Long Armed robbery Poems

Mark Hurlin Shelton is a Poet from Cape Town South Africa, born in October 1967. He was raised by his grandparents in Three Anchor Bay, near Sea Point, where he attended his first schools: Ellerton...

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I’m sure you don’t remember me
Yet forever branded upon my memory is your evil spree
I was far from your only victim
You and your pack bullying ever so gruesome 

You first noticed me in the 7th...

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I never knew who wrote them, but some of                          ...

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Christian has been a privileged child with his own bedroom and toys

To build mighty mansions and palaces strongholds turrets and dreams 

Sometimes fantasy figures in a world that was powerful only for some


‘It teaches the...

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from Juniper’s Daughter:                      
War Is Obsolete – Futility and Hope
By Nick Armbrister


Caught Up In...

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The candle light never stopped burning for aeons ago,
A hushed rustle of applause testified to a widespread approbation,
That was on the day he was certificated in the University,
Indeed, he was a bookish arbiter of conduct;...

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‘One more job and then I am going to Panama and watch the canal in the sun’
John’s trust funds had not done so well lately and pension age approached fast
‘They ripped me off once more...

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when you get old enough,and are like me,you want to solve mysteries.
my oldman being the case,
very violent
never knew consequences for his actions.

his father protected him,spent thousands of dollars in bailing him out of jail
spent even...

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            go ahead
               laugh

      ...

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Zero Tolerance at Schools

By Elton Camp

It began with a federal law about bringing guns to school
That offenders must be expelled was the ironclad rule

Then, unwisely, local officials the policy vastly expanded
For drugs, aggression, and other...

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Beware, Beware,
You may not see them, but I promise you they are there.
They are on everything we purchase and everything we use,
Federal, state, and local, we all must pay our dues.

Gimme, gimme, gimme, I want...

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Norfolk city jail  light outs I'm thinking
I've been in here 25 days over some B.S on the weekend
it started out with the regular routine
but extreme when this cat tried to shine and gleam
took it...

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"Though I never see with human eyes                            ...

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Let's talk about Wrath one of the seven deadly sins
its magnitude contends where the other six soon begins
it can start with Pride by hiding ones true feelings and implode
then lashing out at someone close because...

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Spit and the Ocean


The sand spits at me as I walk
an uninvited interloper
content in my inane belief
I leave disappearing footprints.
Theft, pilferage, armed robbery,
committed in covetous collusion,
sunrises seared into memory,
plagiarized in dreams.
Thundering timpani of surf
rolling rounded...

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O.J O.J O.J
your life in dissaray...

oppertunist - has been...

...psychological self amusement

...trend...

You want to go inside...

...This game you play...

...Alliby...

Without probable cause...

...arrogant silence...

...trend...

...powerful word alleged...

...every dog has his day...

...ring fence...

O.J once more on display...

...powerful word innocent...

...once accused...

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She pushes a baby pram, pushing away youth,
The ecstacy of a moment sealing her future;
Stringy, long hair, a wide puffy face,
Innocence destroyed, not even sixteen.

She lives for today, the food stamps, the welfare,
No money from...

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