Long Acquit Poems

(continued from 'Son of Amattai - 1 of 2')

in the belly of the fish
Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord, his God,
Deep from the belly of leviathan.
“I cried out to you, Lord, in my distress,
For I...

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Isaiah 5:20-23

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,
who put darkness for light and light for dark
ness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for
bitter.  Woe to those who are wise in...

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Part IV: FORGIVENESS

“Rabii! Rabii! Rabii!
What suppose you of this woman?
Caught right in the act of sin
Our society's outcasts such
She must be thrashed to the non-living
So demands the laws of the land
Rabii! Rabii! Rabii!
Grant us your...

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JUST CAUSE

Without cause, teachers, classmates, and neighborhood kids mocked at my pitiful station of poorness and entrenchment in painful shyness, calling me dreadful names that chipped away at my soul.

At my first job as a...

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People come & go, that’s the cycle of life
One minute you know them the next they’re a stranger
Different me’s come & go, that’s the cycle of strife
One minute I know myself, the next I’m a...

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Toussaint they dance in Louisianna, and New Orleans
Omitting to say that these two places are blood money paid
Unto the colonies, snuffing your revolution by any means 
Subtle French diplomacy that history would parade
Solutions of lies...

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It has been 40 days, now, since my mom’s passing to the afterlife
But my feeling of “lost-fullness” is as untainted and as vibrant as the first moon
Way too bright for my eyes to see, especially...

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To my brave Sister who faced death and to my 2 Nieces;
Once more permit me Sis- for this will not be my last            ...

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Oh , servant of God          hear my voice
my purchase price      was to set you free
it was to you   ...

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The Reason is what I am looking for,
a reason why things ripped and tore,
A reason is what I am trying to explore,
A reason to retry and restore.

My mind is split,
There are some things that don't...

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Snick-woosh, rushing stream
Clink, gurgle, doppler shift
Glub then tinkle, drip drip
Crystal scrape metallic
A plastic click, pause, muffled hiss
Gurgle, snort, chuckle, snuff
Plink… Plink plink… Drizzle, drip, drizzle, drop
Coffee is brewing

Dry rustle, crinkle, pages on wood
Chock, thwock, slap,...

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Athwart Without Surcease — Edzel

Erelong the sphere was contrived,
intrinsically safe with His arms.
Born— soon derived,
and molded from His heart so warm.

Fain to live,
hight to be a no man in an island.
Sith ere He do forgive,
our...

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It seems the ring so sparkly, caught the eye
of some observer, stopping in to talk
the time I took to pray, no more a balk
about God's reason, yet I knew the walk!

The ring was gone ~...

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In similar kind the blood of violent dynasty's
remains distinct without conscience 
its empire of centuries
branded hot upon the slave born sweat 
and to dictatorship
bring the mind and soul of greed
for in the bestial mouth
ever shall...

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fragments of shelter in ruins

          minute reminders of cover

                 ...

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No matter where I am
I will always be condemn
My heart will bear the blame
Slowly dying due to shame

No matter who helps me bear this pain
My body will continue to strain
My heart bears a knife
Making horrid...

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To behave - to conduct- demean or acquit
To act , conduct one's self in a proper manner
Your behavior - Are you moral? Manners are they good?
Deportment ? your conduct! Is it with honesty?
Gods way of...

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The reasoning has befallen, on a rock she now prays
Dark cobalt blue tides, like counters, our end of days
Wildlife in sporadic, escaping to not
Whilst a sky filled abyss, shall stop the clock

Angelic she sits, in...

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'Tis well known that politicians have a congenital proclivity,
For concocting inane babble with audacious creativity!
The nuances that they spin and the postures they assume,
No doubt leave poor Mister Webster spinning in his tomb!

A very lame...

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This query of consent
the run a round is bent
a brightened acquisite
no needing, no resent!

Too scattered, as in Spring
through harshness fallaced bring
Ah, let these winds control me not
the error, from impinge!

If error, I've misplaced
your firmament more...

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As storms rage outside your front door... I'll be your rainbow that guards your door.

When sickness tries to over takes your body and when your enemies leave you beaten and 

barely able to stand on...

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Here I stand
Where the golden image rise
A Babel
Bowed before its feet
And music like eternity
Etherized the skies.
The cost, the cost, the cost of it
The surging pain of love's betrayal
I cannot put it down again.
I must stand,...

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The reasoning has befallen, on a rock she now prays
Dark cobalt blue tides, like counters, our end of days
Wildlife in sporadic, escaping to not
Whilst a sky filled abyss, shall stop the clock

Angelic she sits, in...

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Snakes of all shapes



Snakes lie and wait in the grass,

Along the floor or high in the tree they creep but the bite lasts,

One wrong step the venom is the king of killers,

They can strike with...

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It was absurd to think that an engineer, with an earned degree,
Would be caught in a quandary, like a cat up a tree.
Yet, his garden of orange iris in a bed of golden stones -
It...

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