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    Pandemic And Other Poems
    Pandemic And Other Poems
    Pandemic And Other Poems
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    Pandemic And Other Poems

    By Damion Boyd

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    A collection of 19 poems from a well established, international poet. Some are serious and insightful. Some are downright playful. The collection ends with a lengthy book excerpt from Mr. Boyd's greatest book "Primal Ethics: What our kids are taught in school and culture". Damion Boyd is author of almost a dozen books of poetry and captures the pulse of modern culture with wit and humor.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDamion Boyd
    Release dateMar 29, 2020
    ISBN9780463882924
    Pandemic And Other Poems
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    Damion Boyd

    Boyd has experienced many unusual things. He grew up in a very large and turbulent family. His mom went blind when he was a child. His father was a battered war veteran who worked as a drill instructor in the Marines--running his family like a boot camp.at times. Having learned to cook for his family, Boyd grew up to manage restaurants. But, then went down a path of drug abuse and addiction. Finally, after turning to God for help, he overcame drug addiction and joined a Catholic monastery for 5 years. Later he left the Benedictines and got a job in a shipyard. He married a political refugee from Mexico City, is raising 3 children.His most popular books are Primal Ethics, The Curse of the Poet and Popular Misreads of Reality.He can be reached for comment at ferd453@aol.com.

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      Pandemic And Other Poems - Damion Boyd

      Pandemic

      and other poems

      Damion Boyd

      Smashwords 2020

      ISBN: 9780463882924

      Title: Pandemic And Other Poems

      Author: Damion Boyd

      Publisher: Smashwords, Inc.

      All rights reserved

      Cover art courtesy of Canva.com

      Dedication:

      To my wife Eva and all caregivers who risk their lives during this pandemic.

      CONTENTS

      (Poems)

      Pandemic

      The Bee

      California Chill

      Panic Attack

      Service Pet

      Doors of Addiction

      After the Storm

      Kites

      Homeless Pigeon Meets Social Services

      The Harlot’s Cup

      The Strongest Man on Planet Earth

      The Lust for Chaos

      The New Left

      Intersectionality

      The Unconditional Door

      The Sacred Temple

      Hero

      The Builders

      Lost Pet Posters

      Book Excerpts

      Introduction

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Foreword

      Once in a while you read a poem that impacts your life. For example, The Burning Truck by Les Murray really inspired and redirected my path. It is my hope that you will find something to own in this collection of poems. These are a mix of old and new verse. Here you will find word pictures and parables and deep insights. I also put some playful poems throughout. At the end of this book I put an essay explaining our cultural confusion and how your kids are often indoctrinated at school with bizarre ethics. God bless you and yours.

      Pandemic

      For a thousand years it will prey upon

      this planet

      because some lab tech

      went for noodles

      one cloudy day

      in Wuhan

      How wonderful life

      would be if Goodness

      spread so easily?

      The Bee

      All of Nature warned you:

      Fly!

      as storm clouds gathered

      alluring reds and yellows dull

      yet, you lingered

      Why?

      now, drenched and cold

      crawling softly, barely alive

      the rain, the chill of night

      caught you far from the hive

      where you huddled alone

      waiting,

      trying to make it through

      the worst time of your life

      until the warm sunrise

      promised redemption:

      dry wind for wet wings

      California Chill

      Your hard, 23-year-old body

      fled a warm, Jersey home with an

      overdose boyfriend you left for dead

      somewhere east of Vegas

      and now, beat down with rain,

      close to tears, you beg for coffee

      outside the local, mini-mart.

      Where some see a resort leech,

      some a homeless child,

      or a pampered, beach-party camper

      off the grid with a half-stoned smile

      and loads of support.

      While others see a sexual toy

      or a system victim torn

      by predators and society:

      a housing crisis,

      a line of poverty,

      low wages, heartlessness

      and the need to completely take control

      of the Western economy!

      But you knew all along

      (eternally built of God)

      briefly confused

      by an odd, California chill.

      Panic Attack

      It seems like

      an overwhelming bully

      threatens imminent death

      (for the strangest reason)

      fear explodes

      shrapnel thoughts squeeze

      your chest strangled breath,

      a trapped heart, a soul cramp

      pulsing through your neck

      a terror sneeze, a struggling curse

      as quicksand thoughts

      makes everything worse

      and everything screams RUN!

      Until the bully’s hodge-podge of death

      finally leaves you devastated

      with sore muscles, frayed nerves

      and an open threat:

      Don’t come this way again

      shrinking your world with phobic hotspots

      Then, one day by God’s grace,

      you learn to laugh and say:

      Bring it on!

      having learned the trick

      of the Chinese finger trap

      SERVICE PET

      Emptiness runs about the place

      in a sweater wrapped anxiety

      I scratch fear

      behind the ears

      and panic licks

      my smiling face

      Doors of Addiction

      When DeLorean was arrested

      I spent the weekend at the home

      of a drug dealer: snorting coke, watching the news

      and waiting for the door to be kicked in.

      On Sunday, something kept knocking against my hollow soul

      the way rocks clang off an empty, metal barrel.

      Echoing, I drank more beer.

      Later, kneeling before a shifting toilet,

      I asked Almighty God to let me live just that day.

      My face burned and the veins of my neck ached from the strain

      Covered with sweat, I was afraid

      but could soon forget that God had listened.

      Sometimes then, I would see myself from across the room

      and wonder if anyone else

      thought I looked like a talking dead body

      waiting for God to kick the door in.

      After the Storm

      Lord, what a strange party you give

      with great, howling gusts of wind

      the

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