Long Long term effects Poems

See as a child having a child he was my saving grace, allowing me to refocus my path to a better place, Where he could grow and flourish, So I developed him to nourish, Through...

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We often lament long-term effects of slavery
on those enslaved across multiple generations.

Enslavement leads to addiction and codependent denial,
then is taught and mentored to enslaved children,
also separated from family and sold,
until third generations and beyond
were dressed...

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Counting the stars in the moonlit sky…
I forget about my beliefs and my morals…
I dropped my guard 
I thought my doubts were water under the bridge
Life’s hitting me so hard…
So hard…so hard…oh so hard…

Discard this...

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I remember Charlie from college,
a troublemaker par excellence,
not that Charlie intended to be,
it’s just his views were often askance.
Take, for example, the time in class
we were discussing feminism,
the professor was glad her students
were all seeing...

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7/29/18





All over the road, about to wreck
One of many causes for yet another death


Too many chickens giving each other pecks
They just look and rubberneck


Person overboard, from falling over the deck
Luckily they had on a life...

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Number of Man
(Webster’s Ninth)

Money trail reveals factor
To assemble humans follow layout
Swat down charges with linguistic racket
Sticks more effective than carrot dangle
Arguments sustained by pundits' jangle
Beached on shallow force Fed truths we paddle

Pedantic pets get paddle
First...

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III.
Some claim that your sex is all in your head,
that you can change it at any old time,
gender is not bound by our biology,
it’s nothing more than a sure state-of-mind,
and so we see them, dressing...

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Your Ugly, You fill my heart with hate 
For those things that are wrong, I understand I can relate
I played a role many moons ago, But in this light I choose to make things right
As...

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The school bathroom is filled with cigarette smoke, 
hold your breath or you’ll surely choke.

Trying to be down with the rest of the crowd, 
smoking isn’t cool for crying out loud!

You think smoking makes you...

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This is a real difficult ask
so much to consider about life
consider climate change and its effect
Covid 19 and its impact so very rife

Climate change will get worse
none of the big nations give enough
selfishness rules their...

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Alcohol consumption can be a complete nightmare
You can lose your life and your family
So drugged up, you can’t even play solitaire

Alcohol will give you a sense of disorder
Missing your child’s birthday party

From one drink to...

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A harmless question one might say,
Yet for some recipients
Once muttered,
Will send them on a never-ending quest,
For the answer.

It spawns countless questions of its own,
Never sleeps, never lies still,
Reaches every nook and cranny in the brain,...

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She stays in her room, scanning the internet,
searching all the dating sites for her soulmate.
And chatting up cyber friends she's never met;
it keeps her busy with so much on her plate.
And yet, she's lonely, for...

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A smile really can make the difference in somebody's day,
You never know what they may be feeling or know what to say.

Our world today presents many challenges and days filled with strife,
It has been said...

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