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    Organized Chaos
    Organized Chaos
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    Organized Chaos

    By Christopher A. Burns

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    The poetry within this book was derived from the hopes, dreams, and opinions of the poet who so madly scribbles on the minds of society.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateOct 14, 2011
    ISBN9781467042314
    Organized Chaos
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    Christopher A. Burns

    At age 8 I had decided I wanted to write poetry, and at 15 decided to be a rock star. When I gaduated High School I thought it would be a fun idea to join the Silent Service(submarine service). After 4 years of punching holes in the ocean I spent a year attending Naropa University then moved to northern New Mexico. I still have no idea what to do with myself, so i'll write some poetry.

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      Book preview

      Organized Chaos - Christopher A. Burns

      © 2011 by Christopher A. Burns. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 10/03/2011

      ISBN: 978-1-4670-4232-1 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4670-4231-4 (ebk)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011917422

      Printed in the United States of America

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      This book is printed on acid-free paper.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      Confessions of an Elitist

      A Clown?

      Circle of Enslavement

      The World as Shark Jaws

      One More Corrupt Nation

      So Far Beyond

      Thoughts Random

      With a Little Hesitation

      Here We Are

      Can You See the Connection

      A Shaman’s Dream

      Mystic Beauty

      On Death (the connection)

      Enter

      Sounds of Freedom

      The Street Fog Walker

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      Letting go is harder than you think

      They will always sway the new swing

      Speak in tongues, Jazz

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      Look at all the Andy Warhol’s

      That’s all fine and dandy

      They seek the comfort in the

      New lost city

      The highlight

      Rock sky

      It’s the butchering

      Of American poetry

      Look into news law

      Look out for government flaw

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      Conformity! Conformity! Conformity!

      The backyard logging of society

      The pencil-sharpening brain

      And the immortality

      Beginning with reality

      Forever scars the mind

      The most symbolic of dreaming! The most Symbolic of dreaming!

      AND IT DRIVES ME ON!

      NO OTHER WAY TO FALL

      Tear off your clothes

      And howl at the moon

      I saw A. G. laughing hysterically

      As the New Mexico desert

      Laughs at me

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      Cut by a razor blade and left to bleed on society

      Who knows the person behind such Atrocities?

      Horrors of dried flesh counting the death

      Of birth

      I could not understand the year

      One leapt over the side of bewildered Conmen

      What about

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