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A message to America from the Islamic State…
the fringe faction, taking action --
beheading as a sign of protest, an expression of faith,
not even open to debate.

In New York City, a few days later,
a man orchestrated for himself the same fate;
beheading as suicide, curbside.

The apostle Paul, born a Jew, converted to Christianity
so goes the litany --
bared his neck, of his own free will;
let all the watchers have their fill.

What is it with humans, and splatter?

They say Salome commanded John the Baptist’s head
on a platter.

In Brazil a referee had his head torn off by football fans
and placed on a spike on the pitch;
bloodthirsty crowd watching his body twitch...
writing this list is making me sick.

Been done in China – in Chile – In Denmark for witchcraft ...
In England, too many to list; most often for treason.
Have – we – no – reason?


We are the ones who’ve lost our heads --
we have all been decapitated;
had them taken from us,
or handed them over willingly, to heads of States,
to religious leaders and politicians,
anyone whose position confers on them
an element of pre-destiny
of ordained knowledge, of what, we know not.

As they stack their munitions and state their conditions,
what is the real agenda?
Always look to see who will profit
when they ask for your offers.
Who will rise in power?
Who will line their coffers?
Who’s buying the hacienda?
That’s always the bottom line --
that is always the sign.

Stand up and keep your head…
Call for the immediate cessation of armed conflicts,
denounce the abomination of the refusal of the havers
to approach equalization;
education, the foundation, not exploitation


at the hands, of who used to be commonly known ‘as the man’.
At the hands, of the one percent --
At the hands, of the dictators and presidents…
At the hands, of faith being the explanation,
the justification for barbaric acts, defying imagination
throughout every denomination, and every generation.

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from NoteSpeak (Amori e Tragedie In Musica), released March 13, 2020

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"Musically & vocally, NoteSpeak consistently changes, shifting from style to style – acoustic jazz solos into hip-hop beats into harmonized gospel vocals into electronic jazz and fusion into free verse rhyming – and yet seems to constantly groove... " All About Jazz Chris M. Slawecki ... more

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