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I’m such a hypocrite

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i smile at people all day long
young and old
fat or skinny
abled or disabled
strange looking or plain as can be
it’s all the same

but when it comes to me
too fat too wrinkled too old
i’m ...

The Capacity to Laugh

...DNA spawns life and, too, the capacity to laugh, 
which is a good thing, later, when those lives are torn in half. 
Those three letters guide us down a long, rocky road,
through our behavior which...

One Night In Venice

...'twas 'pon a Venice 24-hour layover, when two male members of our airline crew had quite the separate, yet different, adventure.

     Flight attendant Number One, who speaks Italian, thought it wo...

On Golden Shores

...On golden shores waves were crashing
Beams of sunlight, I saw flashing
and stopped rowing. I stilled my oars.
Waves were crashing on golden shores

Gulls shrieked while the wind was blowing
I s...

Intrusive Thoughts

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Like unwelcome intruders,
it is in the stillness of the night,
intrusive thoughts come to plague us.

Like thieves sneaking in the dark, 
they come without prior information
and without w...

Pride in Their Hair

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 Be dark or fair, folk have pride in their hair 
Although often hair leads one to despair 
Finding it's tousled and tied up in knots 
After sleeping upon one's precious locks. 

Or whe...

Time Wasted

...Time Wasted                                                         Looking at the news nowadays still has me in amazement, oh how fast love and kindness turned into hatred, it's so much easier and h...

The Media Wedge

...They (the Legacy media) persist in their use of deceptive practices with the intent to obfuscate what is true. They conveniently avoid facts, that are known, intending to mislead those who are superf...

GOD HELP US ALL

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Let me begin by saying I did not vote for Donald Trump or any Republican
this last election…nor did I vote for him or them before…
Their lack of empathy, lack of compassion…their inhumanity and c...

Ghosted for My Intelligence

...Being introduced to a new person is not easy as you do not know what to expect!
A friend spoke highly of her and her goals about how she was from a good family!
She would end up not being worthy of...

Banned Book Club VII- 1984

...Midtone grey surrounds what’s left of a man’s soul
Scenes of biblical abominations troll
Inky are the hellish horizons appalled 
An okay is needed for anything at all 
Manipulating truth determin...

They Call It The Change

...I don't know what this is
It's not me
Some being destroying everything inside
But I can't see

Weak and fraught
Anxiety and pain
Think the dark will suppress
But morning comes again

My ref...

DIVERSITY, EQUITY INCLUSION

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Today I’m blessed with the task of clearing up some confusion…
when it comes to DEI- diversity, equity and inclusion…

Personally I’m am mortified…shocked…dismayed…appalled…
why when it comes t...

i did not use special characters

...Inauguration Day 2025 - Monday, January 20, 2025, 12:00?PM

Aforementioned event interestingly enough
coincides with Martin Luther King Junior day.

The late reverend American minister and activ...

How I met God

...attention internalised
thought flow rested
my heart was at peace 
though earth life tested 

I became a witness
motionless in vast space 
doing nothing thus
I invoked God’s grace

fears and...

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