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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 2015)
Street Poetry Page 14 Street Roots • January 23-29, 2015 All of the Angels (Robin’s Turn) A tribute to Robin Williams Destruction of Demons, Re-construction of Angels by Winter Star by Mad Man Marlon I envy heaven tonight... There’s quite a stir, As the Archangels gather ‘round... Oh God there comes a funny man to heaven tonight. The funniest man we’ve seen. For every soldier, especially here in the U.S., I feel you! I feel your pain: Watching, seeing, bleeding, and bleeding in combat. Some physically, some psychologically! How you must react to situations....... when met with force! We’ve seen him make people laugh, Fall from their chairs, Laugh til they split their sides. Oh God why’d he take his own life? It was the pain. But tonight he will know great joy; We’ve seen him make people laugh. Fall from their chairs. Laugh til they split their sides. Will he be playing heaven tonight? We’ve got to see this funny man. And God said no. Gather the Angels, All of the Angels, All of the Angels will be playing heaven tonight. It’s Robin’s Turn to laugh. It’s Robin’s Turn for joy. All of the Angels, All of the Angels will be playing heaven tonight It’s Robin’s Turn to laugh. It’s Robin’s Turn for joy. God went to the pearly gates Ratbprprl ttnhin inside W And said, Robin, two Jews go into a bar, It was a juice bar! (Ha, ha, ha, ha hah, Shah-zzz-bot!) All of the Angels, All of the Angels will be playing heaven tonight. It’s Robin’s Turn to laugh. It’s Robin’s Turn for joy. All of the Angels, All of the Angels will be playing heaven tonight. It’s Robin’s Turn. For me, as a citizen and public figure who loves and cares for his communities, here and abroad, I’ve fought my own battles, and even battles for other people. (Even in myself) And I didn’t even start any of these wars, myself. Healing is a lifetime process from pain, Towards improvement and empowerment. Rise within yourself for a positive purpose for people. No matter how they see, feel, or hear your battles within yourself. When demons smile when you fall. But frown when you rise.....from self-demise. Sentenced by self Doing time alone, on the outside! Incarcerated inside self Depression is the deputy, Anxiety the arresting officer The jury and jailer wheeling you inside your mind on a gurney Inside my own walls bearing no warden Free on the outside, but burying my own burden An Incredible Hulk, as David Banner In a proper dignified manner Lifetime lockdowns of learning to live in other lifetimes. Dedicated to the youth in solitary confinement
