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| ***BIO*** Twenty-seven cycles of the sun ago Ra Gabriel was born in Heliopolis (now Baalbek, Lebanon) from where he says he derives his strength. He strongly believes in coatlism--a theory of spirit and matter making up equal parts of the universe while in constant stuggle and courting. He edits a small press which recently had a fatwa issued against it. For the safety of all involved we will not mention the name. He lives somewhere in Asia with his sultry girlfriend. He spends his time gardening and making sun-dials (he calls them self-dials). Everything is very Ra-centric. He has been published in various print and online magazines. |
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| The Smoking Mirror |
| by Ra Gabriel |
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1519 was the year One Reed. 2001 was the year of Suprema The year Quetzalcoatl was to return The year terrorists toppled twin towers Against sacrifice Quetzalcoatl driven out By the Smoking Mirror, a thirsty god Thirsty for the sulfuric stench Of human blood. Terrorism—a liana in the crutch of a tree— Blossomed on the year Four Yax The color green-blue The year leading up to the great prophesy That 2012 will be our destruction Then, Earthquakes, floods, fires, hurricanes Drought, unbearable heat, disease Were all proof that there was A great malevolence If the gods weren't mollified. So great Moctezuma Like Hasaw and Pacal Kept captives in cages Fought wars for the prisoners Wore flayed skin Till it rotted. Now Add bombs, germs, and corporations To the great malevolence Perhaps gods are just those people At a great distance. Now everyone is a terrorist-- Artists, environmentalists, anti-globalizationists America responds with war Afghanistan—Iraq—Anywhere Rearrange Texas beside Uzbekistan So the boys can pipe together a barbecue Indian massacring, puritan promulgators No tradition to limit the force— Join it. Why hate America Greed, excessive wealth while The multitude starve One billion dying from starvation Another billion dying from excess Bin Laden's message is clear Frontal assault is out of the question Imperialism will be terrorized into obsolescence America's message is rhetoric Thinly veiled Oil Imperialism There are no good governments 2. The Korean peninsula: Glass pane windows With pictures of rice and meat Stores on second floors Neon and colors Mostly red and orange Line the avenues Korea, so neat and organized Even the jail looks like a hotel. 3. Big tits On a thin 32 inch back Gian can see bra size From across the room She's a healthy C Almost a D He's insane with delight After spending time In A cup land She's got exactly the body he likes He'd like to rub an egg All over her, then crack it Into a glass of water— See her energy Plasma mosque with minarets Transparent around a yellow dome yoke His form of virile shamanism Like a drumstick Hitting the snare And the rim At the same time A sound between A g and a k Not exactly either Like a Korean consonant To an American ear Pop popping, pop-popping Imagine if popped corn Were an egg And sleep was like the Internet Get on-line, upload and download Pop pop, pop pop It's A Tourists Point Of View To be so enamored Asian organization Mexican ruins African deserts American moneymaking Tight Asian stomachs It's Suprema's first night And she likes Gian The soft, deep-set Mediterranean eyes Like a sea lapping at a shore Sweet-smelling Laurel trees But she always thought sex Would come with love Instead the money's In the Mamasan's pocket Back at the bar while She's bent over On a vulgar couch. He cracks an egg on her ass 4. Violins are instrumental mosquitoes Musical syringes Malaria the alto West Nile the soprano Dengue the tenor Flu the bass—now it's the birds to watch for— So simple in their complexity Kept in case slung around teenage shoulder Little Silbia (not Sylvia)—with her white stockings Like man's fantasy, saddle shoes—takes her lesson Kept in cage Stretched on altar By four Ajpuob Victim takes the obsidian slice Through the skin, tissue and artery Plumed heart Spurts blood while pulsing Presented to the god of war, Smoking Frog. Blood smelling of sulfur Splatters the stone carving: Inventor of new war-style Smoking Frog Used spears —The deer-hunting weapon— Against humans; His spear and loincloth Simple white The color of peace In one culture War in another. Next Some blood sprinkled On a Tlayuda of deer meat Blood in place of chili Now chili in place of blood Every time you use salsa think blood in place of chili So we think Geroge Clinton in his bed sheet-like regalia leans into the microphone: think, it aint illegal yet! Gian approaches a bargirl She says her name is Suprema It can't be real he says She laughs, shows him her necklace Of gold with the name Gold on brown skin She's short close up. He doesn't know Her brother dated Six prostitutes At the same time They spent all his money So he paid one credit card With another, and that with another And so on Till his debt swallowed him whole And Silbia became Suprema She takes him to a table To discuss price. Price is not Negotiable, and not much To his Euro dollar. Gian held her in place His hands around her stomach Thumbs on hips bones He pulls out and tries to Put his liquid on her made up face Moctezuma was stoned By his own people Because he let Cortez in When his army was greater He chose peace over pain Tried to mollify the god with gifts Suprema directs Gian to her tits Moctezuma played both sides God and mortal Nahuatl and Spanish Cortez asked: "Why didn't you dodge it?" Moctezuma shrugged. Gian collapses besider her He holds her dew-covered plums While they cuddle His cock rests in egg plasma Trickling down her ass crack Moctezuma lost everything. It wasn't really the stone that killed him There are three sides to every revolution Oppressor, Rebel, and Controller One of who is invisible And controls both sides helps them decimate each other There are three sides to each war Attacker, Defender, and Victim The Maya are still not conquered. Muslims won't let Westerners have peace Until they have it The Smoking Mirror is there Deep in the jungles There comes a time, Question your mirrors. |
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| June 2007 |
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