Thursday, January 24, 2013

Two poems by Gary Hicks . . . he has a new book out!


herod's  descendents

 
oklahoma city
newtown
colorado twice over
newtown
the uncounted of the 'hoods and barrios
newtown
abu ghraib
newtown
my lai
newtown
sand creek
newtown
wounded knee
newtown
the 38 indian chiefs hung in minnesota by abe lincoln
newtown
hiroshima
newtown
nagasaki
newtown
dresden and leipzig
newtown
the tens of thousands of nicaragua and el salvador and guatemala
newtown
the millions of congolese dead to make available the chips for the laptop on which this
       poem is written
newtown
the tens of thousands in "fast and furious" mexico
newtown
and on and on and on.......
 
newtown has proven once more that
what's going around is coming around
and these twenty-eight slain are
twenty-eight more reasons
that i am a communist
calling for the indictments
the trials
the findings of guilty
the removal from our midst
of those who knowinglly
and willfully make available
for whatever the market would bear
the weapons of mass destruction
of our children the world over
the murder of adults who would
protect the children
 
indict! try! remove
the gangsters and
their organized crime
called capitalism
 
berkeley ca     12-19-2012



hospital  doodlings

 
one  
 
six weeks
not one word
written when so much
to be recounted
said
screamed
yet a silence
signifying
the need to
obey to heed
the call
to hold off
chill out
until absolutely
sure
of something to
say
 
two  
 
awake
sheets wrapped
all around me
hurricane night
of tossing  turning
nurse on duty tells me
i was doing
a mad dance
which if true means
steps never tried
when awake
not tried at party settings
even when i drank
the better not to hear
remarks about
my dire clumsiness
sheets
wrapped all
around me
announce
an awesome potential
that at age sixty-six
and disabled legs
will never be allowed
to get kinetic
 
berkeley ca   7-28 to 8-5-2012 
 
gary hicks