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In addition to tennis, I'm also competing in another event of the Games, the 'Poetic Justice' Poetry Slam. It will
include slam poets from all around the world. Here are the two poems I plan to read in that competition. I'll
let you know how I do!
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Don't ask, don't tell
is what they say
To silence, to quell
The burning passion of love untrusted
And the timeless urge to not get busted
Don't ask, don't tell
Is how the bible holds sway
Over the mind of man
From Ancient Rome to today
Don't ask, don't tell
Rings deaf in these ears
It comes from coward's tongues
And exposes their fears
because if they ask
Then they'll know for sure
That Marines are fucking Marines
And there is no cure
And if they tell
Then their own desires would come to light
How they wish they could watch
Rather than fight.
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copyright 2001, Steven Shultz
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Poem Will Come
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I can't yet write a poem for you
Locked in your grip
The lucky, the few
Can't break free
Or even step back aways
Can't see a thing
Through this luscious haze
Slumber and laugh
Soak it up, splash around
Taste the sweet success
Of this pleasure I've found
It will seep deep in me
Through and through
Before I can write a poem
Worthy of you.
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copyright 2000, Steven Shultz
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