The Coup d’Etat Was Televised

Neither this poem, nor much of modern American culture would be possible without Gil Scott Heron, to whom this is dedicated, and from whom the premise is appropriated. -CB


You did watch right at home
You did turn on, log in, and cop out
You did find yourself on television, on your laptop and on your phone
and you even subscribed to commercials, because

The coup d’etat was televised
The coup d’etat was televised
The coup d’etat was brought to you by Ford with limited interruptions
and best-in-category trucks with low finance rates
The coup d’etat did show you pictures of Trump blowing a bugle,
leading Marjorie, Mitch, McCarthy, Cruz, Graham, and Gaetz
to eat children at a pizza parlor with lizard people sex slaves, because
The coup d’etat was televised

The coup d’etat was televised
The coup d’etat was brought to you by MSNBC News, underwritten by Progressive
The coup d’etat will save you a bundle on your car insurance
The coup d’etat was brought to you by FOX News who promises you a better night’s sleep after bedtime stories
The coup d’etat will fluff your pillow
The coup d’etat will remove the grey
The coup d’etat will increase your share price
The coup d’etat will not leave a stain
The coup d’etat will take your complaint, because
The coup d’etat was televised

There is video of you and Bobby Sue
pushing that window glass in with a stolen flagpole
because you tagged a proud selfie on facebook
and twitter and tiktok too, because
the coup d’etat starred you 
There were pictures of cops beaten by white Americans on instant replay
There were pictures of cops beaten by white Americans on instant replay
and there were pictures of white Americans strolling home
after having a riot, taking their time,
adding filters to their stories, because
the coup d’etat was televised
There is video of Giuliani’s hair dye
sweating down his face in front of DILDO MADNESS
You did see video of Paul Pelosi’s head hammered in his home
You did see a President and Senators laugh at the violence which caused the pain
You did see Ruby and Shea run out of town with the same old process
You did see the slow motion still life death of George Floyd under the straining knee of another violent white cop, because
The coup d’etat was televised

30 Rock and Schitt’s Creek
suddenly feel relevant as the Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres
Hat jokes about generational poverty and charming rednecks
and whether David gets down with Dick or with Jane or maybe even both
and old men even care because
trans people are in the sunshine forging a better day and
the coup d’etat was televised

The coup d’etat was brought to you by Carvana.com
who wants you to get the right price for your vehicle,
and they make it easy
The coup d’etat will help you sell your car
The coup d’etat will give you with sex appeal
The coup d’etat will make you appear thinner and lift your bust
The coup d’etat will provide you with the recommended daily requirements, leaf-free gutters with  a limited warranty, and a virtual catalog of open and honest women who are sick of the drama and ready to chat right now, because

The coup d’etat was televised
The coup d’etat was televised 
The coup d’etat will be right back after a message about your looks, how they could be improved; a message about your gut, how it could be improved; a message about your sleep, how it could be improved; a message about your kids, how they could be improved; and a message starring CGI-crafted geckos and talking puppy dogs, animated cleansers that aren’t harsh on your appliances, because
The coup d’etat was televised

etc., etc., etc...

The Coup d'Etat Was Televised

From within the poem, which is a response to listening to A Love Supreme many times in a row while down with COVID:

Resolution

Consenting people fall in love as many ways to fall in love as people falling deeply in love
Consenting people fall in love as many ways to fall in love as people falling deeply in love
Consenting people fall in love as many ways to fall in love as people falling deeply in love
Consenting people fall in love as many ways to fall in love as people falling deeply in love
A love extreme a love extreme
At the heart
People falling deeply in love
Consenting people
at the heart
Consenting people
at the heart
at the heart
at the heart of love
the heart of love a love extreme
at the heart is people falling deeply in love
as many ways to fall in love as people falling deeply in love
Consenting people fall in love as many ways to fall in love as people falling deeply in love


A Love Extreme

The Lair of Despair

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Ekphrastic poem: painting by Anita Malfatti. Read poem here: https://allpoetry.com/poem/18609186-Interpreting-Anita-Malfatti-s-Feral-Landscape-by-Miriam-Kilmer

Interpreting_Anita

Пахнет радугой майской
Я наследник бесстрастных,
буйных, ловких и добрых
Духов Воли Простора

Многослойность порций
вместо утреннего кофе,
контрастный пунш
Творческое удовольствие
медитативно-стройно

Ультра-модерн свободнее 
всех перемен сгорбленных
Наблюдение за шагами,
наблюдение за дыханием

Я в трансе-танце
я на заре 
Пересекать границу временного

Пение

Пересекать границу временного

Объёмы мира —
  неосмыслимы,
    но прикосновенны.

Лёгкая сладость — кристальность,
небольшая, глубокая,
  мягкая терпкость.

Глоток за глоточком —
  умеренная бодрость,
    взгляд в облако-точку.

Нефритовое знание,
  пустотность языка.

Сен Ча

Нереализованный
  ни в одной из известных форм,

вечный искатель
 идёт своим путём —
   путём сердца.

И весна
  звучит
    скерцо

Скерцо

Куда спешить
  в начале лета?
Идти под горку в скорости,
 брать подъёмы,
  чувствуя тёплую поросль воздуха.


Ожидать любимые растения
 цветочные,
  передавать состояние 
тем, кто придёт позже,
    и общается заочно.


Создавать воспоминания,
 вдыхать до краешков,
  гусиной кожей облепить 
мышечные панцири.


Один день до лета — 
праздную! - 
 рукой подать.


 Ну что, проверим,
 как это работает,
  если включить на полную 
дичь мощную?


Эта упругая энергия,
 эта прыткая дичь,
бархатные слова-обнимашки,
 	чистота духа.









Норма и выше нормы!


Работает парадокс:
 подаёт дрова опыт,
  инкапсулирует,
   воплощает в себе что-то.


Бархатные слова-обнимашки,
  Чистота Духа.


Сбросить грузы
 и умчаться Полевым Духом.


Быть в потоке,
 делать без сучка и задоринки,
  задорным быть.


  	 Замирать,
   		 как видеть цветы.

Куда спешить в начале лета

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Делай так, чтобы было легко.

Если ты всё, то Всё сделает для тебя всё.

Делай что хочешь!
Всё можно!
Есть только любовь!

Poet, artist, and musician in Seattle as interested in using tools for other than their intended purposes as he is in investigating what grows in the cracks.

South Florida's very own  Michael Jaay,  was born November 2, 1994.
Mj was influenced by his father, a famous reggaeton artist (El Poderoso) who managed him and showed him the ropes in the rap game. Michael's dad was later incarcerated and sentenced to 45 years in prison due to drug trafficking but the young mc from Miami continues to tell his story. Follow Michael Jaay and really listen to his lyrics as he spits nothing but real emotion and real street music bringing both Hip Hop and Trap music together in one genre!  -ChrisOGFAN

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