Angel Discrimination Poems

Homeless

Tears sizzle-n-swelter
From the Arizona sun
While Mercedes, Bentleys,
And Porches proceed …
Homeless can’t … move on. 

Triple digit asphalt
Skin turns a crusty shade
Passer “buyers” ignore strife
Pass judgement...

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A birthday gift to me 
courtesy thee youngest sister of mine

The special parcel
courtesy Amazon courier
hurriedly delivered softbound book before
yours truly could thank him/her cuz he/she
dropped...

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-Fort Nought-

Albeit the fire rising...They remained remorseless in the comfort of their characteristic shadows.

Slaughter.

A disgraced forethought. The days counting down the houses wretched sins.

Stripped clean...

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YOU ARE SAFE NOW

You are safe now, my beloved. 
No one can touch a single hair 
On your body.

You will never again hear the taunts
Of...

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MoMa
is not for people without hands
&legs...

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The Tricky Chirp

The nester bird comes to live, 
in a nest, they did not make. 
Yet... the bird, 
feels right at home 
and not alone...

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Block this, block that
Black this, black that
I am sick and tired
Of seeing the hatred
And the obvious prejudices
Destroying countries, counties
Districts and municipalities
Where biased authorities
And utterly corrupt...

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Encounter with guardian angel January 20th, 2022

We (myself and thee missus)
experienced shell shock
analogous to war weary soldiers
back home from the western front
experiencing battlefield flashback
analogous to...

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Who...

You, know who I am... ?.! 
You know. 
You may try to turn away, 
but you can not. 
The creator touched you, 
before you were...

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Angel Bones

Two Hundred fifteen angels  (Narration by an elder)
each buried in a shallow grave
The monsters said the Angels were savages
that they were there to...

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I wish I am an Angel from heaven,

No wonder I came to this world

By swimming in darkness for nine months.

A beautiful soul gave her womb...

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Africa my Queen, my King yet a slave 
An angel in hell a freed soul in bondage
How else will I show you the gold
Beneath the...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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A diminutive girl, born in a colossal world.
Originate as a weed, no one like to plant this seed.
All and sundry cried and swept, feeling depressed
the...

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Martial epigram translations

Epitaph for the Child Erotion
by Marcus Valerius Martial
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Lie lightly on her, grass and dew...
So little weight she placed...

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