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the ignorant savants
By Byron HaskinsMusic
the ignorant savants episodes
- 10 min
- 6 min
- get realGET REALGet real.Worlds dividedWhich one you gonna choose?What’s the appeal?Get real.Bustling crowd!Soldiers lined up for pay!girls sing school songs!Little white blouses— long blue skirts—Bright sunshine— scarves everywhere!I pull my chord—I'm airborne, in heaven— harmonies turn fire!Fire in my eyes!Fire on the skin I shed!I still feel it!I can't close my eyes!I see blood on blouses— blood on scarves!I burn— they kick my face!I can't run— I AM IN HELL.Paradise?Who decides?Get real!Worlds divided,one done, one yet to be born,Choose the latter— new day, new horn.It is a burden, carrying perfectionthat you do not own.So drop that weight— leave it alone!Get real.One yet to be born— get real!Two souls colliding,for fun, to cry,the cannonball will fly— and there goes paradise.Which man was the Christ?Who was bringing us light?From whence did he come?Don't tell me— show me!Let’s get it done!Get real.The mystical power, imaginationhearts pound to chimeraformed from within.altering steps,gliding decision,determining fate— what great powerfoolishness baits.GET REAL!confiding, then chiding your mother’s ghost,who is nowhere in sight.oh, she’s Satan’s toastinfracted, infected, debilitated, but steeled.Done.Are we ever really done?No.Get real.Three worlds divided— two done, one yet to be born.I'll take the last, please.Get real!© Byron Haskins (2026) - a poetic remix of four previous works: Perfect (from Liberating the Spirit, 2014), and Con Artist, Paradise and Get Real (from The Christmas Bonus 2013).5 min
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- nu bluz - an ignorant man leaves unusual artifacts for future archaeologists to pondernu bluz - an ignorant man leaves unusual artifacts for future archaeologists to ponder by Byron Haskins3 min
- king of cricketsEl niño busca su voz.(La tenía el rey de los grillos.)En una gota de aguabuscaba su voz el niño.No la quiero para hablar;me haré con ellaun anilloque llevará mi silencioen su dedo pequeñito.En una gota de aguabuscaba su voz el niño.(La voz cautiva, a lo lejos,se ponía un traje de grillo.)they will liveearthy. loyal. sincere.they will.9 min
- little puddlesan interpretation of a poem published in 2011 in my anthology "Lake Affect: Collected Poetry" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0139IXMFO named"Spring 5/3".Little wings speakflicker and glowthe moon rises high aboveI put roses inwearing heavy leather glovespalms sweatingwild violets singbees dance with meI smell colors andmy toes tinglein the little puddlesleft behind by my hosewarm winds you bringI love you Spring.© Byron Haskins, 2011, all rights reserved.4 min
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- ersatzThis is take one of a jazz piece derived from a double haiku (verse 1 & 3) I wrote:Ersatz ©billionaires don't carefor their own humanitytrying to escapein ersatz modalitiespurchasing complicitymanufacturing sympathieswith money - souls lostforcing us to follow themall to hell we goLyrics by Byron Haskins, nPoet9 Publishing - 2026 - all rights reserved.4 min
- myth, emotion, and fact walk into a barmyth, emotion and fact walk into a bar. The beer is not as good as myth said, emotion cries into it, and fact, as usual, picks up the tab4 min
About the ignorant savants
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No AI, just I. I have collaborated and suppose I might again. Retired person having fun. Used to DJ, now I produce and play. Blues-based.