Fear of the Forest
By Jeff Crawford
©May 2015
I walk into the forest
It is dark and filled with complacency
I see the hollowed remains of a once tall tree
It is empty and void of thought
I see the trunk with shallow roots of meaning
It’s bark stripped of reason and ethics
And at the top a nest with vulture of prey
He shakes the fragile limbs so no others dare to climb
The forest is painted with the brush of ghosts
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God is Dead (so what’s for lunch)
By Jeff Crawford
©July 2014
Yesterday, when I came home from the store
I put away the groceries
Watered the plants
Used the restroom
Got the mail
Turned on the computer
My wife said, “did you hear that God is dead?”
That’s nice
So whats for lunch?
Just 0s and 1s
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Cognitive Dissonance (a two part poem)
By Jeff D. Crawford
©June 2014
Cognitive Dissonance (Part 1)
Day is light and night is dark, yes
The ground is hard and the water is wet, yes
The mountain peak is above and the valley floor below, yes
Two plus two equals four, yes
A square has four equal sides, yes
A word is a representative symbol of an idea or thing, yes
The Earth travels around the Sun and completes a cycle every 365 days, yes
Gravity is the force that is directly proportional to the product of mass and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between two bodies, yes
A body in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an apposing force, yes
Every action has an opposite and/or equal reaction, yes
Light is particles of energy that travel at a speed of one-hundred and eighty-six thousand miles per second, yes
The Sun is at the center of our planetary system, yes
Our planetary system is but one system in our galaxy, yes
Our galaxy is comprised of billions of stars, yes
Our universe is comprised of billions of galaxies, yes
The universe is expanding and accelerating simultaneously, yes
Man is the product of a complex evolutionary process that is directly connected with the basic atomic elements found in stars, yes.
Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared, yes
Jesus Christ is our lord and savior as he is the son of God, yes
Cognitive Dissonance (Part 2)
The modern Conservative movement began with Ronald Reagan, yes
Ronald Reagan’s vice president was Gorge H Bush, yes
Gorge H Bush was a Texas oilman and the head of the CIA under President Nixon, yes
Reagan was responsible for the biggest military buildup in American history, yes
Deregulation and privatization was the main theme of the Reagan administration, yes
Deregulation is responsible for the elimination of political neutrality in broadcast media, yes
The Reagan administration conducted covert CIA operations in South America and abroad, yes
Reagan defended America’s oil interest by re-flagging Kuwaiti tankers with American flags, yes
Vice President to Reagan, Gorge H. Bush won the 1988 presidential election, yes
In 1991, President Bush ordered American troops into Iraq to protect America’s oil interests, yes
Key Neocon Republicans believed we should have entered Bagdad during the first Gulf war to secured the Iraqi oil fields, yes
Stated in the Neocon declaration, Project for the New American Century, “the process of change will take time, minus a new Pearl Harbor,” yes
Gorge W Bush was a steadfast Conservative Reagan-night, yes
The 2000 presidential election was questionably decided by the state of Florida where brother Jeb Bush was governor, yes
September 11, 2001 galvanized the Bush administration causing public opinion to favor a second war with Iraq, yes
No connection was ever proven between the terrorist attacks and Iraq, yes.
The Bush administration claimed that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, but none were ever found, yes
The Bush administration created Home Land Security, conducted illegal wiretaps and founded the NSA, yes
Dick Chaney, Gorge W. Bush’s Vice President, is an industrialist with direct ties to the construction industry a close friend of Gorge H Bush and other political and military insiders, yes
Marvin P Bush, Gorge W. Bush’s younger brother was a principal in Securacom, the company in charge of security of the WTC complex, yes
Larry Silverstein, friend of Dick Chaney, purchased the WTC complex in the summer of 2001 and immediately insured both towers against a terrorist attack for 4.5 billion dollars, yes
World Trade Center buildings 1 & 2, were hit by jet plains on 911, yes
World Trade Center buildings 1 & 2, 110 stories tall, fell at approximately free-fall speed collapsing into dust in less than 11 seconds, yes
The Pentagon was hit by a commercial jet flying into restricted military air space with no resistance what so ever, yes
American Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania leaving wreckage over a six-mile area, yes
World Trade Center 7, a steel frame 47-story skyscraper not hit by a plane, collapsed into dust in less than 7 seconds as a result of a normal office fire, yes.
There is absolutely no connection between the Bush administration, Dick Chaney, Larry Silverstein, and the terrorist attack in New York City on September 11, yes
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Shake a soft Speare
© John Morearty, 2011
O, the slingos and lingos of outrageous jingos!
