Children Of Government
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A Word Known To The World
I,
The wallet of a man
Whose consumer ways
Add to the hidden loyalty
Escaping these populist times
Defining general generations
Generalizing the debits of choice
Against the credits of freedom,
Accept,
That man is not a witness
As cruel as progressive intentions
Mirroring conservative solutions
Placed among rubber stamps
Inked in taxes
Called upon in times of runoff
Uncontrolled by levies
Built to withstand an assumed nature's arrogance,
Wait,
For death to continue as it should have done
Whenever life finds time to be boring
Instead of being uncertain,
Understand,
Voice is a fraction
But as buoyant as the issue itself
A word known to the world is an agreement to represent a bias view.
Fingernails Of Pain
Set Aside
Looking inside
I see you in your mind
Acting stupid to not be taken advantage of
Digging a grave to free someone and take their place
Petting puppets counted as friends
Masking responsibilities collecting interest
Creating clowns of indifference to channel surf the sides,
The sides of you
A collection of conflicts borrowed
Set aside waiting as bills to be paid before they come past due
Simple fix and you'll profit
A life filled with addictions to complications
Ending your boredom
The benefit of betrayal was not enough
Fingernails of pain were clipped
Destined to grow back
Love grew legs and walked about
Learning it was not wanted
Progress forward,
The five day social forecast shows signs of repetitive cloning
Count my fingers and my toes
Here are examples of these and those:
People drinking flames
Hippie Hippos sinking in the sand
Seals clubbing humans
Racist eulogies bombarded with daffodil tornadoes
Etche-Sketched porn
Light Bright images of singing fish fishing clouds
Reconstruct,
When the sun blinks everything will dead
Just as a sponge left without the love of water
Putting hands in pockets,
There it is . . . the world out there
Trenches for despots
Anarchy with order in its definition
Talking pillowcases trimming trees with slaves
This moment in the past,
Wars were fought for victory not peace
Creating famine for the politically obese
Shadows gone missing,
You are my favorite mirror
Reflecting something better than me
Even if it's not true
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About the Book
Children of Government is a collection of poems and short stories by American writer William Michael Smith. Written primarily as social narratives and commentaries on reality, religion, government and life, Smith's works incorporate many literary styles related to aspects of mysticism, populism, surrealism, and social democracy. Certain poems contain verbose language, which are criticisms on public and private infallibility at providing public works and services. Other poems and short stories contain dialectical discussions on an individual's relationship to other people, government, God, and the individual's own life and existence. Overall, readers will enjoy Smith's use of vivid, allegorical imagery and religious irony at questioning how everyone is subject to forms of authority in all realms of their existence. "How an individual communicates with forms of authority," says Smith, "depends on what an individual identifies as a form of authority."
About the Author
William Michael Smith was born in Daytona Beach, FL., and raised in Port Orange, FL. He is the youngest of three children–Nick and Kathleen–to Ronald and Martha Smith. After graduating from Spruce Creek High School, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and attended the University of North Florida. Within four years, he earned degrees in Political Science and Criminal Justice, whilst serving one year in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Currently, he calls Jacksonville, FL., his second home, where he has devoted several hours of volunteer work to be awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award. His professional writing career deals mostly in social science research, political philosophy, community development and civic action.
His writing pseudonym is reichnicht, a Germanic compound word he views as his mantra:
“To have rights and not exercise them is an accomplishment in of itself. Wealth is not a luxury; therefore, we should not identify ourselves with it. God created choice, so that we may pray for nothing more. reichnicht, a symbol used to forgive everything, except oneself come judgment.”