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Northside

Northside of a sleepy Okie town, 
Red lipstick on, head held down. 
Haunt trailer parks and smoky dives, 
Broken dreams meet reckless lives. 
Every step she takes, barely alive, 
Chasing lowlifes like they’re a prize.
A spark in his eyes she can't resist, 
A normal heart hidden in the mist. 
Teased him rough, chasing despair, 
Plays hard to get, like she even cares. 
She’s just trash (oh-yeah), 
And she’s a loser. 
Haunt the streets where she belongs, 
Trades her body, sees nothing wrong 
Caught in chaos, wearing that smile
Girl, can’t you see you’re in denial. 
She’s an echo in a hole-in-the-wall bar, 
Love's a game, she is a dimly lit star. 
Gives herself to addicts and abused; 
Shuns the one who would see her through. 
And last time she was down on hope 
He saw her hustling for a piece of dope! 
Don’t act like you're a friend of mine; 
Pain she caused, an art deco design
Scars my soul. 
She can’t be saved,  
She’s just trash (oh-yeah), 
She’s just trash (set me free), 
And she’s a loser. 
Haunt streets where she belongs, 
Trades her body, sees nothing wrong. 
Caught in chaos, wears a joker smile
Can’t you see? Girl you are in denial. 
Touch a stove and feel the fire; 
**** on her back, promise a liar. 
She’s still trash (stop looking at me), 
She’s still trash (stop talking to me), 
She’s still trash (stop touching me ), 
There’s no hope for her! 
Haunt the streets hunting the poor 
Bums and addicts, increase her score 
There’s just ashes, she is so fake 
Time is up, that’s the breaks 
She’ll always be trash... but we…
Form: Lyric


Emancipation of The Afterthought

Emancipation From The Afterthought

Fastidious Faustian bargains that never seem to cease
Delirious young drug addicts who never seem to sleep 
Insidious theories of conspiracy
about the recently deceased 
Deciduous canopies of melancholy that fade by finding time for peace 

Berated by the belligerence of a youthful propagandist 
Conflated schools of the illiterate surrounded by a contrabandist 
Sedated fools sit in their indifference as people suffer without bandwidth 
Translated by the considerate thoughts elevated by the grandest 

Monumental obstacles overcome through resilient defiance 
Experimental genetic strands expand the reach of science 
Temperamental mathematical minds define the times without reliance 
Non judgemental psychologists are inclined to embracing the latest neuroscience 

Calculations of misfortunes are inevitable in many a tragic  instance encountering truth 
Palpitations of a heart that’s retrospectively regretting its misspent youth 
Amalgamations of the studious kinds forgetting to eschew the intellectually uncouth 
Configurations of the coping masses mis-gendering the proof 

Opinions always rife and flawed expressed without thought for feeling 
Dominions of the highest energetic scores enforce and leave me reeling 
Minions of a military force are subjugated without healing 
While self opinion rules the internet I stand bereft and look back up toward the ceiling 

The End Copyright Elizabeth Moroz
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Alcoholic In Your Life

The Alcoholic in Your Life

Might be the dirty man in the gutter,
Or your mate, so loaded he can only stutter.
She might be the loudmouth at the bar,
Or the woman who almost died,wrecking her car.

Sadly, could be your father or mother.
Cousin, aunt, sister or beloved brother.
Ages of addicts are no longer fifty.
Some eleven year olds, sneak drink at home, they think it's nifty.

Alcoholism begins in denial, first by the drinker,
Then, the fellow deniers: friends and family, too.
Unable to see where this might have a fatal end.
Our society so worked up over fentanyl and shrooms,
We scoff at them throwing the drug, alcohol, up in our bathrooms.

We've yet to understand all alcohol is a dangerous drug,
I know, not you~you really are not addicted.
Many die of this disease each day, deadly conflicted.
Call yourself blessed, if this disease you do not have.

Please do not laugh at these unfortunate blokes.
See that they get the help they need~
Stop kvetching over second hand smoke.
Alcoholics come in all shapes and sizes.
Attorneys, doctors, Hollywood, too. 
Love needed urgently, not arrogant and unforgiving surmises!

