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cowboy poem

...Cowboy poem

Cityscape, tall building, and smog-filled evening sky
In New York, no one sleeps here; a camel smokes
a cigarette and no one  finds that unusual
The big apple, tall women, and juicy...

Cream in the sausage

...We know the secret to winning
The sweet fennel sausage with
sweet relish and eggnog yeast rolls. 
The toll of the roll
with caramelized onions
The dungeon were the tomato's
Ripen is scrubbing
...

June nineteenth one hundred and fifty nine years ago

...June nineteenth one hundred and fifty nine years ago

The conclusion of the American Civil War commenced with the articles of surrender agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at App...

JUNETEENTH

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Joyful celebrations are held in the 
United States on the 
Nineteenth of June. Thousands participate 
Every year. Why? In Galveston, 
Texas, on June 19, 1865, by 
Executive order, ALL stil...

A JUNETEENTH PRAYER

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A JUNETEENTH PRAYER

Closing our eyes is easy…it’s probably the best way
to think, to hope, to dream…to make a wish…to kiss…to pray.

The quiet darkness behind our eyes is where we start
to h...

Maps a Buck: Free of Lugs

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                               The Sea of Galilee aint in Texas
                                            good l...

Newest Federal Holiday

...Largely overlooked
Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day 
Emancipation Day – commemorates the end of slavery 
In the United States
Most States that is
There are 20 states still holding out
I...

Freedom Walk

...Where have you been
Darkened with uncertainty
No place to be found
Chanted spiritual songs within one’s encouraging thought
I need to be free
I pray to thee
Thunder raw
Lightening outburst
Sl...

June Nineteenth One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago

...June nineteenth one hundred and fifty years ago

Juneteenth hint: three hundred
and sixty six days
after eighteen sixty four.

Major General Gordon Granger
led the Union Soldiers to Galveston,...

Gramps

..."He made a difference."

Gramps, my mother's father --
Dave Luke -- my grandfather, 
a tall unlettered white (decidedly white) 
Louisiana man -- was born August 1888.  
He lived 87 years.  He g...

Alt-Lyrics Galveston

...Licky butt, oh, licky butt
Lick your bum my lovely puppy
Gonna feed you a dead guppy
It's belly up
So feed it to the pup....

Common Room

...I sat in a flop house common room
Doing social research one Christmas Eve,
Galveston in '79, I do believe.
I was there in a room full of strangers.
Sammy Davis and Old Blue Eyes 
Sang on the TV ...

Should the Levee Ever Break, Act 1, Scene 3, Part 5

...Mitchell: Good sirs, my word was fair. No discrepancy stains the pages of my ledger. The fifth tier is a sub-basement beneath the cellar floor of the temple’s vestibule. Any woman who is not tagged w...

It Weren't Worth Texas

...It was dusty, dry and endless 
Stretched beneath an empty sky
From horizon to horizon 
Where the turkey buzzards fly,
Like a landscape meant to warn you
Just how far a man can fall.
Except for ...

Clarity of Purpose

...(This piece is dedicated to those innocent youths gunned down inside institutes of learning, by guns improperly regulated, and utilized by cold, heartless entities who committed these crimes without ...

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