THE SIMPLE FOUR by A.J. KAUFMANN, April 2009

1*PEACE

PEACE BE NOT BROKEN
BY THE TONGUES OF THE INSANE
THEIR CROOKED LIFELINES
OBITUARY HANDS

PEACE BE NOT SOLD
AT THE MARKETS OF DARK, PRIMAL
EVIL AMERICA

PEACE BE NOT SHOWN
TO ALL THOSE NEARBY FREAK-SHOW
PLANETS, ROADS OF PURE GALACTIC DECEIT

PEACE BE NO HIPPIE ARTIFACT
POOR INDU CURTAINS
SIMPLE ROOMS WITHOUT CHAIRS
LAVA LAMPS GLOWING, NO USE FOR THEM TODAY

PEACE BE NO LOST CAUSE
OR WILD, BEARDED CHILDREN
OF MARX, CURSED AT BIRTH BY THE CHURCH

PEACE BE NO POSTER, LEAFLET, BOOK
PEACE BE WRITTEN IN CAPITAL LETTERS
IN CHAPBOOKS LIKE THESE, LOST TO THE PUBLIC DISFIGURED EYE
PEACE BE NO PROMISE, OFFER OR
SELL-OUT, YOUR USUAL DAY-TO-DAY BULLSHIT, SPOONFED TO YA, NEWSPAPER
FEED

PEACE BE NOT STOLEN, I SAY IT AGAIN
PEACE OF NO USE FOR RATIONAL CLOCKS
BACKWARD CALENDARS, PSYCHEDELIC BOOKS OF MEMOIRS

PEACE BE NO GURU, NO BROTHER
PEACE BE BLOOD OF THE SUN, TRUE THIS TIME AND FLOWING, A GERMAN COMMUNE OF HANDS

PEACE BE PREGNANT, DISTANT, ARCTIC
NEVER DIVIDED OR GIVEN AWAY FOR FREE
TO RUTHLESS COLUMBUS’ MARKETEERS

PEACE BE NO RIB OF THE WHITE MAN

PEACE BE NO SPANISH BEADS, TRAVELING BOOTS, NOTHING

PEACE BE NO JEW OR HEAVEN, PEACE BE NOT NIRVANA, ACID, WEED OR SPEED OR MUSHROOMS

PEACE BE NO YOUTH, NO HONOR, PEACE BE HUMBLE INSTEAD, A BROKEN DOWN ANGEL COMPLETELY
PEACE BE MAN BY THE WAY, STANDING AT WHITE CROSS DOOR, DISTANT CHYMES THRU BURNING FIELDS OF OIL

PEACE BE BOURBON AND PORTER – PEACE BE FOREVER FREE FROM YOUR MIND

PEACE BE FOREVER FREE
FREEDOM FOREVER PEACEFUL

PEACE BE GOLDEN UTOPIAS, PEACE BE BRASIL, FUTURISTIC AIRPLANE, PEACE BE STILL YELLOW MAGICK, PEACE BE NOT BROKEN

2*LOVE

LOVE BE NO SIMPLE HAVEN FOR ANGEL-HEADED MADMEN, DISASTROUS MIRRORS OF EVER INFLATING EGOS

LOVE BE NO ELEVATORS, SEX MOTELS, ARABIC REALMS OF VISION, GARDENS OF HASH AND LUST

LOVE BE NEVER PRESCRIPTED, LOVE BE NO ABORTION PILL, OR ANY OTHER PILL FOR ANY OTHER SICKNESS, LOVE BE PURE, NO GREEN ROTTEN MEAT IN THE FRIDGE
SMELLING JUST LIKE FLOWERS

LOVE WILL NEVER BE ADDED TO YOUR INSTANT COFFEE, VEGETABLE SOUPS AND OTHER POWDERS, FAST-FOOD FRENZY OR DRUGS FOR THAT MATTER

