Bases Poems

ENSLAVED FREEDOM

...Liberty, equality, fraternity,
beautiful chimeras carved into the republican marble,
yet behind the motto, the Black Code,
the papal bull,
and the slave-trading betrayal as backbone.

Slavery, ...

With Borrowed Faces in a Place

...With Borrowed Faces in a Place

We are turning around with no faces, 
Just in cases.
Heaven in our places,
Just two faces. 

Screaming out so everyone hears our bases,
 We can't hide our face...

Rework

...
On many endeavors which I’ve undertaken,
a significant amount of my time was spent.
Explaining things to avoid being mistaken,
later to hear “But Tom, I thought you meant”. 

Time spen...

THE SCAVENGERS

...For millennia,
the scavengers have spread chaos across the Earth.

They sow desolation
for sterile chimeras,
for fleeting vanities.

If I had held the power of creation,
this cursed planet
w...

FREE SUB-SAHARAN

...The colored pains are carved onto the back of my ancestors’ history.
My oppressors see my Africanness as a curse,
the rotten fruit of savagery, slavery, and the barbarity of colonization.
The blac...

Pupidee and Bupbidop Bididi

...No one knows what is DB
But these are Data Bases

If crime is planned
They're Pupidee

Their fingerprints and faces 

Path to Justice do compute
Computer for the Justice 

Whom do you defe...

Big Mo

...

When a horrible commissioner
was suddenly fired,
team owners interviewed
Big Mo.
They told him,
You're hired.

Changes he made to the game
were made right away.
Protests which followed
...

Army BRATS Always Wanna Fly High

...Army BRAT’S Always ‘Wanna’ Fly High

The tradition necessitates that as a child born unto military parents
Called by the beloved acronym Born Raised and Trained (BRAT’S)
Be always on the spotligh...

Come On Darlin

...For Aunt Carolyn, in memory of Uncle Dennis

They were just teens outside a gift shop door,
He said, "Come on, Darling, let’s go explore."
With a wink and a grin, and her hand in his,
They stepp...

Our Lord God, Jesus Christ, is well able to deliver us part three Q and A

...Q  Which person of the Holy Trinity represents the Ark of Safety?

A   The second person of the Holy Trinity, Jesus Christ.

Q  Why?

A  Because Jesus Christ paid the ultimate price to rescue a...

Crackpot TheorI-Zer

...Crackpot TheorI-Zer

To Know So Much For
So Little! Turn All
Of These Screws, 
I Cover The Bases,
I Spread All The News.

 If I Turn On A Dime,
 It's My Dime I Lost...
 I'm Sure My Name:
 ...

THE ARCHITECTS OF LIES

...They sowed chaos to claim their peace.
A few wars to realize their dreams.
They sell chains wrapped in freedom’s guise,
Spitting laws applied only to the weak.

They paint bombs in the colors of...

THEY KNOW IT

...I know their fears.
I know their cravings.
I know their reflexes.
I know their thoughts.
They know that I know who they are.
I am exactly like them, but with a dose of Pan-African melanin.
I’ve...

ATOP THE BLEACHERS

...
We watched our neighbor, Ollie, play in his first official ’T’ ball game
from our seats atop the bleachers…in the shade.
It was a treat watching the innocent exuberance of children…
before they ...

My own personal updates part two Q and A

...Q:  As of May 2025 who will start having to use real identification cards cause their 
      regular cards won't work?

A:  Thus far only the passengers who ride commercial airlines.

Q:  Is Tru...

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