No right minded businessman,
Will cut funding and resources to parts of a their business,
That has proved profitable or is essential to the profitability ,
of another part of their business,
So why do governments with more than one successful businessman,
With proven track records of running a successful business,
Almost always go against conventional wisdom for running a successful
business,
And make cuts across the board without any due diligence regarding,
which government department is making the best return on money,
Provided in the form of tax taken off profitable businesses.
I am a minority man
Full of ambition and knowledge
Racial being the issue
Discriminated across the board
Standing for all minorities
Being forbidden
Having no right to embrace among the nation
One’s assumption in not wanting to know, but draw a conclusion
I am a person
Dignity and honor that follow
Educated with understanding
A life that is sustaining
Not accepted what the Constitution states
I have become a hate and no appreciation
Wisdom gained
Forefather’s reflection
I am recognition
Voices speaks loud and strong
Freedom of speech wants silence
Speak only when spoken to
Created with inspiration and dreams with a purpose
Superiority mounted in efforts to express
Having a cause and effect
The need to prove achievement under the nation’s eyes
Fierce with principles
I am American pure and true
The right to establish
All I ask is believe and respect me
Speak no lies only truth
I speak with American within.
Hi'ya Mel g'day n such.' i tip me Akubra mate; you've achieved so bloody much.!
An I'm looking at Hoody; at the legend that he's forged.'
Along with 'our Jhonny'
They've fought battles right across the board.' Or should
That be bored??
Just a nod to the polo's that lil blip.. In me text.' Yet lets drop
Those normies.'
For whats up next! A feature its beckoning.' A movie of
Real men.'
Well wada'ya reckon Gibbo.? I'd say its just all about when?
I really must admit it took some time
It was not very easy
I finally gave myself the space to be finally free
Free to make my own decisions and live by my own consequences
I am free to express myself and verbalize what would have been well hidden sentences
I must admit I have more to conquer
I don't fear the challenge
I actually anticipate it
I never ran from a problem in life
Along with this freedom comes the reality
A disappearing act has become my strife
No one to hold me down or back
I can move across the board as I please
Just free
Is it my imagination,
Or just frustration,
About the state of the Nation.
Has mainstream media moved on from being sneaky,
And can now be termed creepy.
Do you not find see WATCH as the lead into any story,
That is creepy, or nasty creepy,
Just plain creepy,
When you feel sleepy,
And open to the media tricks that were sneaky,
But now quite creepy.
I think it is time for a most creepy award,
For media across the board,
For enticing those who are bored,
To spread the word,
That free board,
In jail is easily found,
When creepy and nasty abound,
To turn a life that is sound,
Into one that sees them hell bound,
As they watch what should never be copied above ground,
When evidence is all around,
That copying of what is creepy and nasty is easily found.
They are,
Still in touch with reality
They Value logistics over statistics,
They ask the right questions.
They don't believe in a totally cashless society,
Their vision for the future includes a roadmap,
That leads to prosperity for more than 10.
They see People, Water and the environment,
As assets that should never be auctioned off to the highest bidder,
They see benefit in strong communities.
They never make cuts across the board,
They understand that some services should never be contracted out.
That due diligence in this day and age is a heavy responsibility,
And put extra time and resources into it.
They understand that most white collar crime increases when,
Staffing levels drop to a point where,
The temptation to borrow and pay back,
Without anyone being the wiser,
Seems risk free to more people than you think.
They don't believe in overtaxing children,
But see value in afterschool jobs.
They refuse to hire spin doctors.
They illuminate the muse giving it that zeal
Their gleams have a magical feel
Enchanting us with glowing appeal
They are loved by all across the board
Lighting up the imagination, wonderfully adored
Spreading their glows in joyous accord
Awesome little insects generating micro amps
Fireflies flickering, like starry little champs
Lighting up the night with their little lamps
In a game of chess against my twin flame,
We sat across the board and the battle commenced!
With each move we make, we both strive to claim
Victory, but fear of loss makes us both tense.
