Best Push Down Poems

When you wake up and realize that your meds have forced you into a four and a half hour cat nap- 
You sit up and...

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Her paintbrush is a razor,
Her canvas, her wrists,
"I deserve the pain."
She shrugs and insists.

One day the brush will push down,
And it will cut so deep,
That...

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(a Salute to Howard Moss)

Although it is not yet warm,
we have shoved to the backs of closets
snow-boots, gloves, and woolen scarves, 
locked tire chains and...

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"Gosh, you're such a freak."
"Did you wake up that ugly?"
You say to me.
It has become a daily ritual that we partake in.
You say what comes...

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Shot out like a cannon ball
As mother lay there in her bed
Twisted and contorted 
Push down hard the nurse had said
Audience at bottom end
Were quick...

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I sleep. The hours tick by mercilessly;
unfilled, purposeless, full of potential
 "What to do? What to do???" I mutter,
tumbling, like Alice, down the rabbit hole.
My...

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Pressure. Oh I wish I'm not struggling to free away from under.
They continue to push down with words of threats, only bringing me down.
They think...

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amnesia sets in
selective memory
forgetting the gossip
written in a rhyme
poison inked words
splatter on the screen
to demean
to be mean
misjudge
tattle taler
repeat hater
carries on...
others pics forgotten
other words forgotten
hate fueled
hate...

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There once was a fellow called Nicolas
Was famous for his extreme wickedness
He push down old ladies
Made faces at babies
And committed these acts with much cheerfulness


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Black Men,
I see your power.
And, although sometimes well disguised,
and sometimes compromised,
buried between paler thighs,
scrutinized, by paler eyes...
I see your strength.
And, I see the wisdom in...

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  I feel so damn trapped in rage 
Like a rainbow lion in a cage 
I feel so much pain in my brain
And it's...

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Bud of a flower,
open, reveal thy beauty,
and color our eyes.

I cannot picture,
this earth without your presence,
you are needed in life.

Your plant family,
400,000 species,
grass, daisy, orchid,...

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Wandering Ways
I walked many places and what I only saw was paths not chosen
These paths are what to take when there are many things in...

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There once was a fellow called Nicolas
Was famous for his extreme wickedness
He push down old ladies
Made faces at babies
And committed these acts with much cheerfulness...

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Stand under the proscenium arch
Listen to show tunes till doomsday comes
Dawn with the songs of ever lasting darkness

Tap dance your last dance on Broadway 
Burn...

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