A small entry I made in tribute to @Xinxinix and @sereneFalconer 's NG SLAM POETRY NIGHT

Slam poetry and Beatnik culture has played a big influence in my life at an early age while being home schooled.

And being introduced to it by dad who grew up in the Beatnik generation. Frost, Kerouac, Ferlinghetti, Mishima, ect, have lined my essential reading lists and household recitals for many years.

And for this, I thank the NG community and our hosts for bring this topic to the spotlight.

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Man of steel-

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Shame oh shame on the man of steel,

Persecuting the weak and holding no yield.

His golden wings made of copper and brass,

holding the names of days long past.

Shunning the weak off his heavenly steep,

killing a mass with a melancholy trance.

Is this the man we give a second chance?

The man who holds the world in his hands?

The man who turns the strings of life;

with a sound so sweet as the mind tightens

and the soul weeps.

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Why oh why do we sit and cry?

When the day droneS on

with that rhythmic song

of a brass quire.

Running through our mind

as our skin turns to lead

our eyes full of dread

the child of copper and brass

made to mimic or stand idle.

Truly the child of a man so vile.

With your eyes glowing red

while your mercury fed

with dreams long dead

do you stand for what is right,

for what is clear as the stars at night?

Or do you fight for the man

with the world in his hands

with you in a trance

please give me a chance

please give me a chance

and heaven will bring

life back to your glance

and bring air to your mind

and love in your hands.

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Oh how the man of copper and brass

lies to the man of days long past.

Spreading hate from his heavenly gate

and never stopping to see the world

that he creates.

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Thank you all for the listen.

And I can't wait to hear what the rest of the NG community has to show!!