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    The poem discusses the passage of time from March to May through abstract and surreal imagery. It references the failed Bay of Pigs invasion and explores themes of human folly through descriptions of dancing around dreams, entering trances through screens, and using lies to let oneself in. The speaker seeks to figure something out by solving a riddle, wiping clean a game board, and having a mirror prepare, reflecting on the passage from winter to spring.

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    written after a G. W. Bush speech in 2004

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    The poem discusses the passage of time from March to May through abstract and surreal imagery. It references the failed Bay of Pigs invasion and explores themes of human folly through descriptions of dancing around dreams, entering trances through screens, and using lies to let oneself in. The speaker seeks to figure something out by solving a riddle, wiping clean a game board, and having a mirror prepare, reflecting on the passage from winter to spring.

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    Bays of Pigs (Poem)

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    The poem discusses the passage of time from March to May through abstract and surreal imagery. It references the failed Bay of Pigs invasion and explores themes of human folly through descriptions of dancing around dreams, entering trances through screens, and using lies to let oneself in. The speaker seeks to figure something out by solving a riddle, wiping clean a game board, and having a mirror prepare, reflecting on the passage from winter to spring.

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    Thirty-five (Bays of Pigs)

    Bay of Pigs Seeking days of fire


    Shattered their adornments of torments upon the pavement
    As they held the Holy soulfully responsible
    Looking within, acting without
    Such silly human disposition, we can do without

    March, March, March

    Prance around your colorless dream


    Trance in and out, from your Technicolor screens
    Can you taste the smell, are you bored as hell
    Would you lie in order to let yourself in?
    "Yes, but only if I can remember the password again"

    May, May, May

    Just figure you out, solve the riddle, and let the wine breathe
    Color me Zin, If I’d let you win, morose the ordinary
    Wipe the dust from the board; clean each piece just as before
    Take a chair, create a mirror, and ask it to prepare...

    By David Powers
    March 28th, 2008

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