Long Adulterate Poems

Simon wizard, you poor under his sway
That all things of God, which then of good will
Must be always brides, and you birds of prey

For gold and silver adulterate still,
Now it's time that the trumpet sounds...

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The Fallen and the Angel

The droplets from the sky
Landed on her wounded shin
That pierced through her shivering body
Like a needle intruding her skin
The scarlet eyes of hers
Peeked through her saggy blindfold
All people turned into a...

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Trump trumpets decree to target then deport...

visa a vis militaristic plan 
a boot 15-20 million people -
undocumented hard working Americans 
(maybe some living here legally) forcibly, 
and violently shipped out,
when victoriously, surreptitiously,
and purportedly illegally entering...

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Pray, my lord, says the priest. ‘Tis sweet balm for the soul,
and he, he sees yours-
Lord, I hope not- you think.
‘O! there are spirits of the air!’
a poet will write centuries after they give you...

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UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLV - Tongue teasing epigrams

A stitch in time can save an arranged marriage and stave off a family feud, not to mention everlasting vendettas.
Still waters run deep in sleep.
When the hens begin to...

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("Before And After Science", 2023, original encaustic)

The Corruption of Modern Times aka Colonization of the Sacred

There are traditions
Passed down in ear-whisper lineages
And Dead Sea scrolls
Dream journeys and alien visitations
These are the timeless traditions of the...

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I guess you're seeing a flag?
Trouble comes and go,
The range of my eyes captures all black
Walk with me if life is without you alone,
Steal an emblem to save a city,
When we don't know where to...

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No secret the Don did abrogate,
his strict ban barring employees to acclimate
themselves, to live within United States
legal tender, and accommodate
themselves comfortably anonymous,

though "NOT FAKE," but accurate
reliable, trustworthy, et cetera
resources who did activate
my awareness, his hired...

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Spoiler Forewarning Alert!

This averred title announced straight
away so lingering fans
(hoop fully letting me abbreviate)
a short cut so ye
can up and evacuate,
while metered time,

not yet foregone and not to late
hence best heed mine caution
which can protect...

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I THINK THEREFORE I AM


"An ounce of hypocrisy is worth 
a pound of ambition" --Michael Korda

Liberty...
This everyone's want--
stretching an autonomy to unbuckle self-discovery

I got mites and bugs living in my head--
infesting my mind. They... daring...

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Rises my day, even before the sun, 
To smoothen others life, as butter in churn. 
To keep the flow perfect, I always haste, 
Surrounded by my duties, I have no time to waste, 
Making everyone...

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(In the early years of the 16th century,
the artist Pinturicchio was employed by
Cardinal Piccolomini to decorate the
library of Siena Cathedral with fresco
scenes from the life of his ancestor, Enea.)

The Contract

The Cardinal requires Ser Bernardino, 
as...

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on path to autonomy, she matured of late,
exhibiting autism during childhood
compliments of intervention, mastered
vanquished every trace to acclimate
self reliance no matter said spate
of developmental delay,
cramped, crimped, and

crumpled cognitive literate
chores abilities, yet
supportive services did alleviate
ordinary setback,...

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My mind is a mystery,
It knows all that I know
scaring me out of my wits.

Methinks,
I cannot hide my thoughts—
That’s insane!
Why would anyone know
my innermost thoughts?
Least of all, my mind!
That’s between my 
soul and my conscience,
Why...

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Black or white it doesn’t matter
Why don’t we all live as one?
What’s the hate or suspicion all about? 
Over what exactly
Why don’t we all be like babies?
Babies don’t hate or dislike
Black babies white babies play...

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FOWL

a feathered flockin farm animal
just a bird
web footed floater who runs

 bird
common domestic rooster or hen 
maybe a turkey, I should duck
the meat of a domestic  used as food 

decontaminate, purge, 
disinfect, sanitize
brush rinse,...

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With windows open my breaths I am counting
While silent seconds are beating in heart's rhyme.
Silence is a deep well, inside its' waters I'm drowning
A chimera's torrent runs me down and to the surface I can't...

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Were you to be less the chosen ideal, 
in solid form, my love would find a way; 
and yet, how to express a sentience pure 
enough if corporeal you graced the day. 

What befits such...

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The woman I loved was not mine to defend,
But the wife of the man that beats me, my friend.
As I heard my jaw crack and break,
I was not here to fight I was here to...

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What you picked up at the junction 
Will end up serving no function,
Mine; The Bold Voice of Lord God’s seer,
Though the message might stab like spear…

Tears for the buyer of fake good, 
Who’d seen it...

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