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- [That That That (Hocus-Pocus) - 0118](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/that-that-that-hocus-pocus-0118/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear That That ThatI don’t trust the past,It’s nothing but distortions.I can’t remember halfand it’s all out of proportion.What was then just a littleturns out to be a lot.What was then such a riddlehas been solved and forgot.Then it’s just like ‘that’that that old hocus-pocusflips you on your backand you
- [The Space Between - 0001](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/0001-the-space-between/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear The Space BetweenThe hurried pace of the cut and pastethe endless, breathless wide-eyed facethe chop-chop edit with no time to wasteand there’s just no room for the empty spacebut I’ve found some time and I made a placeto breath as easy as you please, where the prayers are often
- [A Bucket of Love - 0005](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/0005-bucket-of-love/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear A Bucket of LoveIs the inside bigger than the outside?How could that possibly be?If that’s the case then inner spaceWould hold alone a galaxy.If I’m the Universe in reverse and below is aboveCan't I just trade all of this hateFor a big, fat bucket of love?2-6-24 Analysis Just for
- [Long Time Now (How to Master Gravity) - 0100](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/long-time-now-how-to-master-gravity-0100/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Long Time Now (How to Master Gravity)How much contemplation is enough?I’ve been thinking about this for a long time nowand I don’t know if I should give it up.Some think as much as they canand others not as much.Some think of Grand Master plansand others in the clutch.I think
- [Brainwashed, Convinced, or Taught? - 0051](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/brainwashed-convinced-or-taught-0051/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Brainwashed, Convinced, or Taught?Have I been brain-washed, convinced or taught?I’m not quite sure, but look at this case of soda pop that I bought.Let’s crack a bottle open, smile, jump around and laugh,and then I’ll show you my new shoes that make me run really fast - they're a
- [And That’s the Way It Is (The Filler) - 0097](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/rome-is-burning-dance-the-night-away-0097/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear And That’s the Way It Is (The Filler)Distraction on display:Everywhere a screen,(Everywhere a screen).Inaction leads the wayInto the dream (The always distant dream).Stay six feet awayAnd watch a spirit fade.Hide yourself from loveAnd death will have its way;(Hide yourself from loveAnd death becomes your day).Served up inTechnicolor Giga-Flicker ModeGoverning
- [Freesus Christ - 0003](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/0003-fresus-christ/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Freesus ChristI can call my God anything I please.Debates may rage throughout the AgesBut in these pages that I readAll I can find is I Am IAnd that always leads me back to me.So, where shall I search? The Sky or the Earth?The surface or the seas? Or maybe
- [Circulogically Speaking - 0050](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/circulogically-speaking-0050/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Circulogically SpeakingThis learning is burning my brain -It turns out the Question and the Answer are always the Same.If to ask is to know, would that mean that I know everything?Can that be? I don’t know...I guess I’ll have to ask me.2-28-24
- [Is It In? (Lick, Swirl, and Push) - 0117](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/is-it-in-lick-and-swirl-and-push-0117/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Is It In? (Lick, Swirl, and Push)Scenes from a body; memories that I can’t call mine.I guess that used to be me, but that was once upon a time.The places that it took me, the sights that it did show...I tried to make a story of it, but what
- [Oh, That Stain - 0116](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/oh-that-stain-0116/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Oh, That StainForgivenessis the final enemy, riddle, mountainthat must be defeated, solved, conqueredto experience true Love.Sure, there is the sensual loveof the flesh and the feelings;flights of fancy of good fortune and joy,but love - ah! true Love cannot be knownfor that smallest speck of hate still held in
- [Holocaust for One - 0114](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/holocaust-for-one-0114/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Holocaust for OneNow the circles run themselvesin automatic panic mode.A drop of blood in the gearsturns the knob to ‘World Explodes.’‘Time will tell if it will last’is what they thought in the past,but now that that future’s here...well, if it was good, it disappeared.Long ago, two steps awaywas a
- [Writing in Purrsive - 0113](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/writing-in-purrsive-0113/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Writing in PurrsiveWriting poetry with Santino:he helps me turn the pages,and he moves the pen just so,but I don’t think he knowsall of his letters yet...maybe half the alphabet.He writes in all capitalsin an unpracticed clunky cursive.He can’t spell worth a hell,but he conjured the term ‘purrsive’which really is
- [Water is Water - 0112](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/water-is-water-0112/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Water is WaterAll water is Water,and all water is One.It’s either clean or it’s dirty,but everybody’s drinking some.10-21-24
- [The Bad Man Cannot Know - 0111](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/the-bad-man-cannot-know-0111/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear The Bad Man Cannot KnowOnly the righteous manis obligated to Truth,all others must lie.The only differencebetween me an him:He’s not afraid to die.And the sun still rises,and the sins still flow,and the good man falls in love againwith what the bad man cannot know.And the moon still risesand, oh,
- [Purr Bliss - 0110](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/purr-bliss-0110/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Purr Bliss I identifyas a catwhen me and my Santinostretch out on our backsand we fade into the purrthat leads us into prayer,and our thoughts begin to bluruntil there’s nothing there...and just like that we disappear - lost in the love that we’ve found here.Some search for churchand God’s
