Best Scapegoat Poems

I keep wanting and desire all the same
        My own blood to allow me to belong
        I did not ask , it was God whom placed me here
   ...

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A time tested honor
to be branded a goner,
just stand in the middle
of their circle of blame.
In this sex-crazed society
still obsessed with propriety,
it is you they'll belittle
to protect their good name.





*Inspired by the spot-on gorgeous frowny faces anchoring the Fox News Network. 
  Keep pointin'...

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I'm hiding here amongst your brood
slowly hush communication
poison I inject the mood
begging for some segregation

Sacrifice one, I implore you please
and load him with your dark emotion
when he's brought down to his knees
allow him access to my potion

Downhill drink and sniff and shoot
twirl him and just...

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Scapegoat Mutiny

The perspicuous statements by The Man, meant to flatter,
Were maximally inurbane. In hindsight could only alienate 
The dozens of individuals who now gravitate to retaliate.
    
     The Scapegoat Mutiny must succeed!
     Woe to...

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Ralph had used her as a transitory scapegoat throughout life.
Feigning to dissipate the almost daily, inurbane strife, 
capricious Rikki could always flatter his malignant pride.
A perspicuous grace note, she overlooked each time he lied.
Seemingly, his constant intention was to alienate;
Ralph was that turncoat to whom...

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Bully me you, I exemplified archetypal scapegoat

Even as an old curmudgeon, aye pucker
and raspily suction, albeit toothless mouth
drawing reminiscent guffaws affecting 
(think feeble attempt 
impersonating plumber plunging - 
unclogging backed up toilet), 
flushed with satisfaction,
now snakes into following non sequitur,
whereby then upperclassman,
whose name Scott Lambert

I...

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The Scapegoat 


It was either her or me,
I choose it to be me, 
not because I loved her.

Maybe I once did,
perhaps I did love her,
I’ll never know… it's too late.

I always thought she could do better,
in my mind, she deserved better,
at least better than me.

That's...

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Hard times had befallen ancient of times,
oppression from a distant shore,from
a system bred of tyrannical emperor's,
sense of freedom lost,how must it be regained...
give us strength,give us wisdom they plead,
help us in our hour of need...
so the lamb of God was taken as a scapegoat,
transferring their...

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I believe there was a time 
When you may have cared about me
I can’t say it was love 
I don’t know if your 
Capable of that or
Ever will be
Over the years mental illness
Addiction and greed has destroyed
Any kind of relationship 
Or feeling of family between...

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Do you have what it takes?
Fast forward 
 hit the breaks
Life retaliates-
And I can’t hear you
I’ve raised the stakes.
You’re losing,
abusing the guidelines
Trying to read the fine lines-
That are already erased.
My reality is faced-
With demons trying to bring me down
 I can feel myself drown
In and...

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What happened to
What we were?
Why did it happen?
I don't know
But I know that
We had a good time
So don't even worry
I don't blame you
I blame them

Well, I'm the scapegoat
But I don't care
It's ok
I don't mind, I'll bear it
I'm the scapegoat

Driving dirty used to be
So fun to...

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Bully me you, I exemplified archetypal scapegoat

Even as old curmudgeon, aye pucker
and raspily suction toothless mouth
drawing reminiscent guffaws affecting
attempt impersonating plumber
(think unclogging toilet)
please support your local bummer

back in the day one
long haired pencil neck geeks palled
around with another 
hirsute nerd - Roger Kummerer,
(who both of...

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Here is just a little clue,   
Look inside the words I write,
Other words hide in there, too,
When packed in tight, they unite.

Scapegoat is the first one,
I don’t think a goat’s aware,
Escaping from this poem,
That his pelt might need repair.

Afterthought is complex too,
A thought...

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Of scapegoats
Who in cold walk without coats
For they have been neglected
And left unprotected
 
Of human race
Whose freedom is less 
And whose efforts;
Meanwhile labelled ‘faults’;
Are nothing, but the burden
That which they do not deserve

Of mankind
Who for nothing labor for the unkind
And toil to no avail for...

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Originally published in Out On a Limb, an Anthology for Friends  June 2020

You hate me for my color.
You hate me for our differences.
You hate me for my successes.

You call me names.
You call me useless.
You call me an outsider.

You marked me as invisible.
You made me...

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