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The Immortal Wize 3,946 poems

The Jester

I escaped the blade of the guillotine like a court jester disrespecting the queen the king thinks he knows where I'm coming from I hit em'…

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Finding Peace

I had to find peace which means I had to let a bunch of things go. I was holding on to things that I didnt need to hold on to. It wasnt…

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The Immortal Wize 3,946 poems

Cut Glass

the mirror is a boundary made of shadow glass and pride it only shows the surface where the temporary hide when the work is finished the…

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Colette 219 poems

Penny Shortage

If there is a “Penny” shortage, how can we say, “A penny for your thoughts” if there is no penny?…

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Colette 219 poems

Shout out to Chrysler

Yeah, shout out to Chrysler for making an Amazing car, a Hard Hitter! First of all, Happy 20th Birthday to you, a 2006 Chrysler 300 C…

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Colette 219 poems

NBA Finals

Oh wee, oh wow! Well, well, well. Looka here! Look how much we are being loved right now. Everybody loving da Blacks! I mean, ain’t nothing…

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love_supreme 1,028 poems

Framework

Im coasting on pure adrenaline, I dont even feel anything right now. Im sure the pain is coming afterwards but I couldnt care less. Im…

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LEEPAUL 46 poems

Police/Pimp

He needs no excuse to justify his abuse. Loopholes are inserted to keep justice perverted, while he turns out the truth.

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The Immortal Wize 3,946 poems

Inheritance

my grandmother had a little white poodle with a black purse in its mouth every time I touched it my hand got popped years later my…

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Hebrew King 307 poems

Sacred

She can be as absent as the sun at 1am, loves her space like the stars then…

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love_supreme 1,028 poems

Biscuits and Gravy

its all been biscuits and gravy, choking on life and have it slide down nice and easy. I was determined to move forward, I wanted to face…

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LEEPAUL 46 poems

Look at us

When I look in the mirror, who do I see? I see them; I see us, and I see me. If there was ever an image worthy of a good look-see, examine…

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The Immortal Wize 3,946 poems

Counting Cents

ain't paying for no subscription I got bills I don't mean dollars I'm counting cents trying to make a meal stick I need sustenance life is…

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The Immortal Wize 3,946 poems

Here It Is

it's gonna take a reader to find me I don't mean a medium more like wikipedia I try to be good but not that obedient learning something new…

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love_supreme 1,028 poems

Dog eat dog

What up dog? It is what it always has been and we are moving forward in the light of the divine. There is wine for everyone and Judas got…

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LEEPAUL 46 poems

Why is that

My distorted sense of right and wrong does not belong, but still feels right at home in this civilized jungle.

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The Immortal Wize 3,946 poems

The Pastor

the pastor not my pastor but probably your pastor wants you to give them money the pastor who has you believing he or she has a direct line…

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LEEPAUL 46 poems

My Mindset

Wealth and longevity are built into our skin. We're valued more than most can comprehend. Going as far back with time as childhood friends…

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The Immortal Wize 3,946 poems

The Price

standing in the checkout line screaming in my mind a stick figure drawn on my t shirt holds up a sign that reads I don't know in…

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The Immortal Wize 3,946 poems

Private Thumps

the peep's next door know my wifi name but not my middle name we share walls thinner than paper airplanes hear each other cough hear chairs…

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The Softness of A Shadows 291 poems

TAKEN

I harken to the murmurs of the virile man who has stolen my breaths The core of my temple blending, our hearts mending, desires sending…

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love_supreme 1,028 poems

No Errors

I have committed no errors. I am not committed to them. I am constantly moving forward so it is hard to look back. I was leaving my…

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Wordman21 241 poems

The Last Chord Burning

The last chord burning is the one you didn’t mean to play the note that slipped out when your guard was down, when your hands remembered…

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love_supreme 1,028 poems

Blackness

Is it something that can take away from me? I won the skin color lottery. The reason I am winning it because I base my opinion of people…

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love_supreme 1,028 poems

Olives

I love olives, the green kind. Not the black one that are locked in the cans. At least with the green ones, they put them in glass and…

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love_supreme 1,028 poems

Stubbed Toe

I was walking around my room the other day and every I turned I stubbed my toe. Like God was trying to tell me something. I was not paying…

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