- [My Ugly Mirror - 0109](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/my-ugly-mirror-0109/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear My Ugly MirrorIf I could trade my vanityfor just a quarter-cup of sanity(and a tiny teaspoon of some sugar on the side)I would stop looking at mirrors(and reflecting on my fears), I’d gather up my tears,dump the spoon and down it allwith a heaping scoop of vicious pride.But, alas,
- [Still - 0108](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/still-life-0107/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear StillSo many empty words:placeholders for my thoughts.Still, I’m grateful to the poemto hold what I forgot.A million billion good ideasjust rotting on the vine.The selfish need for sharingthe ones that I call mine.So many empty days:placeholders for my life.Still, I’m grateful for my blessings:my Children and my Wife.A hundred
- [Kitty Tripper (An Apology to Paloma) - 0107](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/kitty-tripper-an-apology-to-paloma-0107/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Kitty Tripper (An Apology to Paloma)Oh, ho, ho, Righteous Manwhere’s your patience now?You talk so loud and preach of Lovebut do you know the fuck how?Just like that a little catgets the better of your temper?You give love and you want it backbut it seems you don’t remember:Love is
- [The Ink I Am - 0106](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/the-ink-i-am-0106/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear The Ink I Am I Am a Writerof the Word of God;of the Word of Love.I don’t need a pen.I Am the Ink -The Ink, I Am.10-16-24
- [Bright - 0046](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/bright-0046/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear BrightQuite brightLight fightsNight skies.My eyesPried wideSpy sights,By ritesI find Mine Shine2-25-24
- [Devils Get Bored - 0013](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/devils-get-bored-0013/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Devils Get BoredThe mouth of deception will never surprise youIt makes no exception for those that it lies toLipstick and lullabies may be distractingBut what is True is always what’s lackingThe point of the Devil is to hypnotize youTo forget yourself and unrealize youYou’re constant complaint of demons attackingDoesn’t
- [Word Math Magic Time - 0038](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/word-math-magic-time-0038/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Word Math Magic TimeWhat’s up with Math? IsIt magic or logic,Ritual or myth? ICan’t add it up, myHomework was neverQuite like thisTime tramples by, MathMakes no sense howThe whole has turnedInto a tenthI’ve seen a quarter comeOut of an ear, I’veTurned a blinkInto a year.It doesn’t add up, myPaper
- [Air of Gravity - 0008](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/0008-air-of-gravity/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Air of GravityOnly the scandalous can handle this sheer depravity.There’s an air of gravity that’s bringing this whole scene down.They’re thick as thieves, tricks up their sleeves; oh, they’re scheming...While you’re still dreaming with your head up in the clouds.2-8-24 Analysis Just for fun - here is an 'auto-generated
- [True Things - 0037](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/true-things-0037/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear True ThingsIf two thingsAre true thingsWhat is the Truth?The bird singsIt’s blessings:God’s fav’rite tune.If I amAnd you am,Am I unique?If my worldIs my word,What shall I speak?“I love youAnd me, too.”Is all I’ll sayAnd JesusWill please usIn His own wayYour Christ isThat BrightnessCome in the nightIt shines inTo find
- [Or Else - 0089](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/all-i-could-say-0089/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Or ElseIf the truth were any clearerIt would be a lie.The World lay before youNaked in your eye. If your thoughts were only cleaner you would be believed but your muddy water mind keeps you deceived.Knock, knock, knocking up side your headHey Dummy, you gotta love meOr end up
- [Rusty Nails and Bubble Gum (How to Make a Million Dollars) - 001](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/rusty-nails-and-bubble-gum/) - Rusty Nails and Bubble Gum (How to Make a Million Dollars)Hello my sweet friend,Have you ever purchased something with high expectations only to be let down when you actually used it? Have you ever wanted something so badly only to find out that it wasn’t what you expected at all; that it didn’t even come
- [God, the Old Ball and Chain (a Short Love Story) - 006](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/god-the-old-ball-and-chain-a-short-love-story/) - It’s taken you this long to realize that you need God in your life, and it may take just a bit longer to fully comprehend all of the ways God changes your life for the better. Once you figure out that you are an extension of God, and inherent within you is the immeasurable power of God, then you’ll start to direct this power to the benefit of others and yourself. You might get instant over-night results when you do get yourself a God, but more likely the results will creep up on you.
- [Master of Reality (How to Fuck Fate) - 007](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/master-of-reality/) - The other day I heard a ‘well-regarded’ Motivational Master who has a life lesson that suggests, when things are bad, that you need to remember that ‘things can be worse.’ Aye! What is that about? That’s the wrong take, my friends. Don’t ever think that ‘things can be worse,’ no. Simply count your blessings and celebrate all the you do have. If you want to think about something that could be, think about how things could be better. Things can be much, much better. In fact, things will be getting better very soon. Things always get better if that is where we focus. We simply need to focus on what is right.
- [God is Rubber, You are Glue (How to Get Rich) - 008](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/god-is-rubber-you-are-glude-how-to-get-rich/) - Why is money considered by most to be the greatest proof of success? Money? Really? The transient, ephemeral, colored paper? OK, sure, we can go a step deeper and look at what money represents as a tool, but even still it’s just a tool. What good is a tool if it can’t solve a problem?
