Long Full time job Poems

My protagonist today,
a Gay Black Religious Mature Male,
not quite ready for silver-grey Obama temples

Is off this morning
to a new full-time job,
8 to 5,
Monday through Friday.

He has been out of his calming,
regular custodial collared routine,
for over...

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Not too many decades out of college
I finally landed my first full-time job,
as a White House speech writer.

I know,
you would expect
I would not start at the top
and then claw
and grab
and snatch my way to the...

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This isn't the way we should walk into this
And my SOS signal didn’t seem to bring God into it
Just like shaking people's hands doesn't gift us world peace 
And speaking of shaking hands,
You're in a...

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You’re the headless horseman running on half a heart 
You shouldn’t know where to go but you just do 
And you’d lose your head if it wasn’t attached to you 
Lost puzzle pieces, collecting dust,...

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There was once a minister who moved to San Francisco to pastor a little church.  The name of that little church was Emmanuel which means “God with us”.  There was an atmosphere about...

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I’ll never get over the pain of losing my sweet Rosie. Thank God I was able to hold her for a short while before she flew off to be an angel baby. I only allowed...

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I’m a cat’s eye in a box of jailhouse bones,
 one move on my part boys is catchin’ a love jones
 Phone bouncin’ off the cradle at 3 in the morning,
 by the sound of...

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Black Lives Matter is a statement of love not statement of hate 
So, please erase the confusion from your face
But they can't hear because they're too busy spraying mace in my face
They keep yelling: s...

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Black lives matter is a statement of love not a statement of hate
So please erase the confusion from your face 
I wish they could hear but they're to busy spraying mace in my face
They keep...

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I see her there in our backyard,
Pushing our youngest on the swing,
Were it just six short months ago
She would’ve been my everything.
Back before I could understand,
Before the scales fell from my eyes,
Before the truth of...

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I want to share a few,
Fond memories of my dad,
With an experience or two,
Of the times together we had.

He was a carpenter by trade,
Just like Jesus used to be,
But the full time job with mom...

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When coming to, 
and arriving in,
Cali, 
August of 2008,
I felt like a refugee.
   Seeking a city of refuge,
   Sacramento,
   wondering if my healing would be allowed here.
Healing from inflicted...

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In 1967, fresh out of high school at seventeen, I boarded a northbound bus to the metropolis of the mid-west. After arriving in Chicago, while waiting to be picked up by a family member, I...

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(5/25/12)

They had married at a very young age
At the time they thought it was a game.
They had been together for a long time
and he thought that everything would be fine.

They had lived together for two...

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I’ve been working since I was twelve years old,
But my first on-the-books job
Was as a sailor in the US Navy,
Gunners Mate.
Six years and three Westpac deployments.
Fifty months of sea duty
Changed me for good and bad.
Over...

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Foster child? I do not think I could do it.
Let me think about it.  How much would I get a month?
That money could really come in handy. Sure. I’ll give it a go.

We are...

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Right now in my life I’m at a turning point
Trying to be an adult and not disappoint
I realize I’m not a child anymore
But I don’t know what my future has in store

Taking on the challenges...

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½ Man ½ Amazing

A man of my demeanor is startling
Just to be a human being is the 1st thing
And to live as an African American 
In today’s society is astonishing 
So call me half man...

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Time Flies By
By Kevin L Fairbrother

As we grow older, time just seems to fly
We welcome the new day and in no time
Well, we are looking at the night sky
…
We forget to do what we had...

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Now that I am older I know the world is much colder.
Now that I am older I am always looking over my shoulder.
Now that I am older I know why I cry.
Now that older I...

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An ox released from its yoke was I
On the day my son gained his first full time job
That yoke of responsibility 
lifted from my shoulders
A burden which had become
Almost too difficult to bear
The crushing weight...

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From stubbed toes ,countless tears and many more to come
Being a Mom is never done
From baseball games,gymnastics,dances and proms
There is no full time job such as mom
From the punishments like no outside and no tv
To...

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what's it like to live on your own,
to go out in to the unknown,
fresh out of highschool not knowing what to do,
or where to go,
to fend for yourslef,
to build your own shelf,
to buy your own...

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Sugar love 
Only your love 
Makes me feel nice 
For your love I will always be your man 
I will always be the joy you deserve
Only your love
Makes me feel peace 
For your love I...

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As a child

As a child, we live day to day
In the sunshine, or rain, we play
Living free, in a careless way

As a teen, we expand the field
For only friends, a smile will yield
Emotions; the onion...

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