{"id":6442,"date":"2014-01-23T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T05:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/?p=6442"},"modified":"2014-01-24T10:43:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T15:43:24","slug":"a-portrait-of-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/a-portrait-of-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"A Portrait of Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SriLanka\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m unsteady, the bloodletting is tongue stretching<\/p>\n

Picture a slum setting, unkempt with a rough heading
\nTribes get involved, when nature, with its rises and falls
\nEntices us all to question life and its inviolate call
\nSometimes even the sun catches the horizon off guard
\nIlluminating the land – all the mountains, pines & bazaars<\/p>\n

Legends state, that trees grow broader in a wretched place
\nmuch like cells strengthen when ensconcing in the reddish fray
\nThe warmth of the ground is a meditative magma, in essence, fate
\neach tectonic shift leaves a messy plate; appetite makes us levitate
\nThe life substance of any given creation is a curious fluid
\nhe stands in a burgundy tunic, earthly attunement is a purity movement
\nWhile many would jump at the chance of omnipotence…
\nSome prefer to be human.
\nundeterred by the units perverted, deluded. Copernicus knew it
\nPersian, Peruvian or Nubian, in search of the wooly men
\nAre we truly men who are on the verge of being usurped of our nutrients?
\nbecause while new sequences emerge from the petri dish of our lineage
\nThe growth of our history rarely deviates from traditional compendiums
\nEveryone has plants to water, children to feed
\nembryos supplant a larger mural to heed
\nsymbiotic relationships foster fertile proceeds
\nfor foster parents to adopt a pharyngeal surgical league
\nto cut out all of our bad intentions so we can cure The Disease
\nIt\u2019s the workings of Me, You, the sperm\u2019s eternal dirge of the sea
\nWhat are ethnicities? Are they real cities with a mayor and such?
\ntruthfully, are we dunking the ball or just laying it up?
\nAre we under the sprawl of a decaying, corrupt age of distrust,
\nscraping the clutches, raping a mother who simply claimed it enough?
\nDo we show compassion or are we just following moral restraints
\nI\u2019m convinced that Right and Wrong are dead planets, orbiting Faith
\nSome pray to God, others prey on others as the \u201clords\u201d of their race
\nwhile being elitist only means one thing: priorities are sorely misplaced
\nWriter\u2019s Block is a biological weapon set against us apes
\nfor bible scholars, vying authors – selected strains to alter our genetic traits
\nScience fosters collective drainage of innovation, meant to resonate
\nflesh is clay, imprisoned in Section 8, nocturnal insects definitely relate
\nIf you\u2019re feeling implored, take a trek with the spiritual Moor
\nMan walks on two limbs yet it\u2019s his brain he mostly needs agility for
\nSome rest under sycamores sipping Coors from society\u2019s umbilical cord
\nothers weave tangerine sun sonatas in the shadows; the ceilings of lore
\nSome cash in their schillings of war, only feeling the symptoms after
\nour achilles heel hooks us with wisdom only inherent in jiu-jitsu masters<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m unsteady, the bloodletting is tongue stretching<\/p>\n

Picture a slum setting, unkempt with a rough heading
\nTribes get involved, when nature, with its rises and falls
\nEntices us all to question life and its inviolate call
\nSometimes even the sun catches the horizon off guard
\nIlluminating the land – all the mountains, pines & bazaars<\/p>\n

Legends state, that trees grow broader in a wretched place
\nmuch like cells strengthen when ensconcing in the reddish fray<\/p>\n

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