LOVE BE NO SUDDEN BREAKDOWN OF SENSE, LOVE BE A BEACH AND THE OCEAN
LOVE BE YOU IN YOUR EYES, LOVE BE TEARS ON MY TONGUE

LOVE BE NO TIME MACHINES, SWOLLEN RED OVALS OF SAFETY, PUMPING MACHINES AND RUNAROUND SLAVES

LOVE BE NO RELEASE – LOVE BE A WILD BUT INNOCENT MOUSE TRAP, INDIAN VENUS, GODDESS OF TONGUES

LOVE BE NO SKETCH OR PAINTING, LOVE BE NO COLOR OR NOTE, LOVE BE NO UNDERLINED HAZE, DUTY, BREATH OR ILLUSION

LOVE BE A SUN SUNKEN BEAUTY’S BELLY, WHITE GOWNS OF TRUST AND HONOR – LOVE BE NEVER CONQUERED

LOVE BE NO SHIPS ON EASTERN SHORES, IMMIGRANT TALES, CHEAP WATCHTOWER REVELATIONS

LOVE BE NO DIVA, SISTER – LOVE BE NO MOURNING SONG OF THE WIND, CRYING
FOR THE YOUNG AND DECEASED

AMERICANA PANORAMAS OF TRUTH – CORNERED, SUNLIT, VACANT – LOVE BE NO DISTRICT, MAN

LOVE BE TWIN SLUM AND JUNGLE, LOVE BE NO BIBLE BOUND WITH BLOOD, WRITTEN WITH SEMEN

LOVE BE NO FIREWATER, LEATHER DRESSES, COFFINS – LOVE BE DRAGONFLY’S SCREAM – A THING YOU’VE NEVER HEARD

LOVE BE NO SALVATION – MESCALINE, CABA, TECATA – LOVE BE TEA AND CHEESE, SIMPLE BLACK BREAD AND OLIVES

LOVE BE WATERED, GARDENED AND CHROMED, LOVE BE POLITELY DRIVEN AWAY

LOVE BE FARAWAY DICTUMS, RULES FOR SOFT MAD CHILDREN – RULES ARE VERY SIMPLE, WE’VE HEARD THEM BEFORE
BROTHER

LOVE BE NO LAWS, RULES OR LIMITS – LOVE BE FOREVER PEACEFUL
PEACE BE FOREVER LOVED

LOVE BE ARHYTHMIC PRECISION, LOVE BE LAS VEGAS, LIGHTS OF THE DESERT

LOVE WE WIDE RED OCEANS
LOVE BE NO SIMPLE HAVEN

3*FREEDOM

FREEDOM BE NO SIMPLE ITEM, PEACE SIGN ON WATER – FREEDOM BE NO DEAD CHILD

FREEDOM BE CROCODILES BATHING, SWALLOWING EMPTY CONTINENTS  - GIVING BIRTH TO PASSION

FREEDOM BE NEVER A SPLATTERED TATTOO, WASTED CHOPPERS IN DEAD MOON VALLEYS

FREEDOM BE ONE-WAY WORD, EASY CHOICES OF FAITH, LOST IN DOUBT OF RELIGION

FREEDOM BE SHOTGUN JESUS, PRAISING AT FREAK CHURCH ALTAR, BLESSING THE TRAFFIC LIGHT MADNESS
FREEDOM BE NEVER GIMMICKS, ROUNDABOUT FINGERS OF GOD

