Long Open and shut case Poems

It’s skin deep evident,
being black is an inherent crime

It doesn’t matter whether we
peacefully
stand our ground,
or be siren subservient — 
Hands in the air, 
knees bent

We get shot seven times,
by a six-shooter

In the back of our...

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CURTAINS

Setting:  A couple in their bedroom.

Characters:
Wife:  Innocent and simpering. Dressed to kill.
Husband: Severe. Soberly dressed.

Dialogue:

Husband:	What is that you are wearing my dear?
		It looks like your mother’s curtains I fear.

Wife:	The boutique was closed; a...

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10th grade 11th grade 12th grade 01st grade 02nd grade 03rd grade 
04th grade 05th grade 06th grade 07th grade 08th grade 09th grade 
Does this mean that sooner or later you will to have...

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Plenty of Room I Presume

For every breath which I will take
Some say a difference it does make
God sends Son again to save us all
Not wanting to disturb you or appall. 

Rules were for people in...

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The night sky is set ablaze by such brilliant stars,
    It seems to beckon to me from afar.
Like a time traveler that is lost or misplaced,
   Or maybe a distant...

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“It did not look like suicide to me,” Lee, the novice detective said.
“It was suicide,” her partner stated firmly. “Open and shut case.  Solved.”
The last seventeen cases he had solved were suicides. 

“But she...

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If it's a crime to love you,
lock me up, key and all!
Tell it all over the news,
let it ring from city hall!

It's an open and shut case,
it's a shoe-in, a smoking gun!
It's in plain view,...

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