Lyric America Poems

Kathy Boudin thought the U.S. beyond repair,
She thought she saw the deep reality, and it was unfair.
From SDS to the Weather Underground,
She dived deep in...

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Free Speech
Miracle Man
5/1/2024

Disruptive behavior,
is not covered by free speech.
Those practicing this,
are guilty of overreach.

Nor is free speech a right,
to hate or abuse some.
It doesn’t make...

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Internally unconventional, externally conform,
In the game of life, it's the norm.
Always watch yourself, like you're on a stage,
Avoid regrets, don't let your actions rage.

Bullies on...

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Verse I:
He always sits under
a flowery Willow Tree
and dreams of flying a reindeer
over quite Boulder City;
the torrid Nevada heat doesn't make him sweat,
he drinks beer,...

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Civilization is crumbling
The Huns are at the gates
I don't know what we're becoming,
But I sure hope that it waits

The children are talking backwards
The leaders are...

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Twenty-twenty-three
is nearing an end.
What lies ahead,
chaos or peace?
The future faces
global warming,
climate change
and an influx of
frightened, illegal  
immigrants,
seeking a living
for their families.
Fascism and
bigotry
are on the...

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It’s Christmas Eve, Babe
In the car pound
It shouldn’t be this way
Should not have been found

But I’m the lucky one
I am the thirteenth one
And when I...

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Single cell, single cell, single cell lock
Single cells king and single cells bring
Throwin' and blowin' few pushers of some
Now the single chop has begun
Single cell,...

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a reflection
of inner selves
a human torch
being impulsive
takes risks
full of fire
the woman
feels invisible 
she is smart
and accomplished
the thing, rock hard
dependable
and very strong
like his temperament
mister fantastic
a fluid...

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ME AND COUNTRY’S LEGENDS OF FOREVER

Do I wake to you or the cosmos?
Do I wake to singing birds chirping as if there’s a fire?
or a...

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It doesn’t do any good to mind your own business,
if you’re black, you’re going to get knocked down.
Makes no difference if a hundred people beg...

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Overnight, the landscape has
More color and yet less
How’d I fall asleep on the East Coast
And wake up in the West?

Everybody is tattooed
Everybody is tattooed 
Uh-oh!...

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Oh, yeah!
Country boys riding horses
give bigger smiles to pretty girls!
oh, yeah!
When they start winking it means...
they'll take them to sunshine fields,
undress them in a hurry...

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I’ve been blinded by a blistering light
An atomic angel in the nuclear night
Have they come to take us away at last?
Have they come to punish...

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God Bless America
Thoughts of Miracle Man
July 4th 2023

Our borders are now open for all who would come,
crime is rampant, and guns possess our streets.
Trafficking of...

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