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The snatcher of a growing childhood converting adolescent innocence to adult desperation now wears trending covering of power and glamour with mind blowing colours fading away from one wash coming from a shredded past is this trapped thunder having an attitude felt in different temperatures and character molded by a thousand question marks. An uncle by blood, a friend at heart a heart which announces all kinds of delicious meals but serves in actuality spicy foamy vomit shows qualities seemingly classmates to humanity but are wholesomely baptized in the dead sea the chilling atmosphere is no camouflage for this freezing fire bathed in his urine, yet now declared clean. Time has grown beards and once again, their eyes meet she's expected to kick the whistle for his fame to linger his shadows, too weighty for this new image he carries smiles manifesting with a lazy energy knocking the head of every feminine soul his moving up has considered these stains beautiful with his sleeping crimes far from societal righteousness whoever he has beaten, should be a celibate prostitute and kick the whistle, never letting it reach the lips. His sunflower is blue and honey, bitter letting the world know this, translates to singing hymns to the dead she stands her ground to open his history's black chamber he's the criminal but the public stands as her poisonous jury she chews this bone with rubber teeth but never stops the truth unveils but to noisy ears to let all know he's an adult born of a child. He's tenacious but not on a jean underwear one more little voice adds to force out a moving plant the anthill is broken as they come out of all holes one time preys now unforgiving predators to show a personality as real as a neckless head resting on boneless shoulders the whistle has been blown rather than kicked as justice and fairness become first cousins to life.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 7/26/2017 8:28:00 AM
GREAT POEM EXPRESSED WITH DEEP THOUGHTS AND A CLEAR MESSAGE ABOUT HE DARKNESS IN THE HEARTS OF SOME PEOPLE. Well done my friend.. A10...
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Funom Makama
Date: 7/26/2017 10:40:00 AM
Thank you so much Robert
Date: 7/26/2017 5:58:00 AM
This has made me very sad. He was a favorite TV personality and as they say..."no smoke without fire". Your imagery throughout is very moving. It is true that preys become predators...however, in the cause of justice, it is understandable.
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Date: 7/26/2017 10:39:00 AM
Thank you so much Eileen... I still feel for him though
Date: 7/24/2017 7:35:00 PM
Enjoyed reading, Funom, this was a man that I really enjoyed his art at the time.. Now tainted..
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Date: 7/26/2017 10:38:00 AM
Oh, poor Cosby... In a way, I sympathize with him.. Thank you so much for your comment
Date: 7/24/2017 5:29:00 AM
That's a great poem on a very dark page in life. Well written my friend.
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Date: 7/26/2017 10:37:00 AM
Thank you so much Darren White....
Date: 7/22/2017 3:08:00 PM
A sad case. "to open his history's black chamber" Great write!
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Date: 7/26/2017 10:36:00 AM
really sad, thank you so much Kim
Date: 7/22/2017 12:23:00 PM
Yes, blow the whistle...It's so sad what you write about. It places my logic on thin ice... Thank for sharing... Blow that whistle on those bad men
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Funom Makama
Date: 7/22/2017 12:53:00 PM
Thank you so much Arturo Micheal.. I appreciate your sincere comment

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