For we've both been “loved”, but it was not pure,
For past love was just a desire to possess,
To validate themselves as they grow and mature,
At the cost of our happiness.
But with my twin flame, it's different, you see,
She’s an equal to me, a partner in mind,
But still, we both fear to lose ourselves fully,
To someone who may, in the end, be unkind.
So we play this game, with each move so precise,
Hoping to find love, but not at our own sacrifice.
All around and across the board this is worldwide,
some are without while others feast on their sweat,
give not thy self a blind eye but see the hunger within.
Cast thy gold and silver into the pot melting other hearts,
give not your riches to the rich for they have no need,
look into the eyes of the poor and reach into their broken souls.
For the casket will only hold the body yet gold will feed a soul,
spend your riches today for a need and let want fly away,
Some place cardboard around for warmth while you,
Count your riches of Gold
AAA
I learned to type in Jr. High.
I learned to tap the keyboard.
One letter than another...
on and on.
AAA
AAA
AA Then... B
AAA
AAB
ABB
BBC
...
One day I came to class,
and we all sat right down as usual.
But to my amazement we were free.
We could do CCC, or DDD... Even ZZZ
My heart was lifted from the monotony
of the drills to lift my skills.
Yet in the end,
it was like magic,
my brain told me nothing,
and I told it just the same.
Regardless of our unspoken conversation...
my hands flew across the board,
as if they were made to dance, and prance,
in an orderly fashion.
I love my typing teacher,
for making me better,
than I was...
before I took the class.
Robert: Hellboy, rumor has it you are making Hell a better place.
Hellboy: I do what I can.
Robert: Perhaps you can heal what goes on, on Earth?
Hellboy: You are pushing it man!
Robert: Perhaps it's actually the Right Hand of Peace!
Hellboy: It never was my choice, this hand of mine.
Robert: Try it out, see if it works.
Hellboy: Okay, will do, it's fine.
Robert: We need healing across the board.
Hellboy: It sure is a lot to ask.
Robert: If anyone can help, it's you!
Hellboy: Okay, let me first finish off this flask.
Yesterday I was on a mission to change the world. I was so passionate about change that it was all I thought about. I lived and breathed” change.”I wanted to live in a unified world. I was young and ready to take on the world. I had new ideas( at least I thought they were). I focused on the things we all had in common. I didn't focus on race, religion, and gender. However, I did acknowledge those things because they were important and core values. In the past, they were the “ things.” that brought division. So I decided to focus on the one main thing that we had in common across the board. I focused on being human and nothing else. For a while, everything was going great, and we were striving, and we were starting to see change. And change takes work. Change can be challenging and uncomfortable at times. We must work on “change”every single day. Yesterday I set out to change the world. But in the end, the world wasn’t ready for change.
Alexis Y.
03/21/2021
One Nation Under God
I’m in the middle, not left nor right.
I believe that strength staves off a fight.
I’m against abortion, but I’m for the choice.
I think every child deserves a voice.
We need more programs that help our kids.
We have so many out on the skids.
Let’s feed the hungry and provide more shelter.
Let’s turn down the heat and help those that swelter.
I’m for equal rights across the board.
I will not judge, that’s for our Lord.
God gave man the gift of free will.
I believe in taxes and paying my bill.
We need prayer and discipline in every school.
We need to be strict, but never cruel.
We need to heal and see we’re flawed.
We need one nation under God.
3/8/2021 U
What You Really Want Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Richard Lamoureux
First day of Lab,
we sat as assigned.
She wrote one word
across the board:
'Laboratory’
She turned and said
"This is a laboratory.
Let’s have more of the first five
and less of the last seven."
Were you a peg that wouldn't fit?
That peg who missed by just a bit.
A tad too round or oddly square,
A peg not fitting anywhere.
Your trip through life, a life askew,
Made you wish for something new.
While time passed by, your edges wore.
You longed for less while life sent more.
One day across the board you see
a spot that's simply meant to be.
Life has sanded the edge away
Giving you a chance to play.
Many will get their turn to play.
If a peg won't fit it might someday.
Since our future is often unforseen
Take that chance to find your dream.
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