- [No Fucking Problem (How to Fix Everything) - 010](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/no-fucking-problem-how-to-fix-everything-010/) - Why is money considered by most to be the greatest proof of success? Money? Really? The transient, ephemeral, colored paper? OK, sure, we can go a step deeper and look at what money represents as a tool, but even still it’s just a tool. What good is a tool if it can’t solve a problem?
- [Harmony, Shmarmony (The Golden Rule) - 004](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/life-lottery-ticket-to-ride-2/) - The Golden Rule is the most simple concept of all time: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That seems simple enough, right? It’s the Golden Rule - the number one, first, foremost rule. It's the biggest and best rule that we've got...so why isn’t everyone following it? “Yeah, sure,” the self-absorbed narcissist will say, “do unto others blah, blah, blah. Who’s got time for such nonsense these days in our hustle-and-bustle world where everything is just zip-zapping by so fast with the robots and computers, and there’s just no time to squeeze in a little common decency. Really, who has the energy to be nice and smile at another living soul? That’s just asking too much.
- [Useless Words for Love - 0064](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/useless-words-for-love-0064/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Useless Words for LoveHow is it stillThat wordsAre not adequate to describe: The feeling of Love? The pain of Birth? The maddening mental roar of the crashing waves ofjealousy as it endlesslyTirelessly paces in circles,Mumbling incoherently to itself beforeIt cries out, 'NO MORE!'? The fear of first? It takes
- [Never Never Had a Chance - 0101](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/never-never-had-a-chance-0101/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Never Never Had a ChanceDid I make a bold proclamationlike ‘Never Again!’Only to find myself drowningas I’m swallowing Sin?Could I say ‘Never’and then follow through?Could Never ever find a wayto make itself true?Never has to work so hardto keep itself away,to hide behind sharp cornersof eyes that fight the
- [Infinite One - 0029](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/infinite-one-0029/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Infinite OneNumber is dumberSaid Word to the One‘I am completeand you’ve just begun.”One stood there silentWhat could he say?He patiently listenedWhile Word had his wayWord had such weaponsFrom Hate to Seethe;An alphabet readyTo do as he pleasedWord, with its power,Could neither dividenor conquer that whichWord was insideHe yelled, “I
- [The Ultimate Sin - 0067](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/the-ultimate-sin-0067/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear The Ultimate SinTo deny the God within youThe opportunity to ShineIs the ultimate sin- a waste of this Life.5-17-24
- [Don’t Crash the Car Tonight (It Doesn’t Suit You Anymore) - 009](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/dont-crash-the-car-tonight-it-doesnt-suit-you-anymore-or-how-to-get-over-trauma-right-now-009/) - Why is money considered by most to be the greatest proof of success? Money? Really? The transient, ephemeral, colored paper? OK, sure, we can go a step deeper and look at what money represents as a tool, but even still it’s just a tool. What good is a tool if it can’t solve a problem?
- [All I Could Say - 0092](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/all-i-could-say-0092/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear All I Could SayAll I could say was “I Love You.”I looked for more wordsBut what was the use?‘Love’ is the WordThat connects me to you.5-4-24
- [When When Happens - 0090](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/when-when-happens-0090/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear When When HappensWhat happenswhen ‘When’ happens?My, that’ll be a very big day!The magic dust will fly.The Faeries will singAnd everything will finallyfall into place;The day I’m crownedPrince of the ProudAnd the World will shout,“God Bless Us, Shakes!”Until then, I better get movingAnd stacking my bricksTo fight the storm of
- [And Party Ev-er-y Day - 0105](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/and-party-ev-er-y-day-0105/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear And Party Ev-er-y DayAll language is poetryas every sound is music.And all power is Soul Powerif you know how to use it.We make our bonesand break our boneswith the sticks and stones of stories.We sold our soulsfor rock and roll,but now it’s all sogoddamn boring.All lovers are quite selfish(eventhough
- [Making Love with Neville Goddard - 0104](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/making-love-with-neville-goddard-0104/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Making Love with Neville GoddardA little bit of friction,when it hits me just so,feels too good for resistanceand I can’t say No.I dance a little closerand that friction builds heat.Now there’s something happeningin the In-Between.It’s taking on a life rightin the center of my eyes, Iheld my breath so
- [Tight-Lipped Monks - 0103](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/tight-lipped-monks-0103/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Tight-Lipped MonksThe life of the HighPriest, Prophet, or Kingcomes at the dear priceof having to think.Sure, it sounds easybut what do you know?You sit there, feet up,watching the show.Laughing at lines,dumbstruck by drama,vicariouslyliving through trauma.But when Sunday comesyou ponder the Wise,and long for that lookthey have in their eyes.What
- [The Lonely Arts - 0102](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/the-lonely-arts-0102/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear The Lonely ArtsAm I lazy or distracted?Neither, I’m engaged.I find my mindwriting all the timeeven with no sweet black inkand paper page.All the words to re-arrange:to share my thoughts with you.Lovely languages so limitedso what’s a simple poet do?Will quantity breed quality?Could volume reveal brilliance?Could you find The Truth
- [The Long Blink - 0099](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/the-long-blink-0099/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear The Long BlinkThey say a lot of things that may or not be trueLike ‘life flies by in the blink of an eye’And that makes me sigh because Ijust laid my eyes on beautiful you.When I reached out my hand, you held it in yoursMy heart started knocking and
