[Illustration of the author above ^ by G. Alden Davis aka Greg Grub]


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Begun in June thirteen years ago & Continued in November, 2015, DUMZINE
presents an exclusive 13-part serialization of the epic poem
by Shaun Grub
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Sunday, June 7, 2020

Bring On The VP O-Positive Turning Blues!

(photos of graffiti by shaun grub)



No way forward but to wing it (sting it)

what you say when they say bring it (krik

See ain't no one done this before (sho')

besides isn't that what your stuff swore (don't)

Figure it out on the run surfing (you know)

a falling stack of domino waves (arrived)

We must each bleed a fraction of (in a hurry)

to breathe with under the knee (comfortably)

 Point is keeping an onward motion (numb)

Hang it on hooks like a hose you carry in advance

With you in case of a mobile fire in a drive thru

suddenly engulfs you on the run in the kingdom

 No better way of being prepared for anything

than to know your born moment presently 

still unfolds every day you can register neat

 to vote in the forthcoming primary seat 

No more way ahead but on our own paths

No help we can expect from each other, alas

No way we may intervene even if its well known

No how would we dream of giving up on trying 

No More! Each day's mouth that opens 

wide inside my eye helps me to breathe

No Help! Each morning's promise cracked

arrives like a kiss from the mother dawn.

No Way! Every moment propelled forth

in the darkness we're each other's canaries

No How! Every muscle trained and straining

in concert together against our adversaries

Hides the secret that they don't know any more 

The actual way out than the rest of us do 

Pomp & Circumstance done cloaked well

All sorts of clandestine maneuvers in Hell

Its the glow of the hidden coveted thing 

in the box high lighting faces that brings

Out the dashboard's ultra-lit ambiance

a paneled array of shakers and movers 

Because your world was the car-machine

That we took a joy ride in after drinking

What's it with your quick reaction (spiffs)

Just what was it you were thinking? (chuffed)

There's no one left to ask permission (drifts)

Much less any around to stop you (off)

Move on through the storm on a wing (cough)

And a prayer will bring us in (mumble)

for a rough landing at least (to sleep)



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