he stands in his suit,
blue tie hanging like a noose,
smiling with dead teeth,
signing papers that send
another man, another woman,
into the dirt.
our governor knows
there is no afterlife—
he isn’t sending them to heaven,
he’s sending them to rot.
if he believes in the Bible,
he’s forgotten the line:
thou shall not kill.
no grey area, no loophole.
he pretends justice,
but it’s only blood on his hands.
death is not justice.
it’s silence,
it’s the shutting of doors
that never reopen.
it should weigh
like iron on his skull,
like stones in his gut.
but the man eats your steak
with no indigestion,
wipes his mouth with his hand.
what does his wife see
when she lies beside him?
does she hear the whispers
of the buried,
the cries of mothers?
and worse—
he sharpens her name
for the next ballot,
preparing her face
to be plastered on walls.
unwanted, unloved,
another mask of power,
another hand raised
to press the button,
to pull the lever,
to kill again
who would kill again and again,
for ten million dollars.
Categories:
corrupts, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
"It's funny within the life we all live in,
Think of regret,
Of things that are no longer alive,
Questions of things thought are the opposites of our own lives, Expressions within this earth,
We've all showed but never found,
What you saw within your own mind, yesterday doesn't exist today!
So why does our mind access within the beauty of brought joy that is horror, we all see but cannot connect?
Well my true opinion towards this is,
No matter what people only express the fake to view within a different mind than their own,
Not one that expresses true struggle,
As if its hard but deeply braking,
I truly believe people are the opposite on what they express from their own views nowadays on social media,
True opinions do not exist,
From the blockers of reality,
That cannot handle the difference between two different minds together."
-Ds-
Categories:
corrupts, age, anxiety, inspirational, philosophy,
Form: ABC
Power corrupts, strengthens ego
Plunging us in darkness
Please let go, oh hermit, let go
Entwine with That oneness
Voice of conscience’s bleating
Save love, all else fleeting
Soul debilitating
Desire erupts
Power corrupts
11-April-2022
Quietus
Categories:
corrupts, corruption, power, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
A young lady from Lillehammer
Was wont to consort with a scammer
No one could stop’em
Until the cops caught’em
And now they reside in the slammer
Categories:
corrupts, humor,
Form: Limerick
RBG's body had scarcely grown cold
when the White House made a decision most bold
to instate a supreme judge cast in its mold.
and liberty's soul is up to be sold.
Categories:
corrupts, betrayal, corruption, today,
Form: Epitaph
A glass stands upon a table,
Watched by arbiters of existential
State.
They observe the glass, to give opinion
As to its contents.
The Pessimist speaks: “There is wine
In the glass, and it is half empty”.
The Optimist, with shake of head
And wave of hand, denies this:
“The glass is half full”.
There is a pause as all gathered
Ponder the wisdom of relativistic
Observation.
The Pragmatist steps forward:
“Half full or half empty, it is refillable!”
Silence shrouds the watchers, deep in thought;
The Opportunist elbows past and picks up
The glass, draining the wine within.
“Hmmm – nice” he opines,
“Is there any more?”.
Thus Heisenberg speaks through wine
Stained lips;
Having severed the Gordian knot of
Fullness or emptiness,
With pleasure and relish.
Categories:
corrupts, language, perspective,
Form: Blank verse
CORRUPTS: EPIDEMICAL THIEVES - ninette
Slaves
age old
to power:
septic, putrid
e p i d e m i c a l
thieving millions
a b u s i n g
the most
poor. . .
_____________________________
CONTEST NAME: NINETTE
Contest Sponsor: Silent One
~~4th Place~~
Olive Eloisa Guillermo
8:54 pm, October 10, 2015
Categories:
corrupts, corruption, people, political, rights,
Form: Ninette