“Target our opponents’ districts,
terminate their villages
with extreme prejudice,
Render them like lard in a tub.
Crush their wetback DREAMS,
Smash their socialist Obamacare schemes!”
No. Reload our bows
with flower-tipped arrows,
like Kama the Hindu god of love.
Speak sweet reason.
‘Tis truly season.
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"On the Day the Bomb Dropped"
By Jeff Crawford
©September 11, 2007
On the day the bomb dropped
There were no evacuations
There were no first responders
There were no news reporters
There was no multimedia coverage
There was no investigation
There was no on-looker
There was no one at all
On the day the bomb dropped
Thousands of mothers, children and babies, gone
Thousands of sons, daughters, sisters and brothers, gone
The family home, gone
The family dog, gone
The local school, gone
The corner grocery, gone
The place of worship, gone
The public park, gone
The birds, gone
The squirrels, gone
The butterflies, gone
On the day the bomb dropped
All things of life vanished in a millisecond
And from above the faint sound of an airplane engine
Across the water
Cheers and applause
Celebration and fanfare
Congratulations and awards
Relief and joy
72 hours later
Back to the top
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"A World Beyond War"
By
Jeff D. Crawford
©1984
I know we are different
We are so different, everyone
With each of us hiding in side our own kingdom
So why should you hurt me?
Will that really get things done?
A war can only rain down destruction
Do we keep on killing?
To try and convince
The other one, who's right?
And the war goes on
And on and on
Until the final fight
There is no big winner
We all are dead losers
With nothing left to gain
If this is what we call a civilization
We might as well be insane
Just stop what you're doing
And look at where we are
It's not to late to hold a baby
With so much to give
A precious life is what we are
And now is the time to find a new way
Let us pick up the pieces
We'll put it together
Just see how the world can change
With all of us trying
And working together
We can stop all this warring pain
Don't say it's not likely
I know we can do it
To begin is just to start
We'll look at the problem
And ask the right questions
For the answer is in our heart
Can we build a world?
Yes, we'll build a world
Everybody build a world
Beyond war
Why is it so hard to comprehend?
We are as one, and as one we can end
The killing, the hatred, the ignorance of
The difference between us is gone when we love
We all share the share kind of feelings
We all breathe the same breath of air
We've got to resolve all this conflict
Or the killing goes on
Until we're all gone!
And now here's a vision
Can you see it all around?
We are as one and as one we are living
An island in space
Is an idea that's profound
We must give it peace or it will cease being
Let us talk to our families
Converse with our neighbors
And look into our lives
It's now time for action
Let's get it together
For together we survive
The hope of the future
A dream for our children
Can vanish in a flash
We must stand together
Respect one another
Or the island will turn to ash
Can we build a world?
Yes, we'll build a world
Everybody build a world
Beyond war
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By Jeff D. Crawford
©March 1998
Good Bye Mr. Bailey
Your friends they are all dead
No second chance
No home, romance
For you demise instead
Good bye Mr. Bailey
The bank has done you in
The snow has dried
And you have died
No angel for your sins
The hope you had so much of
The dreams both large and small
Reduce down to a wheelchair
Underneath of which you crawl
You clasp your hands together
An answer is what you seek
A smack across your face comes
Who's meaning sinks to deep
Good bye Mr. Bailey
The mortgage will not be paid
You'll go to jail
And rot in hell
While the villain will be saved
Good by Mr. Bailey
Your future is so bleak
The car - the tree...
...Can you be me?
On the stair I dare not creek.
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"Defenceless Under the Night"
by W H Auden, Sept 1939
Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies:
Yet, dotted everywhere
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair
Show an affirming flame.
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"Lemmings" (a children’s poem.)
By Jeff D. Crawford
©November 2002
Come with me, to this place
This place where you can, jump into space
Jump into space, right over there
With not a care, not a care
Tell your Mom tell your Dad
Tell your friends it’s not so bad
It’s not so bad, and oh so good
It’s what I think, I think you should
Don’t doubt or ponder, don’t think at all
Jump into space, you will not fall
You will not fall, cause I know best
Jump into space, there we can rest
Don’t think a moment don’t wonder why
Jump into space, have faith, you’ll fly
You’ll fly forever, in a happy land
And walk with God, in all that’s grand
Just close your eyes, and take a leap
Jump into space, fall fast a sleep
Fall fast a sleep, you’re almost there
Now hit the ground, without a…
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"In the Shadow"
By Jeff D. Crawford
©September 14, 2001
(Before the truth - 2007)
In the shadow of a towering disaster
In the face of incredible sorrow
At the heart of immeasurable hatred
At the hands of our own demise
One simple truth is seen
We are all as one
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