- [Only My Devil Knows - 0094](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/undone-0093/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Only My Devil KnowsDon’t get me startedon my list of complaints.It starts with the villainsand ends with the Saints.I decorate my Devilsin a million different dresses;Fuel for Holy Gossip -“Can you believe what he confesses?!”But I pay no Mind, I don’t ask whyor for whom that Old Bell tolls.But
- [The People’s Man (Welcome to Dizzyland) - 0098](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/the-peoples-man-welcome-to-dizzyland-0098/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear The People’s Man (Welcome to Dizzyland) Someone slipped a discSomeone slipped a Mickey andNow we dance the Disco DuckIn Donald Trump’s Electric Golden Dizzyland Someone made a buckSomeone made a killing andNow we duck and cover likeMonkey’s lobbing bombs at the Captain and Ol’ Gilligan Someone pulled the tricksSomeone
- [Nothing Will Stop Me (for my friend, Jerry) - 0073](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/nothing-will-stop-me-for-my-friend-jerry-0073/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Nothing Will Stop Me (for my friend, Jerry)Countdown. The day has come.Hard to believe it comes down to one. What was your day like, the day that you died? Did you expect it, or were you surprised? Although I couldn’t, I know I should have cried. Nothing will stop
- [How to Become a Legend / The Day the Devil Retired  / Retail Rebellion - 0062](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/the-day-the-devil-retired-how-to-become-a-legend-retail-rebellion-0063/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear How to Become a Legend / The Day the Devil Retired / Retail RebellionWhat I’m learning ishaving slight variations on a theme(as simple or complicated as the details may be),and wearing the same costume for yearswill turn you into a legendin whatever circle ofArt in which you revolve. Just
- [Soul Ink - 0061](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/soul-ink/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Soul InkCan the ink spellThe perfect formulaThat destroys all timeIn just one word? Can the shape of a line Save a Man’s Soul? 3-7-24
- [To Dance - 0058](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/to-dance-0059/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear To DanceThe poetry of growingWrites itself everywhere Even in the still - Moving in the air Everywhere everywhere It writes itself not for itself But for you with words unheard And sights unseen And plants itself deep inside your dreams With the seeds of a Thought not yet expressed,
- [The Rule of Thirds - 0059](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/the-rule-of-thirds-0058/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Rule of ThirdsThe rule of thirds sounds absurdUntil your count stands at two.Then your mind races placesTrying to find out what to do. Up to two can be alone More than that is not allowed. On this, language and nature do agree. So, beat it, buddy – three’s a
- [4 1/2 Star Meal - 0056](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/4-1-2-star-meal-0056/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear 4 1/2 Star MealThe awful imageryTends to bother meBut the atmosphereIs simply devine.The best dish is the fish ifYou pair it withA nice red wineLet me ask you this: IfJesus was anointed from birthWhy go to church?Why did he study if heHad the wisdom of God?If he knew all
- [Glutton (Eat with Your Eyes) - 0054](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/glutton-eat-with-your-eyes-0054/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Glutton (Eat with Your Eyes)It’s easy to watch from the sidelines;Observing the fighting and fucking is just fine.Putting your money where your mouth is... "Oh, geez. Well, you know I would if I could, but I really don’t have time." You are what you eat but I’m not talking
- [God'll - 0047](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/godll-0047/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear God’ll (All Down Again)Drunk, depressed,There’s nothing left.Either the bottle or God’ll Take me tonight.I prayed for a wayBut what could I say?Who am I to have the rightTo get me a God?I’m just a slob.I’ve cursed and I've mockedWithout end.So, fuck it! I’ll chug itAll down again,And roll the
- [Empathy for the Devil / How We Screen for Gods - 0043](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/empathy-for-the-devil-how-we-screen-for-gods-0043/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Empathy for the DevilDon’t be afraid of the DevilHe’ll stop fighting once you’ve earned your stripes.He’s just hazing you – as Devils do – so don’t get madThis gig’s not bad.Do you know, he supports three kids and a wife?Just pass him by with a wave, wink, or a
- [The Point of the Argument - 0042](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/the-point-of-the-argument-0042/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear The Point of the ArgumentI like to question questionsTo compare the answer's answersBut you’re nimble on your toes,and we all know no corner holdsA well-skilled circumstancer And so we meet again Pretending to be friends But we both know How this boring snore-fest sword fight ends: One of us
- [Soul Body Free - 0033](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/soul-body-free-0033/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Soul Body Free There’s no time like the present There’s no present like time A gift from the Spirit That calls me ‘all mine.’ My Soul took a body And claimed it as Me With one goal in mind: To set itself free. 2-20-24
- [Bed Hogs - 0032](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/bed-hogs-0032/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Bed HogsMy cats decide where I sleep.Some nights I get blankets,Others only sheets.As they splay so freelyI’m allowedto stretch a little.I wake up on the edgeWhile they’re sprawled outIn the middle.2-18-24
- [Rome is Burning (Dance the Night Away) - 0096](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/rome-is-burning-dance-the-night-away-0096/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Rome is Burning (Dance the Night Away)Rome is burning!Fiddles half off!Fire Sale: Everything must go!Nevermind the flaming bow -Just play your tuneAnd dance the night away.4-29-22
- [Christ-Sized (Hang Dry Only) - 0052](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/christ-sized-hang-dry-only-0052/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Christ-Sized (Hang Dry Only)I like the size of this Christ.It just fits me so nice.A little long in the sleeves,But I’ll grow into these – I can’t pass it up at this price.Sure, there’s a couple of blood stains,A hole in the chest pocket, a rip in the side,And
