Long Ged Poems

The Legacy of Ain't Barbie
By Franklin Price
03/23/2022

“Ain't Barbie” was her handle, Barbara Price her married name
She was my wife, for most my life, this is how she played the game
Her roots were from the North...

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When Oliver dropped out of high school, after his sophomore year, he went to UConn. We never understood why, other than the obvious, that the main campus was our back yard, and he didn't like...

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THE BOW LEG-GED GIRL
I took all of your tank tops and your hose and your sox,
and I put them all together in a little brown box.
I put all of your dresses and your shoes in...

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Judgement day is every day when you're trying to survive in a decent way. Clean up your life and move away, to a new playground for the kids to play. It's an Oreo cookie way...

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Authentic

An American hero
that's all you have to be

An Italian restaurant ad in pink Miami
and the bright pleas of a broken black poet

and her crooked shoes
in a bedroom corner left

forgotten

A mother dies
and nothing remains

the same

except us
her...

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My soul has been cut by a spiritual blade.
Out of control and I only finished the eighth grade.
I've walked the dark path and so many mistakes made.
I heard the devil's wicked laugh but I wasn't...

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She cried, She died inside over and over again, She was trapped in herself 
and she had no way of escaping. Taking drugs to dull the mud that's been in her 
eyes 
for years. She's...

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Confuse my kindness, with that of weakness
Mistake my silence, to be speechless

Misread my confidence, as conceit
Assume my failures, predict defeat

Should I be quiet, I’m apprehensive
But speak my mind, I’m too defensive

Words of slander, to defame...

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They arrived giggling and giddy, one hundred percent in love.  Holding hands, leaning into each other,
Smiling.  Young love, nothing like it.
I am teaching GED classes now, something I got roped into.
(GED for those...

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You don't know me at all 
Didn't help you watched me fall 
Do you know anything about me? 
Do you even know what I yearn to be 
How can you lie to people about my...

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self made and self taught,
I started from the bottom and worked my way to the top.
I was on my own, 
I taught myself to survive, 
I jumped from crib to crib, 
just tryin to get...

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Collaboration with Marcello Eans

Often thought it, never said it.
I’m an heir to Earth, by birth, a world I inherit.
24 hours to live, do I cherish?
Man without vision, a man who’ll soon perish.

Life is my fetish,...

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In a skool with 1600 kids and nine grades and 30 class rooms. Odds are that thair 

Were 11 trans kids per grade . And since thair was only 1 mtf kid in my grade...

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I could never explain how I feel
On air, waves of sounds escaping what I could no longer hear
Aggravation lingers on the tongue
How it burns, perpetually, embedding anger on taste buds
I will remember the taste of...

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Just Found Me and My Poetry

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I believe in the principle of show me
So what is definition of poet supposed to be?
A writer of perfect poetry is one part
And in addition where else should I start?

How...

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I rarely have anything to say to anybody.
I'm introverted, quiet, shy really.
I am that dude that you often will find at a party,
hiding in the shadows observing everybody,
rarely participating in any conversations or social activity,
but...

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hopeless
this
i am sad
tell me why is that so bad
i guess i don't know
no 
good words
i did not go to school
i didn't wear clothes
listen to music
or study
feel cool
how do i get into this world
with a ged
and...

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I looked up to you and turned out just like you
You let everyone take advantage of you, me too

You didn't ask for anything in return 
It went on for years and you still never learned

How...

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I never wanted you anyway.
When we met,
I told you to call me when,
You got a car and a job.
I don't take care of dude:
The first dude in my life, 
Didn't take care of me.
I will...

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THE DOG-GED LIE
 
In a house on a bustling street,
Lived a pup with paws and fur so neat.
His owner, a young lad of just ten,
Made a promise to his furry friend, Ben.
"Dear dog," the boy...

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In the Land of Opportunity
    Entitlement reared her pretty head
  Without a backstop to plain bad luck
    Social Security's safety net was spread

  Next came the 'War...

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I wake in the morning from a nightmare, adventureous or wonderful dream,
I wake into my dream world, were I'm wide awake
but continue my dream,
I dream of happiness, wealth and security,
wishing I was rich or maybe...

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I'm not another statistic
I'm someone who is optimistic
But, still realistic
And literarily artistic

Don't wanna be another statistic
Another stupid black youth
On trial being sworn in to telling the truth
Another quote, unquote "black"
On the corner selling weed, crack,...

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MIMICKING FAME WITH DR. SEUSS

Dr Seuss,
You’re the man,
Let me try and mimic
You, if I can!
There’s a Zik,
In the Tick,
Of my Clock, 
And a Nouse,
In my House,
And a Bink 
In the Sink
Of our Kitchen
There’s a Stouge
In...

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.WaFer for holy communion
.WhOsoever believeth in him...
..TaRry, watch, and pray with me.

..SiGns and wonders
..CrOwn of Glory
..JuDged all by their measure

..ReSts on the Sabbath Day
...FlOcks of sheep watched by the Shepherd King

..FuLfill mercy unto our fathers...

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