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Chief Speak-a-little-French (Makanaka), US Soldier. Proudly Native American. Vietnam, Africa, Native America

  March 2021     1 year ago

Submitted Poems 25 total

Zen

I could write a thousand words about Zen
But then three or four words
Would be...

by Chief Speak-a-little-French

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Chewing Gum

No doubt.
The piece of gum
Naughtily stuck under a school desk

Instead of thrown in the dustbin
They say smoking’s a disgusting habit
But gum is messy
Gets everywhere if you
Aren’t careful

Nicotine gum?
The bane of smokers
They say it tastes...

by Chief Speak-a-little-French

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Dam Filling Up

One would think of Aswan
Or the Three Gorges Dam

But here we are discussing
A dam a few metres wide
And a couple more metres long

And barely up to your waist
If you stood at the deepest part
The African rains
Were plentiful
This...

by Chief Speak-a-little-French

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Electronics

Gameboy versus home-made
Amplifiers

Computer games
Before the desktop
Took over the world
(laptops came later)

King Kong and Worms
Idly passing the time
Of Day
Of Night
Games,...

by Chief Speak-a-little-French

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The Kitchen

Pots, pans and plates
Pots, pans

And the larder
A ghost house
Trembling

The larder
Stocked with oats and rice
Pots

And when it is time to cook
And then the gas stove is lit for
A feast

Pots, pans and plates
– Rows of jars line
The...

by Chief Speak-a-little-French

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