- [Morning Prayer #1 - 0095](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/morning-prayer-1-0095/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Morning Prayer #1Here I Amagain, My LifeAnother dayto live.I could takewhat I findOr createand give.What shall I do,what shall I sayTo make thisa Lovely Day?5-5-24
- [Undone - 0093](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/undone-0093-2/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear UndoneI never believed that ForeverWould ever really come,But you’ve made it happen:My Belief has come undone.5-4-24
- [Miracle Rust Machine - 0091](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/miracle-rust-machine-0091/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Miracle Rust MachineThe love of missing outThe lure of never havingAddicted to the lossThe pride of not achievingTrading cash for treasuresThe start-up of a dreamCollecting dust in cornersThe Miracle Rusting Machine5-4-24
- [Just Because (The Art of Now) - 0088](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/just-because-the-art-of-now-0088/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Just Because (The Art of Now)Beauty for the sake of Beauty,For the Holy Audience of one;What shall I make in the name of LoveBecause I can and just because?I don’t need a reasonTo bleed the ink away,Love is still in seasonSo Love shall have its say.Who Am I to
- [Caught In a Dream - 0055](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/caught-in-a-dream-0055/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Caught In a DreamThis is simply happening in your mind;In my mind.We are sharing the dream;Dreaming togetherNot realizing this is a dream,And yet we desperately desireTo somehow wake. Oh, God, have mercy; Let me awake! Open my eyes With the hard slap of truth. Let me fall in Love
- [Awareness of What? - 0053](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/awareness-of-what-0053/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Awareness of What?LinesTransfer thoughts:My Soul to your SoulLanguageOf shapes ContrastCreates realityThe only thing that proves I’m aliveLinesBecome thoughts:My Soul to your SoulShapesOf languageRhythmThe space betweenIs the only place I can think2-28-24
- [Choices - 0085](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/choices-0085/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear ChoicesHow difficult it isto wear another's clothes,to fit right in their shoes;to play the part of someone elseeventhough you know you'll lose.How difficult it isto show a certain style,to wear the air just so;to find the 'Yes' inside yourselfeventhough they told you 'No.'
- [Pretending I'm Not in Hell - 0068](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/pretending-im-not-in-hell-0068/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Pretending I’m Not in HellHow many other lives have I lived?In my imagination, at least a thousand or more.From the hero to the villain, from he saint to the whore.So why not one that suits me wellInstead of pretending I’m not in Hell? Hell'd in: my Sin. My doubt
- [OK, You Win - 0087](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/ok-you-win-0087/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Ok, You WinThe people around me don’t mind dyingAs long as it teaches me a lesson.I guess it has but they are taking awayThat which I count as a blessing.A lesson doubled by their passing?If that’s the deal, I’m done asking.I relent, that’s enough, I give in...You got me,
- [If a Thought Is a Thing (Some Thoughts on Thoughts) - 0079](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/if-a-thought-is-a-thing-some-thoughts-on-thoughts-0079/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear If a Thought Is a Thing (Some Thoughts on Thoughts)Where do your thoughts gowhen you don’t have a brain to think them?What of your Mind, then, has to do with your thoughts?Is a thought really just a feeling?Then what is a feeling with no body to feel?Is a feeling
- [Power of Magic - 0083](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/power-of-magic-0083/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Power of Magic (Ritual is everything: Harnessing the energy through conjuring the End)The Ritual Hypnoticappears to be exoticto the audience unlearned.I’m not saying it’s a borebut I’ve seen this act beforeand this guy surely deservesevery penny that he earns. Practicing a Craft unlit at long last one becomes the
- [Hell Floats (Giving God a Kiss) - 0072](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/hell-floats-giving-god-a-kiss-0072/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Hell Floats (Giving God a Kiss)I don’t give a fuck like my man, Joey Lott -sitting in his shed, man, I dig what he got.And then we got Rodriguez in his Goldblum ‘Fly’ glassesrolling in that sweet ride, spinning circles ‘round their asses.Now Prince got his peg-leg pants on,walking
- [This Round’s on Jesus! - 0048](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/this-rounds-on-jesus-0048/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear This Round’s on Jesus!Enduring a painful deathLike a super-hero shouldCalling out, “My friends!You know that I am good! I’m dying for your sins So you can just chill and relax. Now you can fuck around, ‘Cause old Jesus got your backs!Let me do the hard work – You kids
- [Melting Pool (Together We Destroy) - 0022](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/melting-pool-together-we-destroy-0022/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Melting Pool (Together We Destroy)Melting into the poolComing back to LoveEmbracing Life EternalBelowing to AboveShall my Spirit singIn tune with the starsWhen each of my thoughtsTurns into oursMy name is ForeverBut you can call me YouTogether we destroyThis silly myth of Two.2-15-24
- [Let Love Purr - 0049](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/let-love-purr-0049/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Let Love Purr (for Santino)A cat becomes the Nowin the crook of my arm.In the warmth, our bodies merge.His heartbeat is my heartbeat.My skin is his fur.We slowly close our dreamy eyesto the world, adrift in this bliss,and let love purr.2-27-24
- [The Opposite of Love - 0084](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/the-opposite-of-love-0084/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear The Opposite of LoveThe opposite of Fear is Love.The opposite of Pain is Love.The opposite of Anger is Love.The opposite of Desire is Love.The opposite of Death is Love.The opposite of Loveis Love unexpressed.Every body diesso everybody’s blessed:to know only Lovewhen only Love is left.
