not knowing the beast
not aware of the triggers
to release it from its
dungeon
a touch of evil
a spark of baser stuff
bade the beast welcome
deep within all of us
perhaps he wasn’t aware
what he was doing;
small comfort, if that was
true,
because the beast didn’t
care
He bade the beast welcome
dark spirit within
calling forth the terror
others surely hide
The beast a mask upon him
grotesque and garish
his life taken over
the beast now his persona
Unbound by convention
societal norms and mores
the beast loose within him
fully in control
unspoken, a great darkness
the what I must dread
hidden deep within us
God protect us
from evil, dark passions
the beast we must not name
our else give it power
he could not see it
not visible in the mirror
but the beast surely came
presented in the meantime
Not from without
hidden on the inside
loosed how we do not know
but surely it is present
his words speaking truth
an awful power
the beast comes from within
though we would deny it
that what we fear
unbridled temptations
giving in to the beast
leading us downward
in subtle ways and gross
boiling within a cauldron
the beast from within
a wraith silently growing
rapier hands, eyes piercing
deep from within
the beast oh so fearsome
waiting for release
September 15, 2015
Believing the Beast
edited September 12, 2015
Eaten by the Beast – v3
(merging edits to original and version 2)
edited September 12, 2015
bade the beast welcome – v4
(editing original)
edited September 10, 2015
Eaten by the Beast – v2
September 4, 2015
when she wasn’t there
September 4, 2015
Eaten by the
Beast
“Keeping kids
safe: Keeping predators behind bars”
Editorial,
Manchester Union Leader
July 14, 2015
“Man, 66,
sentenced to at least 12 years for distributing child porn”
Manchester
Union Leader
July 10, 2015
“May Grand
Jury indictments from Hillsborough County Superior Court”
May 20, 2015
(with attached
21 indictments)
&
Los Angeles Times
Freedom of Information expose on Boy Scouts of America files
files on
Wilfred Bergeron (22 pages) – 1988 and 1989
(arrested in
1988)
(forced to
resign as Scoutmaster in 1981)
in pdf format
==============
&
edited August
2, 2015
negotiating
with the Beast – v9
(editing
version 8)
edited
November 20, 2014
the beast
comes from within – v2
edited
February 28, 2014
negotiating
with the beast – v8
(editing
version 2)
edited January
17, 2014
“negotiating
with the Beast – v7”
(editing
version 6)
Edited
December 21, 2013
“the what I
must dread – v3”
Edited
November 16, 2013
“negotiating
with the Beast – v6”
(editing
version 4)
Edited
November 16, 2013
“negotiating
with the beast – v5”
(editing
version 3)
Edited
November 11, 2013
“negotiating
with the Beast – v4”
Edited
November 9, 2013
“negotiating
with the Beast – v3”
(editing the
original again)
Edited October
31, 2013
“negotiating
with the Beast – v2”
Edited September 23, 2013
“the what I must dread – v2”
Edited August 2, 2013
“bade the beast welcome – v3”
new poem April 12, 2013
“negotiating with the Beast”
edited April 8, 2013
“The Beast –
reprise – v2”
after
reviewing the poem at
the Poet’s
Corner
April 8, 2013
March 25, 2013
“The Beast –
reprise”
the union of
several poems,
new poem,
March 24, 2013
“untouched”
Edited March
24, 2013
“bade the
beast welcome – v2”
new poem,
March 24, 2013
“the what I
must dread”
new poem,
March 24, 2013
“the Beast
came”
new poem,
March 24, 2013
“the Beast comes from within”
new poem,
March 24, 2013
“from within”
combined in
the order of the Chip’s poem
March 7, 2013
and March 8, 2013
new poem,
“bade the beast welcome”
inspired by
reading of poem, “The Beast”
February 15,
2013
by Chip
Bergeron
read at the
Poet’s Corner
Suncook Senior
Center
March 4, 2013
&
memory of earlier
poem
July 23, 2006
14:06
“Arguing the
Essential Nature”
Arguing the
carnal nature of man – Humanities -1977
&
edited
February 6, 2015
A hiss of the
snake – v11
(editing
version 8)
edited
November 26, 2014
A hiss of the
snake – v10
(editing
version 3)
edited
November 19, 2014
A hiss of the
snake – v9
(editing
original again)
edited May 14,
2014
A hiss of the
snake – v8
(editing
version 6)
which had 17
page views on 5/14/14)
edited
February 19, 2014
A hiss of the
snake – v7
(editing
original again)
Edited
December 24, 2013
A hiss of the
snake – v6
(editing
version 2)
Edited
November 29, 2013
“A hiss of the
snake – v5”
(editing
original again)
Edited
September 29, 2013
“A hiss of the
snake – v4
(editing
original again)
Edited August
1, 2013
“A hiss of the
snake – v3
June 30, 2012
“A hiss of the
snake – v2”
see also
edited July 2,
2012
(adding fifth
verse)
started
writing after reading
“one wakes
within us – v2”
July 2, 2012
at the Poet’s
Corner
monthly poetry
readings
Suncook Senior
Center
edited July 1,
2012
&
June 30, 2012
“A hiss of the snake”
June 29, 2012
&
edited August
2, 2015
one wakes
within us – v7
(editing
version 5)
edited
November 16, 2014
one wakes
within us – v6
(editing
version 3)
edited March
1, 2014
one wakes
within us – v5
(editing
version 2)
edited July 3,
2012
one wakes
within us – v4
edited July 2,
2012
one wakes
within us – v3
(adding fifth verse)
started
writing after reading
“one wakes
within us – v2”
July 2, 2012
at the Poet’s
Corner
monthly poetry
readings
Suncook Senior
Center
edited July 1,
2012
&
edited October
22, 2014
a tear in the
fabric – v7
(editing
original/version 2 again)
edited October
17, 2014
a tear in the
fabric – v6
&
edited October
17, 2014
a breach in
the circle
new October
17, 2014
an acute
problem
about prayer
concern lifted up
edited August
16, 2014
shallow peace
– v2
June 21, 2012
shallow peace
&
edited April
25, 2014
A tear in the
fabric – v5
(editing
version 2)
edited July 1,
2012
A tear in the
fabric – v4
edited June
24, 2012
A tear in the
fabric – v3
edited June
23, 2012
A tear in the
fabric – v2
June 22, 2012
A tear in the
fabric
&
edited March
25, 2014
The Circle is
what Matters – v3
edited March
8, 2014
The Circle is
what Matters – v2
edited/new
poem March 7, 2014
The Circle is
what Matters
edited March
7, 2014
The Circle is
Important – v4
edited further
July 3, 2012
The Circle is
Important – v3
edited July 3,
2012
The Circle is
Important – v2
July 2, 2012
The Circle is
Important
started
writing after reading
“The Mirror
Shattered”
July 2, 2012
at the Poet’s
Corner
monthly poetry
readings
Suncook Senior
Center
July 2, 2012
&
Chapter Two of book ,
A General Theory of Love
entitled “Kits, Cats, Sacks, and
Uncertainty”
with Gene Wolfe quote
written after attending
and beginning to read the handouts from
NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar
“PRACTICAL
NEURO-LITERACY”
Where Divorce
Practice,
Neuroscience,
and Legal
Conflict
Resolution Intersect
with Pauline
H. Tesler
June 14, 2012
triune brain
mirror neurons
Amygdala
hijack - wikipedia
subliminal
persuasion
priming
video –
“Derren Brown - Mind Control”
It Takes a
Village
It Takes a
Family
&
July 6, 2014
the Beast
shall come
Daniel 9:16-27
and Men’s
Bible Study
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
July 6, 2014
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