Long On the take Poems

HOW I WOULD DESCRIBE MYSELF

People often say to me 
“What can you tell me about yourself” 
guess it’s my duty to explain to them 
and so I look them in the face and reply 

My...

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An old man arose as most often do
    in a state of tension and stress.
To the bathroom he ran... or was it the loo,
    his bladder he had to...

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Oh to vacation behind the heavy metal door
To escape another election year.
All news is stopped at the door by the guards
Whoever sit in the same place
Waiting
Always
Waiting to retrieve all banned goods
And outside time. 
Between med...

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I wish I could be clearer too
But when a mirror comes to view
I find reflections blur the tons
Of promises I've yet to keep.
The virtues to which I aspire
Just kindling in God's cleansing fire
A testament to...

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The Freedom Caucus

Like staunch sentinels they stand 
Around a center speaker, a white-haired man 
With microphone poised and voice steady
To speak of a vote and not being ready.

“We have bad news regarding the bill
To fund...

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The world is so mechanical
It is so scientific 
It's getting to be so-so difficult
Everything works at a fingers touch
Everything is speeded up too much
Neon lights the night
Smog darkens the sunlight
Time is to the seconds
While details...

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Country pop song inspired by the complex character of Juliette in Nashville. Brilliant performances, Hayden Panettiere. Blessings and best wishes. 

Entourage
(Piece of you)
By Michelle Morris
23/01/2023

You think they love you, don't you?
But you're deluded about it...

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An Ode to Joseph Biden
By Franklin Price
10/07/2021

This is an ode to Joseph Biden, President of our great land.
I find it very difficult to determine where you stand

You ran to bring us all together, do you...

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Love that character!
Told it like it was with no barrier.
Called people names when they deserved 
a well-deserved acronym.
A detective, he was referred to then,
It was not a PC sin.

Not likto or~be called a low life or a 
pig...

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I'm Really Quite Confused
By Franklin Price
6/18/2016

I'm really quite confused about our politics today,
And of the selfish things they do and all the games they play
Super delegates are used to control the end result.
Voting districts rearranged;...

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Who would our forefathers vote for?
   Personally I don’t think there is a candidate who would meet their par.
We need a new direction alright but bringing the country down was not what I...

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NEON NEGATIVITY

Take for instance this morning when I awoke next to my brother stuck and stifled in the hood
That ain’t no f*****g good
For good gains its power because bad is serving Satan and good is...

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We are complexions of being,
gradations of actualization.
Our nature coming to be or passing away, 
Aristotle wrote. 

Mere complexions of being,
gradations of ontology.
In every American thing we claim to know,
Pigment is the currency,
Our petty underlying divisor,
Our...

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Doing A Sperm Count

There was this old man at the family clinic, he was handed a container....
His doctor wanted to check on his sperm count number....
He was to return the next day after having done...

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The Flooding Caused by Matthew
By Franklin Price
10/10/2016

The flooding caused by Matthew
If I understood the news
Left large amounts of water
Enough to change my views

At least six trillion gallons
Of flood water in it's wake
A choking amount of...

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I knew'd you was a snake
when I first saw you
laying your beady eyes on me
You were a grifter on the take,
working a con is what you do
Entry angles is what your lurking eyes see

You got...

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Wheelman

This run is my swan song
After tonight 
This smuggling is going to stop
Every headlight in my rearview mirror
Looks like it's a cop
All these kilos in back
They're weighing heavy on my mind
I can't get busted ...

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Huddled tight, coat closed to the rain
How did I get here I often complain
Missed payments on my house as I was on strike
Few months without money. You know what its like
Borrow from Peter to replenish...

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Total cop out ... criminal eyes
don’t ever confess
Grifter smiles will make a mark frown,
put smirks on politricking class clowns
Public trust, 
it only grows less

Oh, from the top down,
the Elmer Gantry carnival tent
is crooked as they...

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If
By Franklin Price
10/15/2016

If someone told you years ago
We'd be in the state we're in
If  they said it would be such a mess
To solve none would dare begin

If All in Washington buried heads
And would no...

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drive-by shootings, domestic violence plus total social anarchy
judges on the take, lawyers on the down-low and police brutality
where is the peace? where is the love? why can't we all get along?
they want to take God...

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The Political Establishment
By Franklin Price
10/12/2016

(Opinion of the people)

The political establishment
Republican and Democrat
Don't listen to the people
On the hill, both dumb and fat

The longer they remain there
Find the people not their thing
The super rich who have...

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Humanity Exists As Sad Creatures With Evil Skins

Reprieve may be a fine desert or a freedom to live
A blessing freely granted or the power to freely give
But we must dare admit what immense courage some...

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Used carcase dealer
got a crash dummy discount
for the 
covetous consumer

Pyramid chain customers
all have the
Pharaoh chariot lust

Crypto-coin tarnished souls
want a cartel vehicle
to transport
their false profit cargo

“You need a boss eighteen wheeler,”
says the 
dark sunglass,  ...

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The Disastrous Traffic Stop

By Elton Camp

To pull over quickly Robert didn’t fail 
Just as soon as he saw a cop on his tail
“Sir, you exceeded the speed limit, I fear.
That is the reason I pulled...

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