Panagiota Romios
4/3/2019

The Orphanage On Cherry Road

That big house was built in the seventeen century when the faith in God was strong,
it told many stories of men with bruised hands and chiseled faces;
they built it with craft and embellished it with stained-glass windows;
girls in their pretty black dresses looked outside and contemplated sunsets for long.

I bumped into a frail woman leaning on a cane, she stared at it with much emotion
and sobbing, " Their youth is wasted, They are the orphans rejected by society! "
" Why is it so? " I asker her puzzled." They should be adapted by somebody
and get out of there before they are too old! " Her voice expressed a great concern.

And looking in those tearfull eyes I answered her, " I must disagree! "
" Do you want them to be entrusted to strangers who won't love them as
their parents? " Parents! They have none! They are the daughters of drug addicts! "
She raised her voice which showed anger while she rubbed her injured knee.

" Madam, why are you crying? Does someone dear to you live there? I questioned
her improvising the answer. " My granddaughter ! My poor granddaughter! "
I continued the conversation " Is it a children's care center?" She solemnly replied
wiping her flowing tears with a soft tissue, " It's an orphanage! It's real hell for her! "

The friendly woman told me a story a few people knew: the story of that forgotten
orphanage where newborn were taken in by nuns who did it for love, not for gain; 
" On Cherry Road, this house is looked down as a scourge! Sins of their mothers!
Why don't they go to visit them, hug them and give them Christmas presents? "

Premium Member Root cause

What causes crime? What’s the root cause?
Is it poverty’s weight or the system’s flaws?
Is it rebels rising against unjust fate?
Can social programs soften hate?

Lopez Obrador headed Mexico
He said "lets hug the thugs, not act like a foe"
Then 150 thousand innocents met their ends
And his party, Morena, made new bad guy friends.

"The breakdown of family" says William Barr
leads to more gangs, and juveniles going too far
He argues you can't make social ills cease
Unless you first have safety and peace.

Mothers in the projects prayed kids wouldn’t die,
Bathtubs were cradles when bullets flew by.
One woman spent months sleeping under her bed:
But bad ideas resurrect like the undead.

Does poverty cause crime, or the reverse?
Businesses leave danger, unemployment gets worse
A man tried rehabbing homes, it was well meant
Addicts ripped out the pipes; he never saw rent.

To give social programs a chance to work
You have to find where the criminals lurk
If a repeat offender feels the pain:
hundreds of crimes don't happen again.

Not every criminal is a good boy gone bad
Not every criminal is a rebel gone mad
Some people are nasty—it’s just how they’re made;
If you don’t stop them early, the problems won’t fade.

There's plenty of good neighborhoods that became a slum
If you clean out the crime, that could be undone.
Mayor Mamdani of New York wants to defund the police
His voters won't end up with justice or peace.

Then they'll run to Texas or Tennessee
And vote for the same policies that made them flee.
"What fools" said Shakespeare "these mortals be."
True compassion would not lead to cruelty.
Form: Lyric


The Sense In Nonsense

the sense in nonsense
intelligence is not a crime 
creativity come in different
manners 
just because we are use
to a particular way 
never means 
there is no other ways 
we live in a world 
were people don't know 
how things could be recreated
if is not the same old way 
then it makes no sense

the sense in nonsense
we are all addicts
in different manners
we can't grow on other
ways than the ones 
we are chained with 
it is a challenge to 
many to accept
new ways 
they can't even try 
cos for them it can't 
be possible 
so till date they 
are bound in a 
particular circle

the sense in nonsense
too many creative mind 
are been bullied
cos the bullier don't 
understand what it takes 
to create
so many are face with 
this kinds of issue 
many are scared to be 
bullied 
so they let their dreams die 
sorry I can't allow such 
so do not be blind

the sense in nonsense 
we live in a world of 
programming programs
we are like sheep 
lead like a zombies
we are scared for life 
we are always hungry 
for a master 
cos we are use to control
so  so many mind are closed
closed from the reality 
and when you try to 
weak them up 
you become a disturber
in their captivity

the sense in nonsense
no one is perfect
no one is always right 
no permanent systems of life 
that can't be improved nor 
change
we live in a deep world
 the more we keep 
living the more deep 
we go 
so when you ignore 
the call of reason 
from the voice of truth 
cos you are dormant
to a particular systems
same systems that depress
you ability of growth 
is time to wake up 
see beyond the old way 
so far every new ways 
will always be a nonsense
for you 
everything with sense
will always be a nonsense
as long as one refuses
to growth beyond a 
particular limits
that is 
the sense in nonsense
Form: Epic

