Long Polio Poems

- - Chapter 2: Adult Responsibility (With Some Breaks) - -     

By ten years old, no weekends off, 
Or Saturday cartoons, 
Although I did have cash to spend, 
I felt my...

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When the American flag waved bravely, for women it did not FURL.
However, many bold and determined women have changed the WORLD.

I am a proud bother of 8 sisters;
Two of whom are older and 6 are...

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The location of the Spring Creek School was on a flat, nestled 
between the cliff on the north and the Little White River on the south.  The river 
flowed in from the northwest, circled...

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It was as real a fear as any that one could encounter.                       ...

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(Prov. 22: 6 /  Heb. 5: 14  /  Deut. 6: 6-9  /  2 Tim. 3: 13-15, 16  /  Matt. 19: 13, 14)


(Part One of Two)



If A Child Wants...

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*SON OF NOBODY*


I was born in the Trenches 
In the walls and roof with no fences
Drank from the seasonal rivers
Trust me we knew no povereties
 We labour to live and not to gather properties 
On...

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You think not of life, but of the moon:
still and white.  August wind chimes
like sweet bones sound a tune
of twenty-three; the somber age
when you will die
and summer turns another page.

Each capsule is a sparrow
downed...

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Men are now women and women are now men?
People have no more sense, than a rooster or a hen.


People blowing up fatter like parade balloons?
Then, we can float in trash dumps that once
were beautiful lagoons?


We...

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Why?
Why not!
Their point of view

Each Friday they drank 
vengeance
every bottle drowned
another ache

Knights
shedding the end of a week
elegant shine
lost in devil may care

Needs
numbed in a 3-day marathon
Drink, drink,
drink until dread's dead...

Why not?
Coz they can't unsee 
a...

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Resounding echoes awaken the child
demons in the attic beckon unto him
stark fear grips his Vick's laden chest
shivers vibrate rusty springs of down

footsteps creak closer upon loose floorboards
while steamed filled pipes play taps
a somber teddybear snarls
causing...

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Do you remember when........


We played imaginary games as kids?
The PC Police did not flip their lids.


It was truly a magical time to be.
Cowboys, Indians, yes and we climbed trees.


Police vs bad guys , that was...

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HI, I AM 92,I have
Lived through a lot from depressions to recessions.
From flu varieties and ebola, Sar’s Polio, H.I.V. And more.
Praises to the lord.
Daily he reassured.
Yes, alot I have endured.
Outdoor toilets, indoor plumbing,
A well from...

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I was gazing at the vast grey sky this evening
Slowly and heavily dark clouds were floating 
As they were about to shed their tears weeping
My red watery eyes blinking
Suddenly saw you, through the clouds peeping
So...

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I'm lost hurt and angry
Why did you take his life
I want, No I need to know
Tell me, Tell me why
I deserve to know

Haven't you done enough to him
What'd he ever do to you
He suffered his...

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If you had told me in 2011 that the Steven Soderbergh movie, 
"Contagion," would one day play out in real life, I would've probably 
laughed at you. It seemed like Hollywood fiction nine years ago....

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Dear Mom, 

You are the voice of reason in my head 
If I must make a decision that challenges my ideals
You speak to me when all I see is anger and dread
You are my inspiration...

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I have a friend that called me last night
He called to tell me the biopsy had came back
Hearing the hesitance in his voice
 I tried to braced myself for what was about to be heard

As...

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IDENTITY

I am a Captain,
on my ship called destiny;
on an ocean called life.

I have been a pirate,
(those that steal.) 
forgive my use of words;
taps from others’ destiny.

While they are moved and pushed by storms.
Storms of different...

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A Wedding Day

Cleaning the church is a privilege. 
I go every Saturday, humbly to serve. 
It is not a boast, it is small gratitude paid, 
for all that is received. 
A tiny offering to a...

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James was very disappointed at fourth place, 
In his final at Rio when he swum in 1:05:01,
“My arms just felt like lead down that 2nd 50m”:
He’s been to four Paralympics, many Worlds.  

With 12...

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*** Truly? ***

As Trump continues trying to explain,
And science will truly someday 
Get it right to prove:
That life is a matter of enchantment,
That mirrors do know
  Who is the fairest of them all;
 That...

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 The first K-mart 
opens its door.
   Into space we 
start to explore.

   Motown Records is born,
It's from the soul.
   We have new music, 
It's called Rock n...

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Mirror Mirror

Do not lie. I know that you want to. 
I know that you may need to.  
I am broken, and soon…
You will be too. 

Fairy tales they fill us up as kids. 
Happy...

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Some Egyptian drawings are said to depict polio victims;
This disease has been in existence for most of history.
Polio became an epidemic as early as eighteen eighty,
But yet unnamed and cause unknown it was big mystery.

By...

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Hoop-la! Hoop-la! Polio is back in town.
And it is sick of being silent
With all the other viruses around. 
It wants some humans to infect
To gain back some respect. 

Covid and monkeypox, you better watch out
Ebola,...

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