Posts Tagged ‘John Lennon’

Bullets in the Back

December 24, 2024 

But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out
–John Lennon

When the long knives come out
And the landscape turns to Hell
There won't be any omelets
Just a pile of eggshells

Bombs in Iraq,
Bullets in the back,
And crazy Comrade Lenin
Knows who to attack

Summary execution
Is that how you cope?
When every kook starts shooting
It's a slippery slope

Bombs in Iraq,
Bullets in the back,
And crazy Comrade Lenin
Knows who to attack

If you found a messiah
Who tells you who to kill
You're mistaking mental illness
For that phony red pill

Bombs in Iraq,
Bullets in the back,
And crazy Comrade Lenin
Knows who to attack

by Richard W. Bray

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space and time

October 15, 2022 

The world is made of frozen light
Everything connects
Nothing in the universe
Works like you expect

Does a tree know it exists?
Does a star know how to love?
Look at thirteen blackbirds
Listen to a dove

Make some room for kindness
As you straddle space and time
The world is charged with grandeur
Everybody shines

by Richard W. Bray

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