Best Lynched Poems

NB.  This is a true story that happened many years ago.  Not to be repeated, no doubt.  But at that time I was (still am up to a point) crazy about European soccer and I wanted to see a Scottish game of...

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they said it was the sun,
but it was her eyes—
blue like drowning,
and I looked.

I didn’t whistle,
I didn’t speak,
just looked.

they dragged me out
like a busted dog
from a hot porch,
shouting things
even the devil would blush at.

the rope
was older than the tree,
and the hate
older than that.

tell her I...

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It looks so sweet,a pity it wasn't sung
Is there hope for what future may hold?
For faces I had thought we're gay
I saw were lined with care
Life unbelievably was clear

And vividly was clear
My lord,where shall I place my bribe?
Then society cheats itself
Billions lost publicly
Big brains lynched

Commoners...

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