knowing his name
all too well, intimate,
and him knowing mine
the demon, the chaos
the conflict inside
pulling on my life
the struggle on the path
the way of my journey
a fractured self
seeing both sides
the good of creation
the fall of man
urges of the flesh
desires of the heart
competing, fighting
tearing me apart
negotiating with the Beast
the passions of the flesh
now that the box has opened
the spirits of the dead
the cloak of the Beast
the darkness ascendant
now part of our body
as if merged with us
foolish as it was
standing before them
seeking to reason
to answer the questions
the demands of desire
talking with them
their emotions overflowing
only seeing injustice
the baser stuff loosed
our flesh, our excesses
set into motion, chaos
ready to take control
only to destroy
but we add fetters
nothing that the Beast wants
seeking our destruction
together one creature
the good and the bad
but what if we try
to change the Beast,
turning its direction
to tame its excesses
to make something noble
out of the pure instinct
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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