The Acid Test
Question everything.
Reality is slipperier
Than you might think.
Here, here
Have a drink of some electric Kool Aid
With me. Then, tell me what you think.
While our minds are free to explore
Reasoning and understanding goes
Right out the door and
Weird able too see
Why everything seems so basic.
Life
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Categories:
acid test, celebration, nonsense,
Form: Light Verse
The Acid Test
A little spark. A work of art.
She lit the dark and filled my heart.
Around I turned to feel the burn.
There she lies. I’ll never learn.
She huffed and puffed and blew me down.
I was amazed at what I’d found.
She drifted high above the rest
But didn’t pass the acid test.
A little prick under the skin.
It’s quite
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Categories:
acid test, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action
Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action...
when president elect Donald John Trump
sworn in vowing to accept the following pledge.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I will faithfully
execute the Office of President
of the United States,
and will to the best of my ability,
preserve, protect and defend
...
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Categories:
acid test, 12th grade, abuse, america,
Form: Rhyme
Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action
Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action...
when president elect Donald John Trump
sworn in vowing to accept the following pledge.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I will faithfully
execute the Office of President
of the United States,
and will to the best of my ability,
preserve, protect and defend
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
acid test, 12th grade, abuse, america,
Form: Rhyme
Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action
Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action...
when president elect Donald John Trump
sworn in vowing to accept the following pledge.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I will faithfully
execute the Office of President
of the United States,
and will to the best of my ability,
preserve, protect and defend
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
acid test, 12th grade, abuse, america,
Form: Rhyme
Acid Test
Until you truly answer the question,
“Why do I write poetry”
You’ll never really wed the verse,
—your copyright estranged
(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)
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Categories:
acid test, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Acid Test
Acid Test
Each step of mine for me is an acid test
One step I take forward they come and ask my caste
Two steps backward I run
And reach to the skirt of a beautiful village
With all the curiosities in their eyes men and women
Like a platoon of army they surround me
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Categories:
acid test, race, racism,
Form: Free verse