BYPO PHOENIX

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ALCHEMY: the anatomy of revolution

hybrid spirits realign–crafting plans and reading minds…rebels fight and percolate–arming shields with platinum plates… gaga strikes while banksy flies–systems change when graf-heads write…cylon powers reemerge–disparate traditions reconverge… prophecy and chemistry–artistry and alchemy…ministry that never sleeps builds an altar rooted deep… our universe is vast but bounded…our resistance evolves–fierce and grounded…oppressive […]

INTROSPECTION

my eyes were first met by visions when i was 25…psychic angels connecting smoke and light–earth, body, and sky…floridly manic i flew through central park imagining myself as a primal hunter gatherer…i felt time slow then accelerate–i felt my power…i imagined a destiny beyond time–beyond the parameters of our earthly […]

PROPHECY: anthem of resistance

amidst the specter of apocalypse–resistance is seething…people are moving–the planet is breathing… prophets of old meet prophets of rage…flames of rebellion challenge forces of hate… abrahamic creeds meet koranic texts–addicting us to speed–hypnotized by breath… the stakes are ferociously high–our place on earth is at stake…we must live to fight […]

REBELS IN BABYLON

ancient truths and sacred paths…mold our psychic karmic map…serve the earth–gaze at stars…feel your spirit–play your part…we come in peace–armed with love…standing strong against proto-fascist thugs…polylingual human beings…seek transcendant power–new ways of seeing…black and brown–white and red…we heed ancestors–bodies gone but never dead…evolution brought us to this place…a race against […]

PYROMANIC

gods of fire—lords of light…feel the power deep inside…reacting to the mystic flames…crafting art—rewriting names…fueled by wax and gasoline…fueled by speed and nicotine…cosmic input—manic dreams…solar power breeds mutant creeds…light reflected and refracted…meets the eye of karma’s master…insight flows through noble veins…angelic visions—evolving strains…psychic power and social pain…fuel rebellion—forge new blades…trans […]

REST IN POWER: a karmic force awakens

sister carrie—brother george… gone too soon—traumatic scourge…pop culture icons—speaking truth…proclaiming faith—freedom’s root…a force awakens—deep inside…jedis evolve—within our minds…cosmic power—psychic pain…self-medication is longevity’s bane…we need their powers to battle the SITH…who will claim the throne—threatening planetary death…armed with love—fueled by rage…we will build a rebellion—sleek, fly, and inflamed…you lived your lives—with […]

ANARCHIST CHIC

love and rage hope and pain branding fame transforming shame the show goes on the struggle rebuilds superstars transcend armed with fire and shields circle A’s and branded B’s mark turf in DC aspiration is burning a people yearning to breathe free queer pride and trans-flair migrant rights and black […]

ANGEL DUST

love is pain–branded black– across your soul–across your back… eyes so blue–so dangerous– suggesting love–inducing lust… damaged beauty–like icarus… your brain a slave–to angel dust… janus faced–you led me on… i did my best–you did me wrong –BYPO PHOENIX c)2016

QUEER JIHAD

resurgent bigotry demands insurgent solidarity… queers without fear–rising proud far and near… ancient rites–modern pride… burning bright–deep inside… queer power–riot porn… this is the hour–queer jihad arise reborn… burning embers from stonewall… gave birth to rainbow flags… trump’s apartheid wall–torn down by troops of proud migrants, dykes, and fags… queer […]

ECHOCIDE

from genocide to echocide–as protest mounts big oil lies–pipelines through sacred ground–threaten rivers–threaten lives–hordes of thugs in riot gear–unleash their dogs–react with fear–water cannons in freezing air–threaten death to tribal seers–from little rock to standing rock–the arc of justice never stops–climate change is here and how–insurgents rise–loud and proud–millions reject […]

TRANSGRESSIVE

erotic style–transgressive flare hypnotic fire–synaptic glare real men wear skirts–all boys should cry the cure often hurts–the truth blends with the lie butch or femme–black or white gay or straight–queer phoenix burns bright sex is sacred–love is fly copulation transcends hatred–street artists rule the night alt-right in power–neo-nazis on the […]

NO PEACEFUL TRANSITION

so now the bigot-in-chief claims a mandate… after seizing the presidency based on an archaic constitution designed to defend human bondage… and some of our leading liberal lights now counsel patience… besieged but highly paid labor leaders pledge to work with the billionaire maverick on trade… but it is too […]

CATACLYSM: post-apocalyptic perspectives

two elections–16 years apart–where a candidate will take the presidency while losing the popular vote an archaic constitution designed to defend slavery–facilitating modern day political crime pollsters and pundits all proven wrong by an electorate sufficiently suffused in white supremacy and sexism and tens of millions deeply unmoved to even […]

TWISTED CHOICE

protofascist thugs draped in rebel flags–yearn to ban all muslims–and kill the dykes and fags–neoliberal crisis and chronic psychic pain–fuel a right-wing orgy–sick logic gone insane–millions voted for bernie–millions craving change–the hope for our fragile nation is that that power doesn’t fade–wall street and its lackeys will strive to keep […]

BLACK PHOENIX

speaking truth to a nation addicted to lies–standing strong in a world seduced by the buy…taking a knee and taking the heat–raising a fist and crunking the beat…colin the prophet–black jesus reborn…bringing huey’s manic genius to martin’s sacred song…black lives under fire–immigrants under siege…psychic forces breathe deeper–conjuring new creeds… the […]

