Daughter Corruption Poems

"Who will believe a mountebank? Everyone if she is good." ~Andy Griffith~ 

Carefully she wrote on the back of a fifty dollar bill. 
”Have a...

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For Silent One's - Mamma Poetry Contest

Where is the love, Mamma?

Through broken Louvre blinds, you're ever watching
Rosary beads clicking prayers on repeat mode, uttering
Your plethora...

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Tyler was a real happy man,
looking down at his phone,
the mayor said,“We need less police,
their crimes are so well known.”
They’d not arrest if you stole...

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you can enjoy the delicacy of a rose without touching it
enjoy it without embracing it
knowing it is perceived as gentle, kind, forgiving
but it’s thorns are...

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The biggest mess I've ever seen
was taking bribes while living a dream
The exchange of money for confidence
When seen so sure the competence
But suddenly there goes...

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...But Mains just shrugged, then said, “Let’s go.”
offered the wrists to his bandittos.
Two of them led the man away,
Diaz fumed more watching him go.

Denied the...

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Smile, you are sitting there telling me to smile when the entire universe is going wild; smile, you are telling me to smile when the...

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...It was on the day contractions began
that Satan deigned to return to the room,
snarled at her, and said, “It’s about time.
Thankfully I can get rid...

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...So he walked out, stuck out his hand,
said, “Ma’am, I think I can help you,
I’m a Hollywood talent scout,
and you’re girl has potential, it’s true.

“You...

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He moved about the shopping mall,
was having a hell of a time,
he knew just what he wanted here,
but it was proving hard to find.

He had...

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*  *  *
Five days later the casket was lowered,
and Rico stood there with his red-haired wife,
she held up his two-year old daughter Jan,
he...

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There was richness to our story 
There was flavor to our past
Once, there was Michelangelo
Up there at his ceiling so vast

In spite of all that...

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As damned territorial as lion,
On this, kind of unflinching Iron.
Not just on a single occasion 
Mention made of his sure location…

Ex-Occupant of Lord God’s Heaven
After...

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WHERE'S THE LOVE, HONORABLE CANKER:

Only 'cause men not ready to ponder,
They speak literally and rhetorically at a yonder,
Not regarding how to make this world better.
Do...

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Reflections of Affection

Painting your face... 
slowly on the canvas, 
in the colors of tan, 
and olive green. 

Your skin is so fair, 
it is hard...

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