Long Body politic Poems

that will neither revolutionize whorled wide web,
   nor pollinate like fecund human loam
viz - it mine neurological nuances here
   within Schwenksville, Pennsylvania,

   my present home,
town pulsating with
  ...

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The seeds of self-destructive strife
Were sown soon after drums and fifes
Extolled success from breaking free
From Britain's aristocracy.

The Constitution's writ accedes
Peculiar Institution's needs:
Proportional House seats would be
Increased counting slave property.

Cross purposes within the cloth
Of nationhood revealed...

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How do you change a lie into the truth?
Alchemy, dear children ...
this is how it's done, using unverifiable proof

First, you take a sick, dirty lie,
and doctor it up as truth
Whitewash and scrub it clean,
then jet...

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Of the reality of God, they were convinced.
In fact, He was their first line of defense.

Principle #1: In the name of God, Amen.

They were undoubtedly good and decent people.
Men, women, children; some of them were...

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Gangsta politicians,
falling stars   ...   twinkling
of an eye 
	disappearing

Leper lips
	 halitosis blowing
Got there gun clips
and stacked deck 
	    poker chips ...
Sin City bullets overflowing

Body politic,
staph tongue infection
Still the voters...

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Temporary nirvana (albeit elusive),
nonetheless I strive to access
attaining bliss mine soul bless
exceeding exhilaration winning
(with fewest moves against

deadly opponent) bittersweet game,
where life analogous playing chess
mortality embraced hesitantly, I confess
gnarled, knotted, pitted... old fingers
wrinkled mottled flesh doth...

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I believe there are still honest politicians
Who try to do their best for our country,
While others, out of grandiose ambitions
Couldn’t give a fig, to put it rather bluntly.
Some fashion laws to benefit constituents,
Others pad their...

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IF ever I had a country : XXXV - XXXVI

			                  XXXV

IF ever I had a country
And if ever...

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Freedom’s Quest

They bravely set sail and escaped on the Mayflower.
Those first settlers, common people from Europe,
Came ashore from the Atlantic with faith and hope.
Freedom is what they sought.
“No Bishop, no King”
Is what they said.
In a...

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He is the one who walks upon it.
Hallowed...from the sacrifice that passed it on.
Home...from infant life that still reposes
in the body.  There, it will entreat
with that fair eloquence the body politic
employs--all torn from old...

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Oh, so revered this child be, so blest
was I to kiss her tiny knee. 
And blessed to give her birth, ah, yes!
God placed this infant girl upon my
joyous chest.
And, you know from decades hence,
in a...

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Just Because You say It
By Franklin Price 
11/19/2017

Just because you say it
Doesn't always make it so
Jumping on the wagon
Doesn't always mean you know

What's happening to our justice
Where guilt requires proof
Heresay and outright lying
Is going through...

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You hear them everywhere,
     spewing their venomous words of hate
And if you're like me,
     a lover of peace
Then I implore you, do not take the bait

You see...

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(In Memorium:
For Modern Singapore's
Founding Father,
Mr Lee Kuan Yew, RIP)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



See that body politic
In visionary brave tact;
See that action dynamic
In lovely outcome life facts.


A man of vision lived here
With a fierce, bold loyalty;
A man of passion most...

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A little man child 
Is our great and glorious dear leader
Filled with hatred and jealousy
Fear of failure haunts his every step

The little man child
Covers up his failures
With bluster, bravado
And constant attack

The little man child
Always attacking...

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They're a Little Bit confusing
By Franklin Price
1/28/2016

They're a little bit confusing
This current body politic
They point fingers, change their minds
And make my stomach sick

Some running to be president
Highest seat within the land
Have experience in everything
Their ignorance...

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The Palace of Westminster is crumbling,
the state of democracy stumbling.
Lurching to the right reaching for Brexit,
how is Parliament going to fix it?
With toxic asbestos and unsafe wiring,
they'll have to decant – with sea level rising.
Establishment...

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An emperor spoke in poetic verse
Which led to fame for him at first
But after some time, it became a curse
For the Emperor had no prose.

Poetic measure determined his fate
The body politic could not relate
Leaving people...

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Playing for a Rationally Ethical Culture

"Bats and balls may break my bones -- 
but games will never hurt me!"
-- a concussion, skull fracture, and severe brain injury,
together sporting a smart helmet

*   * ...

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By Dawne Zacharias

When the early pioneers landed in 1620
They were weary,
They came to worship the Lord in
The way the scriptures taught.

A Sign hoisted on board the ship said,
"They committed themselves to the Will of God
And...

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Roman dignity, what has happened to it all?
This month of March has been something to appall.
I cannot believe our esteemed senators
could possibly become murderous conspirators.
The body of our beloved Gaius Julius
lies bloodied and mutilated before...

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Brexit Sonnet No.11
‘Co-operative Action’
 

The ozone hole, a once fearsome deadly foe,
Is retreating, shrinking day by day.
‘Effective co-operative action’ brings it low.
Is this fake or true, watcha say?
So a problem sans frontières is on the...

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Why can the world not rid itself
Of this wart on the world body politic?
A man who thinks too highly of himself
Making the entire free world heartsick
Why must we have these Hitler-types
Who disrupt the growth of...

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Be thankful, my friend, you live in America
Where liberty and freedom are still prized,
Even when threatened by nasty political lies
Body politic suffering from fake news bulimia
And divisiveness forces you to take up a side,
Stand firm...

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Defined as a wasting of the body,
a 19th century term meaning t.b.
today its George speaking
in answer to how to support your country:
"Go Shopping"

Consume, consume
feed your fading democracy
in a wasting of the body politic .....
Mission Accomplished!
Speaks...

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