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Bad Moon Rising

Republicans still singing their theme song before and after the mid term elections Song by Creedence Clearwater Revival titled Bad Moon On The Rise YOUTUBE got it

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Stoop Light

We learned geometry on the stoop — how knees fold into prayer, how elbows measure distance between you and the next man’s hope. Mama stood at the kitchen sink with her radio like a gospel witness, counting change into the coffee can, calling out bills…

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ROASTED

You just got ROASTED, Your biscuits got TOASTED, Yeah I'm SHUTTING YOU DOWN…

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Right of Passage

You pass through my mind from all directions, thoughts often drifting to the middle— stalled…

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My 17th Amendment

It was the year of 1985, in March, to be exact. A prince was born on its seventeenth day, barely weighing a pair…

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Pointers From The Past

"LEAVE THE PAST IN THE PAST" how can we leave the past behind us when we need it to remind us what we know is what it taught us the past is…

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This Morning

This morning we woke together, your smile a resting feather, almost taking flight before my eyes…

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Hell Has Finally Frozen Over!!!

IN Reality, This Will Never Happen!!! BUT, Because OF THE Idiom AND People'S Actions. Could IT Actually BE??? Where DO I Come UP With These??? You have been saying things…

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Last Night

Last Night you escaped into my world of dreams kissed by twinkling stars and ordained by the heavens above. Last Night you caressed my face you tasted the nectar of my sweet lips. You whispered promising endearments in my ear vividly fictionalized at…

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You want to know more about me then here it is

This is just a short, simple but sweet biography on my journey on poetry writing. (PART 1) I have the joy of writing within my heart, My journey oif writing started way back when I was 14yrs old, in middle school, I just had away with words, I came to…

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His Sugar Mama

In his face I see the reflection of rapture Heated passion we bow unto with each bated breath of anticipation we succumb Mirroring the touches of pure ecstasy Your heart I hear my name echoed in the accent of each beat Attire slowly marooned from the…

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Set in Gold

My mind is made up, presentable like the bed I leave behind for the loose ends that come with day…

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