Best Badges Poems

We the People
Will disagree
On taxation and prosperity
On liberty and duty

We the People
Are every color of Christianity
Every Jewish prayer, every song of Islam
The puritans, the atheists...

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Such horrid forfeit wars yet thresh
          A scree of youth in blood and flesh
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Poem 1: A Boy And His Painted Piano

he used lively greens
tender blues,
touches of plain mauve 
and rainbow trout splatters
to paint music
on the gas fumes 
that...

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Brody

I bought two new books for you today my sweet boy.
The Wizard of Oz and the Jungle book should bring joy.

I'm very proud of how...

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BEAUTIFUL ANGEL

Beautiful angel
Of huge and white wings
Dream or delusion 
Reality or make believe

Show me yourself
Spread for me your wings
Wrap me in your arms
Surround me in...

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The Old Man In The Mirror

Who is that old man who looks at me in the morning?
When I shave and shower he is there living...

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IF GOD GIVES UP ON US

Open season
the games have begun
We be target practice
Shoot randomly
no penalty

Kill at will
...if you will
Lives don't
matter to the people
you're chanting to

Kill...

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I joined the Brownies when I was seven
Oh what fun I was in seventh heaven
Having fun and making new friends
But in the Brownies my life...

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.. continued 


Flag-lowering is a daily observance at the Wagah Border, open to the public this day.

 On our view of the gate:

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Lord what I'd give to go back in time.
Meet historical legends Wyatt Earp,
 Or Jessie James, let them leap off 
The written page, and live...

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~  For Dad - some heroes don't wear a cape - I miss you dearly.  ~


There stood upon a trodden sod
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So many things I want to tell you my Dad
But I choke up in tears feeling awfully sad,
I grew-up so fast since the day you...

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Ten Lepers sought the Lord 
carrying their badges with a Plea 
unclean unclean was the cry 
Mercy alone was their Plea
The King of mercy heard...

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All we need a leader 
Guide us become one of us
Make us sincere against any killing
Protects our family to live our destiny
All we need a...

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Bright yellow badges proclaimed their faith
Paraded like nameless cattle
Counted and cooped as poultry
Numb and gelid they lay
Only thing alive
Was A desire
For a smooth
Kiss of
Death

Written On:04/24/2017
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