- [The Falling In - 0066](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/the-falling-in-0066/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear The Falling InWhat to know of livingonce it’s said and done;Will what we call the ‘bad times’ever look like fun?What would we give for misery - if just to feel again; or perchance the thrill of Loveand the falling in?5-5-24
- [Love Only Dies - 0080](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/love-only-dies-0080/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Love Only DiesWhat kind of energy do you create?What kind of creature do you breed?What color blood do you bleed?The Wind doesn’t hide,The Ocean never criesAnd yet explodes the World around them.The Clouds come and goAnd the Birds still flyAnd Love only dies when it has no Home.
- [Sun of Which - 0082](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/sun-of-which-0082/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Sun of WhichTo recognize Beautyin the expression of All;of Creation going through all the variables,all possibilities to discover the Truth: that all is balanced with Love at the core, (at the center).We spin around itat varying speeds, distances, pathsbut Love is what holds it all together;the ‘sun’ of which
- [Notice the Difference - 0081](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/notice-the-difference-0081/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Notice the Difference (What the Mirror Refused to See)The difference between you and meIs that you notice the differenceBetween you and me...
- [The Effect of Cause - 0086](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/the-effect-of-cause-0086/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear The Effect of CauseWhat will come of your negative thoughts?What will you do that you‘ll wish you forgot?What will you curse with your poisonous tongue?What will you raise of the innocent young? When will you choose to celebrate I? Will you have lived once you have died?12-27-23
- [Snakes Dressed as Saints - 0077](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/snakes-dressed-as-saints-0077/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Snakes Dressed As SaintsSo what? You’re just going to give your love awayto a Devil selling schemes?Just like that, you trade your truthfor a baggie full of dreams?You spill your spit, your cum, and your bloodand somehow claim you’re the victor?Man, your bride was alivebut she got swallowed by
- [Blame It On the Ink - 0074](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/blame-it-on-the-ink-0074/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Blame It On the InkIf I let God take the penAnd I watch what it doI don’t have to pretendThat I never knew.Now, Truth is revealedIn each stroke of the line.Once it’s been spelledI read it as mine.If the Spirit can hear itBefore I do and It tells meAnd
- [Eat Out the Sky - 0070](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/eat-out-the-sky-0070/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Eat Out the SkyThe path to right here now...Where did it start? How?What came first,the thought of meor my first thought?Was I born from Nothing?Did I begetor was I begot?Am I the Everything and Allshoved into One?Am I the Eternal Rayof a Temporary Sun? Who shot first, the Bullet
- [Let’s Write the World - 0078](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/lets-write-the-world-0078/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Let’s Write the WorldLet’s write the Worldand make it all rhyme - not in silly circlesbut in natural rhythm lines. The cadence of the flow that dances in my pen has a perfect vision of ink until the End. but sometimes lines get stuck or the ink can’t find
- [Reflection - 0075](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/reflection-0075/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear ReflectionCareful what you long for:The way it might have been.You might get your wishAnd find you’re fucked again. It’s still you and you'll still screw it up again and again until you realize that your real I shines from within.4-27-22
- [When Love Is All There Is - 0076](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/when-love-is-all-there-is-0076/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear When Love Is All There IsWhen Love is all there is(And that is as it’s so)And the world has its kidsWhere are they to go? Little World Jr.’s or will they find a God? Will the two unevens always be at odds?If we agree it’s all illusionWhat holds castles
- [Homophone? - 0071](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/homophone-0071/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Homophone?We need to get this show on the road, boysBut does anyone know where we’re going?Oh, shit. Is it snowing? We ain’t got time to kill, men. The march never halts. I found me in this Quickness That simply wicks away the waltz.Now, who else here is itchin’ like
- [The Art of Implosion - 0069](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/the-art-of-implosion-0069/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear The Art of ImplosionI watch me disappear.5-20-24
- [Here Comes the Bride - 0065](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/here-comes-the-bride-0065/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Here Comes the BrideI am in love with LivingAnd Living loves my LifeFor if Christ becomes the BridegroomOf what becomes the Bride?5-5-24
- [Big I's - 0045](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/big-is-0045/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Big I’sMy LoveIs just Love,I can’t really call it mine.I lookAnd you look,All we can see is the same big sky.True LoveIs all Love,And this is how it’s defined:I lookAnd you lookInto the Others I2-25-24
- [Moonglow - 0002](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/0002-moonglow/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear MoonglowWhen the Moon comesOblivious to SunsShe doesn’t try to shine.She only knows that She glowsWhen She’s feeling fine.Never mind that shine and glowBring both light and shadowOnly those that need to growWould even think it matters.So She just do as She do...Lighting nights and gazing you.2-1-24 Analysis Just for
- [Strange Visitors - 0004](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/0004-strange-visitors/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Strange VisitorsThe frequencies that frequent meJust arrive, they never knock.In they pour, bringing more of everything they’ve got.I don’t recall inviting them allBut they claim I was insistent.And they couldn’t resist bringing their gifts, eventhough now I’m against it.‘Too late,’ they said,’you made your bedBut now’s no time for
