Long Misdemeanor Poems

Today is assiduously
religiously different,
as I review our local RiverEast News.

Every week
Mike Thompson writes a solid Editorial
in a compelling voice.
I expect to only add
my hearty sacred
happy secular "Amen!"

Our nearly fearless Editor and Chief
calls for political "ACCOUNTABILITY!"
like...

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RHYMES FOR SHARED TIMES

Maintain shared possessions - clean, tidy and in working CONDITION
Share responsibilities, or allocate them in a fair and balanced PARTITION

Keep your promises and earn TRUST
Be as truthful as possible and do not...

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The Greek gods were egotistic, arrogant, jealous,
Said to be excellent lovers, fanatics, and zealous
About everything and anything, lounged around
Adorning places like Marathona, the Acropolis
The Parthenon.  Archaeology
Maintains that Greek Mythology 
Goes back to the Bronze...

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Would the real “Matthew Scott Harris” please stand up!

Yo...over here in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
all the other ones (that follow below)...
them guys imposters I write – every ƒµ©**** one.

Curiosity and discretion 
got the better part of me...

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You are charged with a misdemeanor,
based on witnesses
who thought they head you saying you were leaving
even though you knew
you dinged this red truck's door.

I know they saw me like that
but that's because they could not...

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Canto I: The Words of Laozi  

The Divinely Illustrious Sage  
Prays for every soul to heed:
That neither woe nor weal
Heaven has foreordained,
But wrought by men alone,
The fruits of virtue and vice
Pursue the begetter...

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Primose path leads to the slaughter of American
dream delete pause proficiency with internetty
webbegone after thoughts of yahoo googleyed 
interred intricacies that shed benign capsules of
 mom entary apple pie delquiences cooling 
the soul shopping for...

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DEADLY SIN- LIE

SALIGIA,
Or the seven deadly Sins,
Covers all the probabilities
Of peccadilloes,
That could be committed by the HUMANITY.


Lust
glows up within a man
It is like a sentiment
 that can not be brought under control
 It can make...

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Oh dear! It’s December - time again to look into my crystal ball.
A ball of thoughts in front of me that I don’t need at all,
for I can see the images portrayed from other years,
where...

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WARNING: POLITICAL CONTENT

 “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard...."
     ~President Trump, January 6, 2021

Why did...

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Circling and spying over aching heads
Vultures swoon and pick the flesh
Spotted from sunken skies on beds
Where distended bellies in a crèche

Bellies moan and groan
Under attack by bevies of vultures
Mourn
Lost sanity cultures

Hitherto quiet
Tranquil
On a diet
Administered with...

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you were larger than life
love maker
norm breaker
praise taker
soul shaker
what happened to you?

epic embodied were you
every word: a spell, a hue
made make believe come true
ancient lore, you made new
heart happenings you drew
what happened to you?

thoughts thundering...

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*Authors note: Be prepared for the inappropriate use of a fork.  (Shelter your children.)  Proper and Improper soup matters and manners are explored.  Legal interpretations and fears surrounding the viewing of and...

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When relationships face
an uphill slog and bike's
battery is flat as well,
take on the four spokes
real deal, bespoken.
The first to speak is 'what'.
What is it, that makes you
want to shout out such abuse?
Describe it in a...

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I am a broken man,
Life's terrain ain't fair to this man,
For serenity I yearn,
As I struggle to live and earn.

I am a broken man,
Struggles been with me to learn,
I make a lot of mistakes,
And I...

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The News: Lack of Love

We couldn’t read the news, nor decode a word
Nor the cries and prayers among the relics of hearts
I didn’t understand why freedom couldn’t taste Albanian
I couldn’t believe that we started hurting...

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The irony of dissension
that failing path's ingress
that module with its faction
that moment of duress.

That falling out of practice
that holiness to test
is subsequent by number
a follow up's digest!

The blessing of my venture
the years of common stress
are...

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Impeachment Now Moves to the Senate
By Franklin Price
12/19/2019

Impeachment now moves to the Senate
Nancy wants to come along
To control the people in it
Have them sing the House's song

Fair is fair and right is right
The Senate now...

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A Visit From Some Old Friends
(Thanking Carl and Phyllis)
By Franklin Price
10/02/2015

A visit from some old friends
Turns back the hands of time
Back to the days of riding
And maybe misdemeanor crime

Met them in the HOG club
The Harley...

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My pet fish walks too slow
In fact it does not walk at all
It does not walk on water or walls
It will not skydive or mountain climb
I suspect it of criminal malfeasance
Fishy activity like swimming is...

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Mary Six Pack Pistols staggers through time portals drunk
Pretending to be a priest but she is not a mister or a sister 
To the old west saloon through double doors she glides
Drunker than a nun...

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“I CAN’T BREATHE!
Ya got my arm twisted 
I have six kids
A wife I need. 

Man I can’t breathe! 
Get your knee out my back, 
No reason for me being attack 
On a New York street.

I...

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In this world of discord and disorder;
Full of rotten souls and queer misdemeanor;
I'm walking through the mid road of aging,
You are the kind that gives me a buoyant feeling.

Old I maybe, I know you are...

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Once upon a time, I used to be you. 
In my misdemeanor I fell out of your love. 
Now you are quick to judge, but you don't know me. 
In your silence, you wish me...

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POLITICALLY CORRECT

Ever notice silly signs,
Some businesses put up?
Like braille upon the restroom door,
And drive through banks fixed up,

In case a blind man happens by,
Driving his brand new car,
And wants to use the ATM,
They've gone a...

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