EVOLUTION ANALYZED: a bypo manifesto

FROM UNIVERSE TO MULTIVERSE–COSMIC KARMA INTERSPERSED…SPECIES GROW EVOLVE AND THRIVE–EMPIRES FALL WHEN PEOPLE RISE …SLAVES OF INSTINCT GO EXTINCT–COPTIC QUEERS BRAND ARMS WITH INK…CLIMATE CRISIS COMING FAST–BARBARIC SYSTEMS HOLD KARMA BACK…ANCIENT SEERS MEET MODERN PROPHETS–BYPO FREAKS AND SCHIZO DAUGHTERS…MAN AND WOMAN–QUEERS AND STRAIGHTS–RISE AS ONE WHEN LOVE TRUMPS HATE… DARWIN […]

COCKSURE

PENETRATION BREEDS ELATION SEX AND SENTIENCE–ANTIDEPRESSANTS COCKSURE–ROCK HARD SEXY RISKY AND IN CHARGE… DEEP CONNECTION–FULL ERECTIONS PROHOMO BABY–QUEER AS FUCK STOMPING BIGOTS INTO DUST EROTIC CHARGE–RIOT PORN GRIND ALL NIGHT–COME TIL DAWN PHOENIX RISING TO HIS GODLIKE PEAK ARMED WITH LOVE–ROOTED DEEP PROSTATE RULES THE SHAFT’S EXPANSE CLASSWAR BABY–EROTIC DANCE […]

RIOT PORN

ROCK HARD BODY PARTS IN THE FLOW OF BEATING HEARTS TURNING TRICKS AND MAKING BAIL STANDING STRONG–TOUGH AS NAILS SCULPTED BODIES–TRANSCENDENT ORGIES TANTRIC GODS IN COSMIC PARTIES DEEP INSIDE AND DEEP WITHIN BREEDING SIN WITH OXYGEN NICOTINE AND DOPAMINE MAKE ME COME–MAKE ME SCREAM MANY LOVERS, MANY BODIES NEO-QUEER PSYCHIC […]

CORAZON

WHEN I THINK OF YOU MY HEART MELTS REMEMBERING LOST INNOCENCE AND REOPENING OLD WOUNDS PHENOMENAL EVENINGS DRAWN TOWARDS UNFATHOMABLE NIGHTS NEWBORN PASSION AND EROTIC FIRE ECLIPSED BY TRAUMATIC PSYCHIC PAIN WHEN I DREAM OF YOU MY HEART STOPS UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO COMPREHEND THE IMMENSITY OF WHAT I WANT […]

PRIDE

FROM HATE AND GUILT TO HOPE AND PRIDE FROM PAIN AND SHAME TO SLEEK AND FLY QUEERS ON FIRE BURNING BRIGHT TAKING THE STREETS–CLAIMING THE LIGHT BUTCH AND FEMME BLACK AND WHITE TRANS AND CIS BRANDING THE NIGHT PERFECT ILLUSION EVOLVING TONIGHT EROTIC CONFUSION DESCRIBING DELIGHT QUEER POWER TAKING THE […]

SACRED GROUND

WORDS FAIL IN THE FACE OF GENOCIDE…A CONTINENT STOLEN MANY PEOPLES DISPLACED… TRAILS OF TEARS AND MANIFEST DESTINY ERASING CENTURIES OF CULTURAL TRIUMPH…THE SURVIVORS MAKE A STAND FOR JUSTICE AND DIGNITY…THE WORLD WATCHES AND LISTENS…BUT WILL POWER HEED THE DEMAND…WATER IS VITAL AND SACRED…LAND IS RICH AND TREASURED…DEMAND JUSTICE FOR […]

BAD BLOOD

ONCE LOVERS–THEN BROTHERS NOW OTHER–HOPE SMOTHERED WORDS CUT–LIKE A KNIFE LIGHTNING QUICK–SEIZURE LIKE PSYCH WARDS COMPLICATE PILLS YEARN–MEDICATE BAD BLOOD–TOXIC LOVE PRAYING TO GODS ABOVE   –BYPO PHOENIX c) 2016

IMANI

TAKE A BREATH–FEEL IT DEEP…SPIRIT MOVES INCESSANTLY…MANY FAITHS-MANY GODS…ONE POWER-ONE CELESTIAL AWE…GOOD AND BAD–YIN AND YANG…DIALECTIC HYPERDRIVE…FAITH AND HOPE–HOPE AND RAGE…SYMBIOTIC PSYCHICS SAY…I BELIEVE THAT DEEP WITHIN…SPIRIT MOVES KARMIC TWINS…LOVE AND LUST–HERMANOS ALL…PROPHETS RISE WHEN KARMA CALLS –BYPO PHOENIX c) 2016 visual art by DECOY. “Imani” means faith in kiswahili

LAS RAICES DE LA ESPERANZA

queremos la justicia no la poli-migra gritamos si se puede dicen no se pudo nuestras historias son nuestras victorias el poder de l’amor es mas que lo de odio queremos la justicia nos dan arizona queremos la reforma justa y humana su idea de reforma se abusa la idioma raices […]

KEY BRIDGE

4:00 AM JOLTED FROM SLEEP…I AWOKE HAUNTED BY A NIGHTMARE …UNABLE TO GO BACK TO BED I LAY STARTLED BY CREEPING PSYCHOSIS …I MADE THE JOURNEY TO GEORGETOWN–FINDING KAFE LEOPOLD BUSTLING AS ALWAYS I TRIED TO PLAY MY ROLE AS A SERVER–BEGGING THE GODS OF HOSPITALITY FOR REPRIEVE…THE BRAIN IS […]

PYRHIC KARMA DEIFIED

gasoline-fueled flames flicker like fragments deified cross burning embers petrified of trump’s kingdom come a blaze of glory implodes in the alley gasoline fire no fucking joke smothered with mulch and antifreeze still sirens scream in to quell the conflagration strike one came when i heard a voice in my […]