- [Now, I Have a Feeling - 0006](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/0006-now-i-have-a-feeling/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Now, I Have a FeelingNever is a long timeThen just disappearsWhen is always weightedWith either Hope or FearNow, I have a feeling,Is all there is to knowI used to try to fight it,But Now? I let it flow.2-6-24 Analysis Just for fun - here is an 'auto-generated excerpt (AI
- [Living Machines - 0007](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/0007-living-machines/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Living MachinesThe silence of the heartAs it waits for the beatIs a lifetime’s length apartAs we pray for it’s repeat.For fear of death, that last breathIs what we least desireAnd yet we near it forgetting Body to SpiritIs the same as the Flame to the FireImperfect projectionsOf the perfectly
- [Nothing Personal - 0009](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/0009-nothing-personal/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Nothing Personal This isn’t personal, I’m just here to help. I only love you as much as I love myself. So you are, I am So mercy must be. Alone we are restricted Together we’re free. 2-8-24
- [Re-inventing the Wheel - 0010](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/0010-re-inventing-the-wheel/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Re-inventing the Wheel In each of us a fire To burn out all the rot To dig in deep and finally rid The things we wish we forgot. 2-8-24
- [One with One - 0011](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/one-with-one-0011/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear One with One When one becomes One with One Only One remains. We thought we were two: Me and you But we are the same. There was a time I was I Now unblind, I see Beauty in the eyes Of the Love That makes us We. 2-9-24
- [The Value of Cut Flowers (I Made Myself the Judge) - 0012](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/cut-flowers-0012/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear The Value of Cut Flowers (I Made Myself the Judge)I made myself the JudgeAnd gloried in my power.The pros and cons of Love,The value of cut flowers:Pretty for the momentBut the future’s doomedUnless I don’t inhaleThis beautiful perfume.Now it lives foreverEmbedded in my Soul.Is what fades good or bad?Who
- [The Same - 0014](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/the-same-0014/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear The Same When you see it’s all the same There’s no use in naming names It all comes down, again, to either this or that. When you hear the same old tune Morning, night, and noon Only Suns and Moons can show you where you’re at. Shadows fall like
- [Power of Love - 0015](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/power-of-love-0015/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Power of Love What could love be Without me It just doesn’t exist I am the center of Love I’m the cause, I’m the source Not of the force but the Power. 2-12-24
- [Passing Fancies - 0016](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/passing-fancies-0016/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Passing Fancies While away the hours While living through a screen All the input putting But it’s empty in-between. Stacks of passing fancies Passing by the way Watching others laughing While I waste another day. 2-12-24
- [Withered - 0017](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/withered-0017/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Withered My love comes closer Begging for a kiss But I pull away because I can’t resist The lure of the stranger Who just may love me more I’m really not a cheater but my heart is a whore. I love the juicy promise Of living my wet dream
- [The Math of Birds and Bees - 0018](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/the-math-of-birds-and-bees-0018/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear The Math of Birds and Bees One plus one is three: The math of birds and bees. Nature really does a number On the flowers and the trees. No need for pen and paper, It’s as easy as you please. You can find all the answers Hidden in the
- [Second Hand Living (Tick-Tocking Away) - 0019](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/second-hand-living-tick-tocking-away-0019/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Second-Hand Living (Tick-Tocking Away) Tick-Tock is the only language of the clock Eating up time to stay alive. You call it a waste, but mmm-mmm! those seconds taste so fine. ‘Load me up!’ says the clock, ‘I’ve never been so famished.’ ‘But what about me,’ you plead, ‘I’m hungry,
- [vALANtine - 0020](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/valantine-0020/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear vALANtine All I got’s Alan Watts And that’s enough for me. The laughter of his wisdom Holds a Golden Key (to my heart). When it’s turned just thusly I find abruptly that I’m smart. Out of nowhere, out of thin air It simply fits me so it starts The
- [Family Circle - 0021](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/family-circle-0021/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Family Circle Sly Stone knows I wanna take you higher. The Family grows In this shared desire. Let love explode From your heart and your Soul Until we’re all so high We’d have to call it Stoned. 2-14-24
- [Gone Blind - 0023](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/gone-blind-0023/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Gone Blind It’s hard to tell when the clock stopped moving It felt like just a minute but it somehow turned to years I remember births and deaths, triumphs and regrets But what I don’t get is who I am in mirrors. That’s really not me That’s not what
- [Love is All - 0024](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/love-is-all-0024/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Love Is All Spelling names And naming spells Trading Heavens For some Hells Dying lives And living deaths Buying time That time forgets Turning tricks And tricking turns Going straight To spite the curves Dreaming Life And living dreams Love is All – Or so it seems. 2-16-24
- [Third Eye - 0025](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/third-eye-0025/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Third Eye What would I see If I had a third eye? Would it look to the ground? The sky? Or inside? 2-16-24
