Long Equaled Poems

A notice appeared in the paper recently with the names and faces of eight men who have a combined wealth of $426 billion. According to Oxfam International, in 2015 this would have equaled the amount...

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(21st century pearly white prosthetics,
restored jaw bar wah key) 

Aye noel hunger bristle,
and when false teeth soak at night 
     in tandem with stubby facial gristle
har reckon noah kisses
 
 ...

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Voting without aggravation...

Otherwise known as
absentee ballot/ mail-in ballot
if ye read no further... please exercise
opportunity to cast ballot
obviously freedom to choose,
but take serious stock of human bondage
(desperately calling out
for their Maugham me)
regarding: economy, integrity, monetary, xyz...

Anyway,...

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Heretic condemned to burn at stake
reprieve eleventh hour granted clemency
commuted death penalty
criminal sentenced solitary isolation
rat infested dungeon ultimate punishment
doled out after protracted proceedings
courtesy amazing graceful puffed dragon
unwittingly delivered merciful respite.

Cowled ascetic busied himself
exotic gaseous/ liquified...

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“And I remember Muscatine -still more pleasantly  - for its summer sunset. I have never seen any on either side of the ocean that equaled them.”  Samuel Clemens in his younger years when...

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In the beginning ...," roosts; 
            Christians and Jewish boosts.



              ...

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It stood magnificently in front of our Churchyard,
Like the sacred fig tree before any temple-yard;
My going to church, as a boy, had no other reason,
Than picking all bird-dropped fruits, as a mission;
Collecting as many as...

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Impossible mission for yours truly,
sans this dada to validate
those two most significant mentors,
no paternal biased trait,
(who I helped beget) enroute to great
adventures toward enormously

enviously exciting destinations,
thus birth father doth ululate
eternal burning tears boding
indefinite fare thee...

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"What's My Worth"



What is my worth
Have I failed 
Has my boat went ahead and sailed 
Did I leave myself on the shore 
Because I was valuedy lessaawe
When I knew I equaled more 
So what do...

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"What's My Worth"



What is my worth
Have I failed 
Has my boat went ahead and sailed 
Did I leave myself on the shore 
Because I was valued less
When I knew I equaled more 
So what do...

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The Hush of Christmas Past


It came more slowly then.
After Thanksgiving
the lights and decorations
started showing up.
The excitement started to build.
Santa showed up at the
department store,  The
ads in the newspapers
were larger, some even
in color.  There...

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wing my loss) if grim reaper 
     came for das scribe as skew
ward poem attempted to infer, now 
circling back to your queue
ped ditty linkedin with aforementioned 
   ...

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Broken tick-tock
Ghetto gazette news
Nobody’s fixing the clock
Alarm is stuck on snooze
A lot of people hearts dozed off in a bottle,
		hoping a taste of liquid happiness
would make their troubles all go away
Temporarily it felt like it...

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Some say that our people
will never, ever get along,
that skin is our ‘identity,’
that old, bigoted song.
Some must always be victims,
and others will oppress,
the groups A, B, C are awful,
but D, E, F are best.
I don’t...

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When a man dies for freedom,
we don’t know what we’ve lost,
since most of us can’t tell
the shining from the dross.
We live in the safety
these braver souls have built,
never having to face
the world of kill or...

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I think of You late at night.
My thoughts are Yours 
in the morning light.
I think of all Your works of art
& feel the trembling
within my heart.
Your majestic hands created light; 
divided by dark, equaled night.
You...

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Wealth and riches beyond the imagination
This country is a majestic nation.
The most powerful on earth and past glory,
It leads the world in fame and superiority.
Its vast riches are equaled only by its people.
The source of...

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There are teams

There are great teams
Then, there are dynasties
In the world of women's sports
There have been few that measure up

To the 2019 USA Women's World Cup Soccer Team
Every one of these 23 talented women
Has been...

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The strange men made strange fruits 

Point.
	
Strange 
Strange fruits
fruits and Men 
the difference only in color 
Multiply the hate. divided. but blood is same 
Between strange fruits and strange men, what is with us and...

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The Ghost of 1955

He was headed East of Eden,
But he never did arrive,
For he had to die so he could live
In nineteen fifty-five.

He was heading toward Salinas 
On that highway all alone.
He was dying, trying...

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not much is ever clear
as the sound of a bell
reigning all the time
or hardly ever heard

all roads must be negated
and a path still remain
that be a detour round
any blockage of brain 

an eternity of time
is...

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Beneath me lies the darkness 

Our shadow always peeking, 

The race that is not given swiftly 

But rather paced the pathway 

  Steady creeping. 

Reluctant, yet persistent, unresolved, 

But least resistant. 

Traveling on through...

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they heard him asking for a
loser leave town match,
they made sure to include in the contract
that, by reason of each persons dignity
certain measure can be agreed upon
for the departure of the loser.
someone mentioned
to make the...

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Trusting for me has always equaled pain and dysfunction. When things become out of my control, the feelings of non-erotica play tug o way with me as a whole. Needing internal stimulation to produce external...

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She existed maybe
A dozen times
This girl I let
Fill my mind
Maybe a year
Or a summer time
My dreams and wishes
Made her mine
She was special
And always was
She had a look
That something does
And l would follow her
With my eyes
Her...

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