hope matters, but it doesn't save you

 

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https://hiddenpeakpress.com/2024/07/08/john-sweet-traitor-poem/

 

 

https://hiddenpeakpress.com/2024/06/06/john-sweet-brief-history-kingdom-of-nil-poem/

the one where i tell you to fuck off and die

 

https://thebigwindowsreview.com/2024/07/12/john-sweet-poem-for-the-vast-distances-that-we-will-die-trying-to-cross/

in the mouth or up the ass

 

https://www.wingedpennyreview.com/issue-02

phantom hope

 

the sharpened teeth of christ buried deep in your throat

 

https://adelaidebooks.org/the-kingdom-of-absent-light

each letter laid down as big as the fist of god

 

             https://roifaineantarchive.wixsite.com/rf-arc-hive/post/messiah-by-john-sweet

there are better things to do on your knees than pray

 

                                                  https://anyflip.com/fypa/qtrn

angel of thirst vs. the angel of dust

 

do you understand why all pain is funny?

 

                                https://blackpetalsks.tripod.com/yellowmama/index.html

violence, which is at the heart of all true faith

 

 

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the truth is a fist here / the cities are on fire

 

https://drexelpaperdragon.com/the-gift-of-slow-cruxifiction/

the futile scream of metal grinding against cold metal at six in the morning

 

 https://feversofthemind.com/2024/06/04/a-fevers-of-the-mind-poetry-showcase-from-john-sweet-t-w/

NOT AN APOLOGY, BUT A MUTTERED THREAT

 

a lifetime

 

THE FUTURE, IN TERMS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND

 

make me famous if you’re any fucking good

 

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NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOU

 

****OUT NOW****

 

KICKING ASS

SEVEN WAYS

TO SUNDAY

SO YOU DON’T

HAVE TO

 

https://www.amazon.com/Not-Everything-About-John-Sweet/dp/B0D4G1SWW6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=37VUY8969SLEH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hsq_9HmlrTAr1Iz6p8sGs6FQ5cbZUvMpBLDsNVeuPYNNza73y9u55nvBrXROGOTost9xyII__7pXlQJe3ILZ7gBdAfKWh4Md7aG2triMUdCMZXzdvpjdQYLQC4REIc0m_Zm6iulO-HxSE0MmLFFdvp0-B9fmfICk3l3-6xFD6Fr15AxEb31rHoPg2rv3R1MHgv2cyXuvopIMPhRwsd0FjUJNKpvdCBZ3XRZ93jjsVUI.snehKiWeT_xzy-pRrh1KrUY3F9Yif-s6ihKbFy323pE&dib_tag=se&keywords=john+sweet+not+everything+is+about+you&qid=1716661692&s=books&sprefix=john+sweet%2Cstripbooks%2C262&sr=1-1

the philosopher as a corpse in a shallow ditch

 

but the sun is

not the face of god

 

the low drone of planes

off in the distance

 

soft walls of consciousness and

memory that i push against

on these scorched summer afternoons

 

children ignorant and starving in a

land where ignorance and

starvation are rights

given at birth

 

more laws for greater freedom

 

bigger wars for better selection

 

what good is money, really,

without all of the bright

shiny shit it

can buy?

we all need to figure out exactly how much shit we’re willing to eat

 

https://southshorereview.ca/poetry/i-think-we-all-misheard/

everything kills everything else, period, and the stones were always better than the beatles

 

              https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-john-sweet-3/