 at 3:18 PM

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    June 17, 2011 at 3:22 PM

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    June 17, 2011 at 3:46 PM

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    June 17, 2011 at 3:47 PM

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    June 17, 2011 at 3:49 PM

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    June 17, 2011 at 4:24 PM

    #ff @torent1221 @jethro_aryeh @helpspreadthis @tamworthgrice @janieo : my #poem http://bit.ly/mxFvyy (via @ffhelper)

  38. Ricky Lasagna says:
    June 17, 2011 at 5:19 PM

    RT @charlesbivona: #ff @askDrSheilaD @lisarpepper @Kirotebo @Angiedtao @RickyLasagna @jeremypratte #poetry http://bit.ly/lcMAiS

  39. Planting Wisdom says:
    June 17, 2011 at 5:26 PM

    RT @CharlesBivona: #ff @galaxyp1me @anggalattos @sandinbrick @nanasilvergrim #poem http://bit.ly/mxFvyy (via @ffhelper)

  40. Miles Woodside says:
    June 17, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    #FollowFriday @wreckedrain @luhvmoarnowxd @elaine1384 @therreport @danrice26 #poem http://bit.ly/mxFvyy (via @ffhelper)

  41. Miles Woodside says:
    June 17, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    #FollowFriday @CharlesBivona @luhvmoarnowxd @elaine1384 @therreport @danrice26 #poem http://t.co/6NdDvdZ (via @ffhelper)

  42. Zwarte Zwadderneel says:
    June 17, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    Amazing #poem Americano by @CharlesBivona http://bit.ly/mxFvyy

  43. Nana Silvergrim says:
    June 17, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    Amazing #poem Americano by @CharlesBivona http://bit.ly/mxFvyy

  44. Anonymiss Express says:
    June 17, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    Amazing #poem Americano by @CharlesBivona http://bit.ly/mxFvyy

  45. Charles Bivona says:
    June 17, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    RT @nanasilvergrim: Amazing #poem Americano by @CharlesBivona http://bit.ly/mxFvyy

  46. Landa says:
    June 17, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    =)RT @CharlesBivona: #FF @irenie_m @rafiqtheemcee @tqnews @curlyandlovely @luzmcosta: my #poem http://bit.ly/mxFvyy (via @ffhelper)

  47. Tracy says:
    June 17, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    RT @CharlesBivona: #ff @djkennedy10027 @rima_regas @2birdtalk @nytupelo7 : my #poem http://bit.ly/mxFvyy (via @ffhelper) /Thanks Charles!!!

  48. Jennifer says:
    June 18, 2011 at 1:51 AM

    MT @CharlesBivona Thanks for the #ff & right back @ ya @greengoddessvv @kez007 @not2fear @jpeery59 @ampoesy : my #poem http://t.co/ooW5Jfz

  49. Charles Bivona says:
    June 18, 2011 at 1:51 AM

    MT @CharlesBivona Thanks for the #ff & right back @ ya @greengoddessvv @kez007 @not2fear @jpeery59 @ampoesy : my #poem http://t.co/ooW5Jfz

  50. Charles Bivona says:
    July 11, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    Here's one of my darker #poems @harolditz "Americano" http://bit.ly/mxFvyy #poet #poem

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