Long Let 'er rip Poems

This is, as indicated, the 1st THIRD of this lengthy poem. The 2nd and final thirds had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations. No other way I could manage to make...

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conspiracy theories usually hide ...
       in the shadows .. but as Covid spreads
         across the globe baseless opinions and 
 ...

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So ...
I'm "disturbed", am I?
(So claims an acquaintance of old)
For I write deeply about "darkness and fear"

Places and emotions that many avoid
Shadows that tremble, naked, in the night
Realms that drizzle their oily gloom to dim...

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"Remove all shackles that take away your bliss. Enjoy a blissful life " Quote by author
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Following innumerable rules,
A life of bondage we live
Copying others, trying to be same
Scared what others may think
We never lead life...

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I went out with some guys for lunch
we ate all we could find.

We ate like we were starving
and I must have lost my mind;

I had a salad with bleu cheese
and ordered extra fries,

I ate a...

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When I was a child, children were chattel, threatened by our parents and our preacher.
We did not even dare whisper a tiny bit of a sliver of a question at our teacher.
Today’s brazen un-mothers drop...

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Everyone knew that there was something amiss,
but no one was stirred enough to even lift a fist.
Patriots and paupers alike saw no such enemy on their list.
They were surprised that someone ascended from the abyss.

They...

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The writers of vers libre follow no structure,
it begins with an image in their head;
          words imagining a picture,
and soon the creating will spread;
  ...

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My doctors, by omission, lied to me.
They had me take a drug I didn’t need.
It does no good; that drug’s a travesty.

Injections twice a year I’d get for free,
so to their “sage” advice I then...

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Beauty stills hearts in a small town
Where everyone knows everyone
And hopes meet rays of buttery sunshine
On clear, cool mornings in the summer
While children play on the emerald lawn
Laughing, smiling, enjoying the light
That leaves a glow...

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(Apologies to any cowboys in Derbyshire)

The telegraph came through, but just in time
before my coach had passed the county line
mah girl wuz all alone and in distress
and only one guy could go save her- well,...

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Zak at fifteen is a grounded tanker
       spilling an oily vitriol 
       as we listen

"You know how I'm wired! Weed frees me! Chokes...

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"Lord, grant Your divine healing..."
This is my spirit's plea
Now that I'm confronted with my Dad's groaning angst
While he writhes in pain, struggling to express himself
Here in the Intensive Care Unit which is his haven this...

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Let er rip.  -    Shoot from the hip. Write using the meaning of this expression.



They were strangers
Yet they felt completely 
Au fait with one another
They strolled through the fields of corn
Quite...

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The Thief Autism

Thief!
Childhood stolen by cowardly thief ~
Hiding in the shadows – masked face!

Bandit!
Holding hostage gifts and talents ~
Creation’s praise left penniless!

Feckless burglar!
Looting joy!  Friendship hijacked ~
Words embezzled in mute babbles!

Surly swine!
Poaching laughter! ...

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Step up and get your Covid jab. Hey, hey!
The devil’s advocate I play today.
The vax is still on trial? Don’t let that sway
your mind against it. Covid we must slay!
A waiver you must sign. Don’t...

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College students today are a professor's worst nightmare
   They come to class late, with ripped jeans and purple hair
Without a word of apology for interrupting what's going on
   They proceed to...

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Social evolution invented down the line
selective and complex, customs skewed,
placing men in the lead, women behind,
for they are deemed the weaker gender,
born unequal in the nonpartisan world 
under blue sky of freedom made for all,
to...

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Although moon glints, I am inconsolable
 This womb,  your harbor
Nourished by splendor of days,  nights
While we wait in anticipation for life...

Fifteen weeks it is,  come evening
As I imagine a baby so pure
Dwindling...

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I know I shouldn’t overgeneralize
So I’m not talking about every single one of you.

There’s one thing that shocks me and
I just have to spit it out and get it off my chest.

It boggles my mind...

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As I had mentioned earlier, dear friend,
I had undergone counseling abundant;
Preparing me mentally, psychologically,
My mentor had to treat me physically;
Functioning of my internal organs checked,
Malfunctions, with medications, wrecked;
Detoxifications of chemical contents done, 
All that was...

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BS ON PS

The attitude of some folk I find quite abhorrent
Poets shouldn’t be guilt tripped into leaving a comment

No one knows what is going on in our life
depression or illness that’s causing us strife

Tragic loss...

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I’ve picked at it, tore at it
Pulled it with my teeth
My mouth filled up with nibbled bits
Which gave me loads of grief 

I had to rinse and gargle
With diluted chlorine bleach
Every time its just the...

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animal 
     cruelty makes
          me sick...

to my stomach!
      quite abhorrent and
      ...

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Sometimes when I write, I tend to stretch the truth.
Same as when I gossip; I've done that since my youth.
It's not so much deliberate, but to tell a story well,
Folks tend to stray from tedious...

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