Long Salaries Poems

I have a friend, old and retired, who keeps busy helping the poor. Let's call him Ted because he wants to remain anonymous. Some of his ideas, he says, wouldn’t make many of his neighbors...

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In 1962, I was a caseworker, not a social worker, in the Cabrini-Green Housing Project in Chicago. In that era, the difference between a caseworker and a social worker was simple. A social worker had...

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You may find my manifesto on healthcare in America hostile
and I don’t give a damn or crap for I am telling the truth.
Healthcare in America is a multi-billion dollar industry for
profit because it does not...

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"The Senate bill, unveiled today, is not a health care bill.
It’s a massive transfer of wealth from middle-class 
and poor families to the richest people in America. 
It hands enormous tax cuts to the rich...

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"Bolsonaro's personal motto  ... the truth will set you free "

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from press confounding conférences                               ...

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The angel of the lord
Appeared on TV sets
All over the world

People woke up
Expecting to see
The usual suspects

Talking heads
Talking drivel
Talking trash

Instead
A stern visage
A stern old man
In a dark suit

He had a salt and pepper beard
And long,...

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LET THE DRUM SPEAK

Go to heaven before the heavens goes to hell,
Going home from home is dangerous with a child.
To the cold virgin earth shall woven sleep be
Taken out from the children' eyes early.
Who shall...

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Here's an update---my home care worker was able to use--$14.25 at Safeway.
But they notified me that I still had a five dollar balance and I ordered two
three dollar cans of sardines and paid the $1.37...

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The economic injustice, the social injustice has made the workers upset
when the corporations and their CEOs treat them with little or no respect
the CEOs make more in one day than in a year of what...

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Smile, you are sitting there telling me to smile when the entire universe is going wild; smile, you are telling me to smile when the bills are not paid, the salaries are delayed and for...

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I write this letter to the members of the Legislative Branch of the U.S. government
to ask them do they comprehend it's their consitituents whom they're suppose to represent?
you were elected to serve the people in...

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FIFA: Beyond Greatness
The United Woke States of America

Make America, Again Great!
   But... it was never great... 
      the woke berate.

Women's sports are great, "they" reported.
   But,...

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(Part Two, Continued)

The better choice of the two, I believe is clear enough even for the ignorant.

Everyday a new adventure in human psychology, pain, and suffering.
allowed the privilege to interact with an endless array of...

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Soul, slow down your flight
A kindred soul dare to delight
In  your tryst when you hold her tight
 
Savouring every breath, every moment
Shunting aside pain and torment
Shutting out a callous comment
 
When your priorities say...

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where are the voices of the churches in the midst of this economic uncertainty?
where are the spiritual leaders the moral compass of society?
it seems that since the Rev. Dr. M.L. King died so has the...

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                             38.4154017°, -76.5341214°
A waterwheel, raceway, grinding stones...

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Discrediting plausibility 
by shredding their humility 
to a place of vulnerability 
devoured by inabilities 
cowardice incompetence 
showered into consciousness 
empowered causing confidence 
validation found in compliments 
a false sense of accomplishment 
resort to intense punishment...

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WISE ASS

You know this person!
In middle school his perfect sarcasm
seems funny and bold and  wise to our ears, 
makes adults and institutions seem hopelessly
inept, disingenuous, insecure 
By high school, however, his wise ass
negativity wins...

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The supreme leader of Red China wants his state workers to get by with a 30% reduction in their salaries! Some of their hard earned money will line the pocket books of himself and his...

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It's Time We Had A Party
By Franklin Price
8/4/2017
 
It's time we had a party, threw the tea into the bay.
I'm only speaking figuratively, this is what I have to say.
The Sons of Liberty arose when...

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In the land of opportunity, we stand with hope so bold,
But low salary earners face a tale that's left untold,
In the UK's schools, they teach with hearts so pure,
Yet their efforts go unnoticed, like a...

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(fact)

The freaks started it all in every innocent lives
That's been running.
Now you know it all in full display in slow motion
So you can see clearly.
The world as slow down it's fast moving paste.
For rush hour...

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The "NON-Transparent Political Leader says: We who are "Transparent" will "Help All"!!!!!!!!! We will "Help" both "The richest of the rich",and "The poorest of the poor",and if "You elect me  I will open every...

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The Ball fell into 2020- 
One single drop ending New Year’s celebration
Masses of people gathered together
Was this the last time?
It was Winter – a mild one
That began to run into Spring
Without anyone knowing
The COVID-19 virus...

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