Premium Member Pandemic Changes Our Thinking

We took seeing our friends and family for granted.
We could do that any day of the week if we wanted to.
Children sat in dark houses for days at a time, pushing buttons.
Listening to bells and whistles, losing their enthusiasm for outside or friends.
They could play with them any time – if they wanted to.
But the bells and whistles held them hostage.
The subliminal blips kept them prisoners. 
Until they stopped playing, like little addicts, wanting their fix.
Then the pandemic came to visit. Suddenly we could not visit.
We could not see our friends or family.
OUCH! Now we really wanted to.
We began go hunger for human contact.
For hugs and kisses, for pats and taps.
Alas, time had run out.
This time was past.
So we returned to our unsatisfying addictions.

Premium Member And Our Lucky Winners Are --

And here is our list of winners:
    Bernie Sanders, Brandon Johnson
    Alexandra O. Cortez, Elizabeth Warren
    Cory Bush, Ayanna Pressley
    Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlieb
    Joseph Biden, Kamala Harris 
  O, you lucky duck progressives, you!

  Your tour guide will be the hologram of Chicago's late Mayor, 
                                                                             Richard J. Daley
  Who will show you his administration's 'crown jewel,' 
                                                            its experiment in 'public housing'

          The Robert Taylor Homes on the South Side
                 Cabrini-Green on the Near North

  'Hizzoner' the Mayor will show you apartments in the cinder-block buildings
  on the day of their inauguration, gleaming-clean and pristine...

  ... Then you'll view them a handful of years later
        Boarded-up windows, graffiti everywhere
        Gunfire crackling, drug addicts cackling
              blocking entrances and stairs... 

  The best of progressive intentions gone a-glimmering
  Give tenants something for nothing, they get ~ angry
                "Why we gettin' this sheet"

Premium Member Alcoholism and Hope

Oh, how we loathe those who drink,
Such sinners, such losers, they are!
But we think we certainly are far more than perfect?
As we drive high on pot, drugs and booze zooming our oh, so saintly cars?

We stamp their foreheads with big letters, "DOOMED"
Never realizing that praying to God, is the very least we can do.

It's tragic for all involved, the drinker, the family and all his friends, too.
They make him or her the evilest and of him as a human, they loathe and eschew.

Having no idea that lawyers, priests, writers, actors, teachers and children as young as thirteen.
At this very moment attending AA meetings, their desire to be clean and sober is astonishingly keen!
It's never to late to live!

Unless you know someone who has overcome this most daunting task.
You are doomed to think they are lost with their face in a glass.

Untrue, a lie, please have faith in the Lord for healing, on your knees be kneeling with some feeling?
Only Satan wants you to buy into the concept, that there is no room and no hope for healing.

Dedicated to the alcoholics who still suffer, their families and friends!

Love, Panagiota 
(Who lost her husband to alcohol at a young age.)

AA - for Alcoholics
Alanon- for famiiy and friends of alcoholics
Alateen- for teenagers with relatives or friends imbibing 
ACA- Adult Children of Alcoholics
GA- Gamblers Anonymous
OA- Overeaters Anonymous
SA- Sexual Addicts Anonymous

All information is online. Meetings, chat rooms and support. All free.
Take action for you....whether alcoholic or not.

In memory of my husband. Gone, but not forgotten!

Your Vineyard

You have not yet learned how to scream
Nor shout or yell or call
You have learned how to bottle
Pouring wines from your fingertips
You are a vineyard of emotions
Anger plucked too early from the vine
Is the sourest crop you grow here
But guilt is your most popular flavor
You sell a wine called "The Seven Sins"
You had no idea fermented fear would sell so well
It fills your head with whispers or addicts
But customers love the adrenaline aftertaste
I'd like to buy your vineyard, please
I'd like to burn it to the ground
I'd like to set the "no talking" sign aflame
And I'd like to hear you scream
As your life work falls to ash and smoke
I'd like to hear you scream
Please, I beg, learn how to scream.
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