Best Suits Poems

As the dogs led me on our walk, I took a chance and left my raincoat behind despite the threatening clouds.  The sky turned from dappled to grey but I stayed dry, although my legs were damp from dogshake after we past the creek.

In...

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Survival suits her
and for those
who pay attention,
who look closely,
it’s in the way she moves.
The way she talks. 
The way she carries herself.

She has a flame 
burning inside her
sparking a fire in you.
One that burns 
a city to ashes,
along with all 
the painful memories.
A flame
so bright...

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The men in suits
Light a fire

They pretend to be enemies
Though they really are the best of friends

Every move, watching the world,
Burn to flames

Public protests for garbage, whilst
Many are killed, destroyed, silenced
Criminals live in wonderland
Innocents are framed
 
Candles burn but like phoenixes, rebirthing from melted wax,
This...

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One of my boyhood dreams was to become a successful functionary,
With an office with a view, a fine oak desk and a pretty secretary!
To wear a suit and tie (to me) would be the pinnacle of success.
I was sick of wearin' brogans and overalls -...

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Sharpened minds 
Expert calculators
Critical analyst 
Motionless elevator

Crisp reports
Excellent speech
Suits black 
Skin impeached

Strength is Black 
Brilliant talent 
Commitment unsurpassed 
Removed from ballot

Work most requested 
Quality Observations
Families sacrificed 
Review of course unexpected 

Sharpened suits
Crisp reputation 
Strength consistent 
Powerless nation...

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here come the barbaloots
the barbaloots
in their barbaloot suits
i see them coming everyday
everyday
rolling in the hay
but then comes along a miser
a miser
never the wiser
then they all go away
away
hopefully to return some sunny day...

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So many empty suits 

Talking at us

Over us 

Under us

Concerned only with power 

Greed

The bottom line

Promises broken

Passing more laws

To restrain us 

More propaganda

To de-brain us 

Done a good job

On quite a few 

So far

Taxing us 

Into oblivion

Shepherds wearing ties

Herding so many

Like sheep

Between the fences 

Of...

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Most women on Easter Sunday 
Morning wear festive and elegant
Bonnets to match their bright
Dresses; men wear lighter, sharp
Suits with cheery feeling, not the
Usual dark ones that are so
Depressing and their neckties must be 
Perfect! Coming out of the church in
Throngs, they seem brides and grooms...

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Hoosier winters were mighty frigid on the farm when I was a lad.
Ma insisted no matter what I did, I was to be warmly clad!
With toboggan cap, mackinaw, mittens and lace-up leather boots,
And of course beneath it all, one of those scratchy union suits!

They've been...

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as the sun beats down
beaches start beaming with life
hot beautiful days...

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Legislative insects in green suits
Gather in numbers every season
Mind bent to threaten green plants
With laws to effect extinction

The farmer they seasonally threaten
As usual is wiser and quicker in action
He collects green leaves and twigs
Into huge buckets he places them

One by one he gathers legislative insects
Puts...

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Suits
I started work in an office, wore a suit that was cheap 
and too small. They stuck me in a backroom that had 
mustard coloured walls and no sunlight.  
I sorted and filed bills that had been paid, and I never
understood the point of...

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You bought your baby that cheap perfume,
that will chase everybody out of the room

You gave your baby a cheap anniversary gift,
then took her to a takeout joint where you don’t have to tip

You brought your baby flowers plucked from a garden,
didn’t have to spend no...

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African politicians
They buy
Italian suits
When they really
Need shoes
 
I know
That is not making you
Guys 
Smart

We need
Leaders
Not politicians
With bright suits
And bare feet

Guys
What happen
No more like Mandela
OR Gandhi
Our schools
Dry
OR mothers
Change their minds

I don't know
But we should think
What we need
Bright suits
OR 
Pair of shoes
What people is need
Is genuine leaders
Not...

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Groovy giraffe Moots with his bony knees
Slips and slides and calls out “geez!”
Fashionable, yet, not dapper, not in any way.
His confidence is enormous, and here to stay.

Why do you dress in suits? We ask old Moots.
Most of the animals wear their birthday suits.
I like being...

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