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When you see a bearded man
Staring off at something you cannot see
Do not disturb him
His is not blind….
You are

When you see a woman
Wafting through a field
Gracing daisy petals with a rose’s touch
Do not speak to her
She is in the middle of a conversation….
Your receiver is broken

When you see your children
Burning in your streets
From a fire who’s heat you do not feel
Keep your water to yourself
You skin, fire-proof
Your perspective, a privileged extinguisher

There is a conversation you do not see,
Smoldering rose petals
Into the glowing hearts of your children
Do not resist the fear on their behalf

Sheltering them only makes you into a wall
All walls will fall
We, the Jericho generation
Reincarnated to see to that

We are retesting the ancient experiments
Conquering the musty towers with the flames
Our shared brokenness first sparked

Don’t tell us to turn down the tick-boom
Of these time-bombs buried in our chests
These furnace flames are all we have left

No we won’t turn down the heat
This is our kitchen now
This fire is not for your understanding anyhow

We don’t need your water
Let this mother fucker burn
Burn mother fucker burn

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from What the Wind Whispers to the Mountain Ear, released April 25, 2013

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Seth Walker Poetry Boulder, Colorado

Seth Walker is Texas' most notorious traveling poet and top ranked slam poet in the world. Seth has performed at venues across the country including Da Poetry Lounge (CA), The Green Mill (IL), & The Nuyorican (NY). Along the way he won: the Utah State Arts Fair Poetry Slam (2009), North Beast Indie Slam North-Eastern Regional 2010), as well as as slamming, with the 2010 Austin Poetry Slam Team and ... more

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