Depression History Poems

Upon reflection
Making ripples upon the stagnant  murky pool
Of  heartfelt sunken treasured memories
Of yesterday that went all way too fast
That meant so much to...

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Free market economist, Ludwig Von Mises
Ably pinpointed economic diseases.
Yet, when we’re told the feds fixed the great depression,
Ludwig knew it was caused by fed intervention....

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Wistful yearning for an air of trustfulness
Zeus' libido was famed for its lustfulness.

Who saved thugs till all wits were withdrawn?
No farmer ever wiped dew off...

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OLD BELFAST

No hooters belch and screech in the mornings anymore
Industry has disappeared from the City’s working core
The Factories have all closed their gates a long,...

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Amidst the trials of history's flow,
Two leaders rise, with strength aglow,
Their nations' fate upon their back,
They stood, steadfast, with unwavering tact.

One, a name that echoes...

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Dream all in second sight
my embers amber n gossamer ink 
of ravens, forgotten wings, 
flutter in the hollows 
of my heart.

Feeling the loss 
of all...

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Could chronic stress,
like sleep deprivation,
noise and light and air pollution
also derive
by avoiding barely still alive
high-risk trauma messes?

Sometimes sadly beginning
prior to economic and political puberty

Including multi-generational...

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My mind is laid bare its components 
& functions are under your razor's gaze

To compare…

My aged bones are yours to dig into…
My past, like my...

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I am the roaring twenties 
And the cotton club. 
   I am Al Capone and his 
Thugs. 

   I am the...

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French was the international language
    Brittania ruled the waves
  Sears-Roebuck a retail behemoth
    American Indians still called braves

...

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When a nation cries, death rides the reaper is a stride, the loss of reasons in a Ludacris season, where men of nations think they...

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Is this the price we pay for our right to have guns 
the blood of innocent souls lost to oblivion: a gentle violence

Forever a mental...

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In impressions:
I reflect...
my expressions retract...
In composite cycles
I react...

Burning optics of set cycles 
Spins
Around
Falling
Down,
Swirls, twirls to a stop.

I see lightning striking the ground.
Echos of reality
Excite liquids...

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You gave away everything.
You did, didn’t you? 
You didn’t choose, you had to. 
Beaten, broken, smashed, thrashed. 
Mind and body, even soul. 
They took your...

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Silent night 
All was calm and bright
Hands were lifted in hallelujah 
As the soccer page
Became the garden of Gethsemane

Holy night
Sinners eyes ran tears
As hearts grieved...

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