The CIAI wore no uniform—
just silence and suits.
A ghost in global rooms,
a whisper behind the curtain.
I was a civilian,
but my job was war.
They called it "analysis,"
but what I did was study souls.
The psychology of power—
Presidents, rebels, kings.
We knew their childhoods,
their fears,
their fault lines.
I was trained to see through smiles.
To know,
from a handshake,
what could break a man.
Africa.
We...
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Categories:
abuse, betrayal, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse
IN THE LAND OF PEACEOnce upon a time
in a faraway land
There was an old man, who had forgotten how to speak
His eyes would stare into the sky, void of any emotion,
His scars turned wrinkles narrated an untold story
His hands, never steady, always counting
Sometimes in the middle of the day, he would scream
But no sound would escape his mouth,...
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Categories:
abuse, corruption, death, dedication,
Form: Free verse
Fall of Western civilizationNickel
and dimed, nickel
and dimed: the neglected
human center can't hold undone
for gold....
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Categories:
corruption, abuse, betrayal, change, conflict,
Form: Cinquain
MoreI am a Democratic Socialist
I believe that the People should rule
I believe that the taxes collected
should be used for each life-saving tool
For nobody gets rich on a island
and it isn’t just fortune or luck
It takes legislative-corporate corruption
it is capitalism, running amok
All those products the billionaires sell us
charging upgrades for every new year
Truth be...
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Categories:
america, corruption, political, power,
Form: Rhyme
The possession of a mad man is the only terrorIt started soft and slowly
With only shallow things
An itch or twitch or swallow
But kindly not from me
The walls would twist and turn at night
And I’d be seeing things
A pillow to hold a choir within
And slowly simple things
Would do more then make me mourn myself
Do more then make me bleed
My chest was heaving rocks and smoke
Thrumming...
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Categories:
confidence, confusion, corruption, courage,
Form: Free verse
6 Dead, 4 Wounded, And One On The WayLeukemia boys and
Leukemia girls wave
in hospital volunteers,
as the angels wave
them away.
What is
love?
Beyond
an overpriced
ambulance ride,
and an unnecessary
hospital stay?
The most beautiful things:
summer sweat,
and Rome after
rain.
Inside,
a child draws
a yellow sun
with trembling fingers.
The IV, taped
down like it’s trying
to hold him
there.
Forced positivity.
A heart full of
apathy.
I see that
same world you try
to see with substance sober,
and I’ll be the first to...
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Categories:
corruption, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
MouthlessI have seen a lot in this life,
The only thing I haven't seen is that which doesn't exist,
I have seen a lot in this life,
That which my mouth cannot explain.
Tell us what you saw Mr. Stephen,
What is it you saw that Troubles you,
Did you see the rainbow or seven colours of madness,
Tell us Mr. Ekemezie...
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Categories:
conflict, corruption, discrimination, earth,
Form: Free verse
All Talk, No Action
They are now but cash cows
(a trough in which to quaff)
for the many attendees
who sit on long-winded
Government-funded investigation committees
no one around to hear the sound
(of what falls in the woods)
while their coffers swelled
for all the papers printed on the ecology
more than several trees were felled
the fracking drilling boring too
(found underground)
wastes water in copious quantities
releases greenhouse...
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Categories:
animal, corruption, earth, how
Form: Rhyme
1776-the smell of smoke a
token of a battle a
war freedoms war cry
~
war tween states, country
they want dire freedom hosted
war of seventeen-
~
seventy-six year
tea crates thrown in harbor seas
fights America
07/14/25
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2025©
...
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Categories:
adventure, analogy, conflict, corruption,
Form: Haiku
RED HOT POLITICAL LARVA
Categories:
corruption, allegory, america, analogy, conflict,
Form: Haiku
GANGSTALKING AND ABUSEGangstalking is very inhumane
Almost always leaving you insane
Nobody seems to help or care
Onlookers just sit and stare
Echoes of fear, no place to be free
Puzzled by what they hear and see
Lost in shadows, yearning for dawn
Victims missing and presumed gone
Dreams whispered, seeking a sign
Unpleasant life is anything but fine
Echoes of hope, faint but still alive
Unaware of...
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Categories:
corruption, abuse, america, anti bullying,
Form: Rhyme
GenesisWhen the land was smooth, life brand-new
In Eden, there lived one, then two
Since the Earth's dawn, man walked as youth
Life brand-new, when the land was smooth
In the garden were two sweet blooms
Under the care of watchful grooms
Viscous phrases made ears harden
Two sweet blooms were in the garden
Between grapevines, our foe hid
Still in great ruling halls...
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Categories:
betrayal, bible, corruption, creation,
Form: Quatrain
Betrayal of The SunThere was a time
when you stood at the center of my sky,
and I, small, humble,
gazed upward in awe,
letting your brilliance shape my world.
Every word you spoke carved meaning into silence,
every gesture gave weight to the air.
I was nothing
but a shadow you cast,
grateful for the light.
But I see now
what I could not see then—
the sun blinds...
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Categories:
corruption, absence, anger, betrayal, child
Form: Free verse
The Wallpaper Knowsthe floor’s too clean
like someone scrubbed out a murder.
the windows don’t show anything but a brick wall.
this room might be a coffin with better furniture.
he leans on the kitchen counter,
flicking a lighter that won’t catch
just the click,
over and over,
a metronome counting down to madness.
i sit in the corner chair,
and watch the wallpaper breathe.
the fridge...
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Categories:
corruption, drug, home,
Form: Free verse
EU: A Crown of CorruptionO Ursula, crowned not by grace, but by shadows,
You wear the EU like a robe stitched with silence.
You spoke of democracy with polished lips,
Yet your fingers typed millions into secret deals,
Your phone — the vault of truth — wiped clean
Before justice could knock.
Once a daughter of public trust,
Now a ghost in marble halls.
While Europe bleeds...
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Categories:
corruption, abuse, betrayal, bullying, conflict,
Form: Free verse
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