Long Dopes Poems

A Thousand Points of Light! ! ! ! !

Once a beacon of democracy
A shining light on the hill
The ‘American Dream’
	Anyone can ‘make it’  
Never more than aspirational
Structurally delusional

Always susceptible to its 
	Achilles heel of...

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Speak thee softly, of my countrymen.
Who gave their lives, their blood.
To launch this very great and noble land.
Neither you nor I, could do that task!
America is under siege from within.

Ah, indeed, most vociferously from
without.
I do...

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Walk before you speak.
Lend your voice that seek.
Foot forward and back.
So will that be a fact.
Gone by and be well.
Trip up and put into a cell.
Got no one to talk to.
I want a phone call...

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My cousin Mike asked my dad, “can Bill stay”?
“It’s fine with me if your dad says okay.”
“If Bill will work to earn spending money
a couple of days, harvesting honey.”

We worked two half-days it wasn’t that...

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Jack Ellison wasn't from Nantucket
I read prose that his cleaning lady had a nice bucket
But he vowed to look in silence quite as a mouse
For fear of sleeping in the perpetual doghouse

PD, appears and disappears...

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Stake Your Claim (On God's Heart)!

Stake your claim on God's heart if you're looking for gold,
There are nuggets to find there; no snake oil gets sold,
Philosophical sophistries, fake news, et al.,
(Up for grabs) are the...

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If you can't keep your head when all about you are losing theirs then I don't blame you. 
If you can't trust yourself because others doubt you, then allow yourself to trust the lack of...

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They had a sale at Christmas time.
Life was 'half off' for all.
And so I thought: “Ah, what ta heck —
I’ll get me one - size small.”

The store was full of searching souls,
their plastic — firm...

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JUST ONCE DOPE'S DUNCE
                Come on girl
Just a bit
           ...

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"Broken families beget culprits, and late remorse can never set things right"
~ By Poet.

Scenes reel back casting dark shadows,
Of the fated day I had to leave my home,
Handcuffed and guarded by cops on either side,
Despised...

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I was swimming in the ocean enjoying it so much
I back floated and relaxed with my cousins Mat and Hutch
All of a sudden Mat broke my dreamy thoughts with a scream
The water choppy, he was...

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LEUKEMIA
                        
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Clowns are usually funny
But one clown that I know
Couldn't even get a titter
Out of the audience so
Feeling very disappointed and
About to call it quits
He went to walk off the stage
And he did the splits
When he...

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Its wet and drear in London dear, the pomp in on full trope
Though hope is gone, not dead for Jesus is the only hope!
Its foolish to trust in others; dopes.' In robes and words
In fear...

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I wished to find the words for you - so beautiful and dear,
The pretty ones that you would be so happy just to hear - 
And when I found the very bestest, selected just for...

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Clowns are usually funny
But one clown that I know
Couldn't even get a titter
Out of any audience so
Feeling very disappointed and
About to call it quits
He went to walk off the stage
And he did the splits
When he...

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Times Have Changed
By Franklin Price
4/21/2017

Times have changed, not for best
Consequences are confusing
Computers have replaced the rest
One has made what you're perusing

Internet replaced the letter
Wired phone and telegraph
Don't know how it gets much better
Makes us grimace,...

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Villanelle: Crooks leaders and louts do they sing the same tune

Crooks leaders and louts do they sing the same tune
Does he who strums vocal chords show them the ropes
Whoever wields the baton sure calls the...

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A Case of Sexual Harassment 

By Elton Camp 

Ms. Clark gave her analysis to the boss
For words of praise he wasn’t at a loss
“Honey, this work is as good as any man.
Doing a fine job...

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"Contests. We don't need no stinking contests."

We..What's this "we" stuff,
You got a mouse in your pocket
Or is this a Mexican stand off?

Pff....Whatever! I'm a single player
Compeating against other mis-chief makers
I have no rules!
I'm a second...

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3-3-5-7-7-1

Christmas shop..Till you drop..
Every which way but loose..
For some rawhide, Wishbone fried..
Gil Favor big on flavor..
Some!
 
Jo se Wells…Eastwood Tales..
As I knew he would..
Clint Eastwood, did very good..
Being so well on his…way..
Act!

Cattle drive…Eastwood drove..
From Rawhide...

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There's a heaviness in my heart
A plumage a sense of danger
There isn't enough love when will we start
To follow through to do what Jesus do
What he's done the perfect human to mirror
Oh yeah he loved...

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Time started when you were born,
  your life bent and your heart slightly torn.
Into the world we all travel,
  Filling like fenced in cattle.
Yesterday a jumping baby boy/girl with high hopes,
  Today...

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I don't have to be mute under the pedagog's coat
Or allow accolades, praise, to follow him to the grave.
It's my time now - I'M TELLIN' YA -
"You can see where those boys get their brains...

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Necessary Evil

Cold and calculating, it thrives
On increasing dependency and knows
It will own you and your very lives
The more you love it, the less it shows

Use it for you and you will be used
Save it, building...

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