- [Roots (for Lisa) - 0027](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/roots-for-lisa-0027/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Roots (for Lisa) I used to think I loved you But now I only do I used to wonder ‘why?’ But the answer’s always ‘who?’ I’ve never mapped a calendar ‘Though I’ve traveled Space and Time And here I am once again Shining in my prime We could take
- [Catjectives - 0028](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/catjectives-0028/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Catjectives My cats have conspired To teach me new language. Of course, it’s Feline-based But it’s been highly adapted. Varied-pitch trills and purrs, The paw on my face Is a sentence well crafted. 2-17-24
- [Listen - 0030](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/listen-0030/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Listen Shhh, Shhh, Shhh, Shhh, Shhh... Quiet and Silence Are not the same thing. One is void of noise The other always sings. Listen for the lessons Whispered (with no words). Only in Silence Does God's voice emerge. 2-17-24
- [Umbrellaless - 0031](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/umbrellaless-0031/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Umbrellaless If the seed becomes the tree And the tree becomes the seed Then that which I become Is what becomes of me. Nature needs no pep-talk Nor a motivatin’ speech. She doesn’t question God So God just let’s her be. You get caught out in the rain And
- [No Limits - 0034](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/no-limits-0034/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear No Limits Could I love you more Than I love myself? Could I love you more Than anyone else? My love has no limits So it’s really just the same The more I give, the more I get And so I grow As I give it all away. 2-20-24
- [Swept - 0035](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/swept-0035/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Swept My broom is wearing down From sweeping all this dirt Left from the mess of those that I’ve hurt. The dust still lingers Along with my regrets And so I’ll keep sweeping Until my room is swept. 2-20-24
- [Out from the Inside - 0036](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/out-from-the-inside-0036/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Out from the Inside Why is the eye called the eye? What does it mean for one to see? Could it be I am the eye And the world is viewed only through me? Is it selfish to think that I could be we Or you could be mine?
- [Stimulating Dinner Conversation (Scrambled Eggs and Brains) - 0039](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/stimulating-dinner-conversation-scrambled-eggs-and-brains-0039/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Stimulating Dinner Conversation (Scrambled Eggs and Brains) Sure, the food is made from plastic Oh, but, geez, it tastes fantastic. It feels so good to eat just like a king Mmmm...this oil is so refined I wonder where it’s mined - And how the hell do they turn that
- [Pitchforks and Pixels (Read the Fine Print) - 0040](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/pitchforks-and-pixels-read-the-fine-print-0040/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Pitchforks and Pixels (Read the Fine Print) I don’t believe in Devil worship As a sacred ritual or rite. A billion do it by the minute Hungry brains eating bytes. No act of conscious is required It makes its way down to subs. Where it floods its muck and
- [Invisible Between - 0044](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/invisible-between-0044/) - Raw Poetry by Rev. Shakes Spear Invisible Between I look through my invisible parts Into and through your invisible parts And I can tell you’re alive at a distance. When my invisible parts Near your invisible parts I can’t but wonder Am I the doer or the witness? Our invisible parts are exactly the same
- [Truly True Truth (and Fake, False Fiction) - 002](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/what-is-the-truth-the-always-evolving-journey/) - Truly True Truth (and Fake, False Fiction) “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”~ Marcus Aurelius“When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.”~ Maxim GorkyEverything you believe is true. Always. Which is weird, isn’t it? How can what each of us know really be
- [Fancy Cars and Skanky Bitches (To Be or not to Be?) - 005](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/fancy-cars-and-skanky-bitches-to-be-or-not-to-be/) - “To Be or not to Be?” That is the question our old pal William Shakespeare asks of us. It’s a damn good question and it seems like there are not enough people who ever really answer it. Who do you know who really wants to “Be”? Probably not a lot. Most people are not Being. This is because so many of us don’t know what to be because we think we don’t know who we are because we’ve been caught up in illusion of accepting the idea that ‘how it is’ equals ‘how it will be.’ And therefore there in no sense of trying to ‘Be’ anything because an unfulfilled life is what is expected and, sadly, accepted as the norm. And that’s just stupid.
- [Life Lottery (Ticket to Ride) - 003](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/life-lottery-ticket-to-ride/) - No one else can do what you do. No one else can fill the role that you were meant to play. This is the reason you are here: to fulfill the role that the world actually needs from you now. Your positive contribution is wanted and needed to make the Universe whole. Without your positive contribution the world isn’t the same.
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- [Self_Inflicted Savior Snapback Hat](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/merch/self_inflicted-savior-snapback-hat/) - This hat is structured with a classic fit, flat brim, and full buckram. The adjustable snap closure makes it a comfortable, one-size-fits-most hat. • 80% acrylic, 20% wool • Green Camo is 60% cotton, 40% polyester • Structured, 6-panel, high-profile • 6 embroidered eyelets • Plastic snap closure • Green undervisor • Head circumference: 21⅝″–23⅝″
- [Self-Inflicted Savior Baseball Cap Hat](https://selfinflictedsavior.com/merch/self-inflicted-savior-baseball-cap-hat/) - Dad hats aren't just for dads. This one's got a low profile with an adjustable strap and curved visor. • 100% chino cotton twill • Green Camo color is 35% chino cotton twill, 65% polyester • Unstructured, 6-panel, low-profile • 6 embroidered eyelets • 3 ⅛” (7.6 cm) crown • Adjustable strap with antique buckle

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