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    Stars and Stripes
    Stars and Stripes
    Stars and Stripes
    Ebook37 pages21 minutes

    Stars and Stripes

    By Connie Boje

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    Stars and Stripes contains the following poems:
    Stars and Stripes
    As If No States As If No Countries
    Americana
    A Ton
    At the Hand
    Bike of Ride
    Black Boxes
    Brethren
    Chain-Gang
    Chosen People
    Courtesy Call
    Day 21
    Digging Up Dirt
    Excess
    Freedom
    Freedom II
    Hook of Sand
    House of Bounce
    Hundred Thou
    Hurtful
    If We Can Jump They Can Jump Too
    Intrude
    Job Interview
    Jump
    Lemming
    Library Books
    Men of Free
    Part Riot (Patriot)
    On Going
    Overcoat
    Neutral
    Mr Precedent
    Mr Precedent II
    Plead
    Populationhood
    Pout
    Pres (s)
    Pushed
    Quarter
    Quiz Train
    Rushed
    Slaughter
    Specific
    Table Rock
    Tazzer Tech (Tech No)
    The Tale of Two Houses
    The Throne of Rome
    Tumbled
    Up to Ten
    Veto Slav
    Washington
    Wave
    Who Ate the Last Ice Cream
    Whose Dog
    Your Record (Part-Y)
    Zine

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherConnie Boje
    Release dateMar 10, 2017
    Stars and Stripes
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    Connie Boje

    I write poetry zines and ebooks and am currently working on updating them all into Smashwords. If you are not familiar with a ZINE it is a book produced from a photo copier or a printer. I have just come back from my first zinefest in NYC held at Barnard College. I also write fiction and my first book is called SLANTBOARD which takes place in the future where people can ride on boards that float a little off the ground nor do they go much over 10 miles and hour so they have a similar culture to long-distance bike riding. Thanks for reading!

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      Stars and Stripes - Connie Boje

      STARS AND STRIPES

      By Connie Boje

      2014-2016 SMASHWORDS EDITION

      S T A R S A N D S T R I P E S

      star shine be mine up on a movie screen

      happy people living life with every pore

      big wig gig fake eyelash lashing black lines

      teared drops black too glossy lips red

      kiss kiss

      striped shirts ankle bracelets black strap

      in the hot sun moving over green grass barren

      cemented city highway chasing pushing paper

      until the warden speaks and away they go

      bus bus

      what 'bout us the in-between neither one

      nor the other our stars on the screen nor

      striped horizontal lines we are here today

      we are gone tomorrow what ever did that

      piece of waving freedom mean stars and

      stripes was a nation where peace remained

      until they flew it lower and lower for whoever

      until you had to ask who else has died stars and

      stripes forever lulled asleep like at beddy bye

      believing the parents whatever lie they said

      go to sleep little ones go to sleep it will

      soon be over G O T O S L E E P

      A S I F N O S T A T E S

      A S I F N O C O U N T R I E S

      countries are such a bother aren't they

      they get in the way of so many

      INCONVIENCES in life

      I just do not know what to do

      if countries dissolve into a

      CAKE of mash

      cooked up in the oven

      until cracks appear

      because too much batter

      was in the cake

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