4/21/17
Near and far from any kind of conch
Animals and humans with a paunch
While others are gaunt
Some just want
To flaunt
What they got
Like it or not
A stance considered staunch
To get business done and the point across
Bad experiences for many that daunt
And continue to haunt
Items bought
With little to any thought
Never used and forgot
Left in a box
Beers brewed with little or extra hops
Ranging in various costs
And available in similar or different shops
People obsessed with slots
And winning the jackpots
You talk alot
Of hog wash
Non-stop
Nothing of substance or quality, far from top notch
Some did or didn't get caught
Later on or at the very spot
Getting shot or locked
Away, and paying the cost
By: Dalton Ogletree
MUMBO-JUMBO
It is a hog-wash
My cube is my space
My space is colorless
Only if I am emotionless
Our jungle was mumbo
Murmuring the word Jumbo
It is a state of nonsense that makes sense
Collectively we strike like an orange mind
Working as if there is no box
For we refuse to think out of the box
When am moody ...
I became shy off my shine
I am on a cruise to my space
Shilling like there is no morrow
Creating a disruptive space was emotive
But we did it like a snap of finger away
Unknowingly ... we are turning vampires
Gradually ... our color fading away from red
Seamlessly ... our blood turning orange
Alayande Stephen T.
24/05/2015
4.22pm
At Orange Academy, in a class where disruption reigns supreme, it was Mumbo-Jumbo.
make your choice
of the voice
you hear
if theyer near
show love and care
what other may say
turn the other way
its all hog wash
don't be
BRAIN WASH
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