Animal Fate Poems

I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome...

Whereby yours truly presages and doth abhor
nothing short of an imminent civil war
dwarfing insurrection on January 6, 2021
oddly...

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Bittersweet pyrrhic victory...

if a 2024 November presidential Biden win
pandemonium likely to occur, 
subsequently figurative tectonic upheaval  
might set United States in a tailspin.

Though discouraged,...

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My burning heart is broken forever —
it's beyond my melted power to fix it clever.
My dark thoughts don't help me recover.
My mind can't see clearly,...

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My Bad

They used our Courage
Like a Weapon
Made our Kindness
And Tolerance
VERSUS Fear
Seem Naive.

Our Health and Safety
Were NEVER THEIR
CONCERN!

Oh, well, too late.

I learned that from
Squirrels and Scrub...

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 ripples seeking shore
frog thrust fro spots lily pad
dragonfly finds space...

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toad sat liliy pad
a buzz a gulp splash~buzzing
yellow jacket fleets...

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I pressed my hands against my face 

 and rock my body to and fro  

and let the rhythm flow  

where my imagination...

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Alone
Hungry and Thirty
Loss
Surrounded by trees and swamp
One could be animal food
As darkness falls into the night
Bearings unknown
One can lose their mind
Trance of thought to nowhere
Movement...

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The soft zephyr hums
the carefree spirit of youth.
A calf ruminates
under the sun's gentle rays.
Tomorrow, the slaughterhouse.
...

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I love my diet, rich in protein,
Of snakes, squirrels, doves, and rabbits most lean.
I tell you this, and I am on the square,
Furry mammals delight...

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With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed—an accursed brood! They have left the straight...

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They came in a single file
Noiseless like wisps of smoke
They'd taken their chances 
For they say it's always greener
On the other side.
From the watch tower...

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What majestic power God 
Has prepared unto those which seek
Once we were all far away 
Separated from sin in death
The fire appeared to give commandments.
Telling...

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One drop of food color 
Can change the appearance
Of a cup of water instantly 
One word in love
Can change the heart
Of mankind in an instant
One...

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We were bobbing on the ocean in our tiny pea green boat
The pussycat, the owl and me were many days afloat
With hunger in the belly...

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