FREEDOM BE NO BUDDHA’S HAIR
HIS EVER SLEEPING OAK TREE, CUT-UP LINE, INSERTED BY MISTAKE

FREEDOM BE NO CRESCENT, LINEN OR SHROUD – NO EASTER JOKE RESURRECTION

FREEDOM BE NOT PINPOINTED, FREEDOM BE NEVER ILLUSIONS OF TIME

FREEDOM BE NO HOUDINI, BABY’S HAIR OR CRYING ORCHIDS, FREEDOM BE NEVER CONQUEROR

FREEDOM BE NEVER DESOLATION OF SOUL, FLYING GUITARS, A HOOKAH – MAJESTIC, IRREVELANT, BLATANT

FREEDOM BE NOT REPRESENTED IN CHEAP BRITISH PAPERS – FREEDOM BE NEVER YOUR TOILET TRAIN

FREEDOM BE NEVER AN ARGUMENT, TRADEMARK OR PRODUCT – FREEDOM BE NEVER YOUR PROMISED LAND
CHOSEN OCCUPATION

FREEDOM BE NEVER A NAME OR FACE
FREEDOM BE HIGHWAYS OF DEATH
FREEDOM BE VAST HORIZONED VISIONS

FREEDOM BE BRAVE POOL STEPPES, BLANK CITY TOMBSTONES – FREEDOM BE BLACK, METALLIC

FREEDOM BE SCULPTURES OF MONKEYS, ANGELS TO SAINTS IN RAGS
FREEDOM FOREVER HARMONIC – NATURAL FLOATATION

FREEDOM FOREVER HARMONIC – HARMONY EVER FREE
FREEDOM BE PASTURES OF SLEEP

FREEDOM BE CALIFORNIA
MUTE AGONY BEATLE
SPLASHED ON DEAD GREEN WALLS
FOR FUTURE FINGERS TO FEEL

4*HARMONY

HARMONY BE NO NAME OF A GIRL
CHRISTIAN SIMPLISTIC MELODY
THE ONE OF HER PALE VAGINA

HARMONY BE NO BLACK BURDEN
NO TV SLAVERY TIME
CRUST IMPERIAL FISTS
HARMONY BE NO PEANUT
CHOCOLATE BUTTER OR ROSES
TRANSLATED TO VINE AND VENOM

HARMONY BE NO PHRASE ON YOUR DEATH BED, MARTYR CHAINS, FRA DOLCINO’S STIGMATA

HARMONY BE NO ROLLING STONES SONG OR HEROIN PROPHET OF DOOM
CARAMEL COUGH SYRUP

HARMONY BE NO BERLIN WHORE
PRISON, NURSERY OR BAR
NO LOVELIGHT, HUMANITY’S JUDGES – INSPECTORS OF BEAUTY AND TRUTH

HARMONY NEVER EXPOSED, KEPT BRITTLE INSTEAD IN SILENT LIMITS OF DAWN
WHILE JET GHOSTS DANCE ON CHILD’S WOOLY SKULL

HARMONY BE NO CONQUISTADOR
HARMONY BE NO ANCIENT WALL
LION CONSUMING THE DOVE, HIS LOVER

SENTENCED TO DEATH, PROUDLY DEPARTING, HARMONY NEVER DISARMED
BETWEEN YOUR ARMIES CORRODING IN RAIN

HARMONY BE NO REJECTED THOUGHT
NO ROULETTE, ARCHEOPTERYX’S SHADES
ON SKIES COLLAPSING WITHIN

HARMONY BE NO PUSHER OF MAGICK, HIGHER INSTANCE, SUSPENDED JURY – A GOLDEN ALARM PHONE TO GOD

HARMONY STILL IN FIGMENTS OF FRACTALS – HONEST, RELAXED AND DIGGING IN

HARMONY PRESENT IN DYING MIND’S LAST SPASMS, WEARY FROM WALKING ITS LIGHT YEARS

HARMONY BE RELENTLESS, A PARADOX OF LIFE, IN BATHROOMS FILLED WITH EARS, LISTENING TO THE WIND’S SONG

HARMONY BE FOREVER LOVE
LOVE BE FOREVER PEACE BE FREEDOM
HARMONY CUTS NO CIRCLE

HARMONY BE RIO – MURALS
NEVER CONFUSED IN HISTORY’S MUD
HARMONY BE REALITY’S WHITE LIGHT

HARMONY BE NO NAME OF A GIRL
BUT IT CERTAINLY APPEARS SO
TO AN UNEXPERIENCED EYE.