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And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
...And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War Preface: On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," Presiden......

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Categories: greenback, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Feet to the Fire
... A greenback saved is a greenback earned Make it your motto you’ll never get burned Others will give you the hottest tips have you absolutely licking your l......

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Categories: greenback, fire, loss, money, success,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Red Bears and Glass Snakes
...Big brother on the corner and in the sky Big sister in the mixed bathroom With a finger in your apple pie. Credit cards only -no need for cash the eagle has both talons on every greenback. An u......

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Categories: greenback, anti bullying,
Form: Rhyme
Ford's Theater April 15th 1865
...Ford's Theater, April 15th, 1865... Petersen House, Washington, D.C. I admit to own a passion for the Civil War in general, and the life and death of the sixteenth president in particular bet......

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Categories: greenback, absence, age, america, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Compassionate Democracy
...I believe, rooted in limited personal experience of unconditional love, the purpose of democratic governance is NOT FREEDOM of autonomously empowered persons, segregated communities, self-isola......

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Categories: greenback, earth day, education, freedom,
Form: Political Verse



Premium Member Monsters In My Head
... "Monsters in My Head" the small gods inside of us worry too much they speak in tongues that never know the depth of what is real or not for tongues they nev......

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Categories: greenback, dark, i am, light,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Four
...Bridge requires a square table With a player on each side. Exchange your greenback dollars For slot machine quarters to provide. A basketball team that hoops it up well May make March Madness ......

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Categories: greenback, humorous, math, silly, words,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Eyes Wide Open
...Knick Knack Paddy Whack Can’t take back a wisecrack If you wanna be a crackerjack Earn a greenback from blackjack Gotta buyback your backpack Need to blister pack your flapjacks Evident ebbin......

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Categories: greenback, confusion, humor, society,
Form: Rhyme
Green Lipstick
... Look at the politrick pretty boys painting the green on their flypaper sticky lips Making plenty cold eureka noise Pluto eyes winking barren Mars tomorrows Uranus pocketbook sorrow ......

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Categories: greenback, corruption, imagery, truth, wisdom,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Wistful Accursed Penniless Fate God Dime Mitt
...Wistful Accursed Penniless Fate...God Dime Mitt! (neither defamation, nor blasphemy meant, sans Title) Despite ingestion of anti anxiety medications ferocious hellish onslaught ......

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Categories: greenback, 12th grade, allusion, analogy,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Fords Theater April 15th 1865
...Petersen House, Washington, D.C. (i admit to own a passion for the Civil War in general, and the life and death of the sixteenth president in particular). between a hard spot of whiskey ......

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Categories: greenback, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Man That He Once Was, Part Ii
......For four years he wandered, a human scourge, throwing in with the worst type of dregs. He robbed from so many without a thought, and when he slept, he saw only red. He soon was wanted in cou......

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Categories: greenback, anger, character, faith, hurt,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Premium Member Payback
...PAYBACK blood oranges oscillate within plundered peels squeezed out surreptitiously bleeding on her heels clicking brutish jaws on paper thin walls the pied piper grins with greenback......

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Categories: greenback, allegory, lust,
Form: Political Verse
Incorrigible Lottery Dreamer
...Paradise visage and eyes a bulge with dollar signs whets imagination with PowerBall ticket bought expect the usual outcome after next drawing to yield monetary naught temptation for instant mil......

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Categories: greenback, blessing, celebration, desire, fantasy,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member O Belladonna Amaryllis
...O BELLADONNA AMARYLLIS! Lovely petals in bloom A bride and a groom A honeysuckle room a tiny seed Gathering the sheaves Greenback leaves For her folded sleeves <>...

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Categories: greenback, birth,
Form: Rhyme

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