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Memoir of An African-American Man, Genealogy, Ii

Genealogy
                 —The beginning of a family tree—


The misery of his life in this unwanted land nonetheless,
made him learn how to bear in times of hardship under 
the scorching sun in the field; comprehend what is the meant by forgiveness
when carrying a heavy burden on his back under the pouring lashes;
finding the way to wait till time comes in the sleepless nights,  
tossing himself on the rough straw mattress.

He, therefore, knew that no man will perish
if there is a dream, whether it is sweet or terrifying,
and, therefore, he handed his dream down to his offspring.

Because my forefathers underwent unbearable agonies,
because my forebear forgave his oppressors,
their unwanted land became my own,
it became my beloved motherland,
and I am standing here as a proud member of this nation
the nation that tries not to live in the past
but live in a promised future for all.

I am holding the hands of the people
seeking oneness not because of colors of skin
but because of individual personality and human dignity.

O now is the time we most see the things 
through eyes that are not distorted by prejudice, 
O now is the time to realize the true meaning 
of this nation’s founding fathers as they proclaimed,
“All men are created equal,”
and march to the our future proudly,
waving our nation’s beautiful flag,
in the spirit of mutual understanding and reconciliation,
diving into the unceasing currents of unbreakable promise
in the mood of harmony and unity.
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Form: Epic


Sundered Heart Tis Like Death

'Pon gleaning lasses,
     and sir really not alright
not "FAKE" lads
     grievousness doth bite
Love's Labour's
     (Romeo and Juliet)
     Lost sequel - colyte
(an emetic) more

     bare hubble despite
abdominal cramps
     (post colonoscopy),
     where this poetic soul admits,
     the latter doth not
     hole hearted lee excite
yet, countless plaintive verses fight
ting despair espied

     by unsuspecting readers
     (such as yours truly),
     no shining knight
ruminating squelched, spurned, light
ning and/or soiled
     paramours hurtful might -
bitter byte size pill
     deters peaceful night

methinks tortures teariness plight
unstoppably, vicariously,
     and wickedly quite
this veritable stranger experiences
     lamentation toward each right
or left word thinking
     youthful earthlinked, sad sight
fractured gnarled hotmail in tight

fitting pants, and/or
     ill humored gal uptight
an afflicted aching,
     thus this paean I write
availing thyself
     for those who cry
(game lee), and perhaps
     feel like they wanna die

unsure how to help
     fracturing soul I espy
unable to heal,
     but on a whim
     this idea didst fly
unsure yar bitta
     bing banged psyche
     ja wanna entrust this guy

kindle ling emotional pain hi
underwent during mine
     almost three scores years my
body sashayed round
     the sun well nigh,
now within avast
     delicate web I ply
tender tinder tumblr

     full spilling sadness sigh
lent lee self cannibalizing
     vulnerability, yet try
in vane unable to heal
     airing youtube whatsapp
     without me asking why
only this papa of two
     near grown daughters

intervention likened
     to race against time, -
     viz being potential 
     dead serious life saver,
this yang doth not not lie!

Premium Member Spooky Night

Spooky night




When on a dark rainy night,
Moon had cheated the sky,
No twinkle of stars in sight,
Scare was at its peak high !

Faster as I walked very vigilant,
Closer heard the footsteps follow,
Palpitations turned me intolerant,
Came trepidation, could not swallow,

Reflection veiled causing a gallop,
All of my strength as if it took,
Science and logic seemed a big flop,
Overpowered soon by the fictive spook,

My systems underwent absolute shutdown,
Beyond scope of thinking or a frown !





Written October 24th, 2014
For contest 'Ghost Stories' by Kelly Deschler 

Noe entered for contest by Linda " Old Halloween"

Awarded 9th place win
Form: Sonnet

Premium Member Broken

I have found the fullness of brokenness in one person,
He is Jesus, the Christ, born to dwell with human beings;
For no sin of his, like a lamb, I found his cause worsen,
Scourged; thorn-crowned; spit upon; underwent such menial things...! 

Didn't, as though a wonder, kings visit him, at his birth?
Why so soon, yet, the scenes changed, and dominions sought his end?
If truth, except for parrots, is not allowed on this Earth,
Incarnation is nothing but a note by Yahweh sent...!

Neither Romans nor the Jews could ever his name erase,
Unabandoned truth stood firm; this was, hence, he rose again;  
The body was broken and blood was shed; in him was grace, 
This was why, beyond all norms, the victory he could gain...! 

Thank you, Jesus, for teaching me to be truly broken, 
My flesh and blood is yours as my reverential token...!!!
Form: Sonnet

Via Dolorosa

-I thought the Lord maybe meant to be mistreated-

I thought it has nothing to do with me 
when I saw the Lord rolling in the dust agonizing 
flogged by a Roman soldier; I was witnessing that 
razor sharp lash cutting into His flesh felt not pangs of remorse.

When I was witnessing the Lord crawling on the raggedy way 
leading to Calvary, wearing a crown of thorns, carrying a cross.
The Lord hardly opened His eyes because the blood from His forehead 
entered to smart His eyes, He fell on the ground because of the weight 
of the cross. Nonetheless, I thought it has nothing to do with me but it was 
His own lot that He has to deal with.

When He cried out loudly for Father’s helping hands 
from the cross, I was just another bystander who was thinking that 
the Lord was a man who was forsaken by God and men; therefore, 
I thought, He alone had to get right with His own destiny.  

At the moment of the last breathe of the Lord
my eyes and His eyes met in the air:

“O my poor daughter!” His eyes seemed to imply,
“my bottomless sympathy towards you presses upon me 
as an unbearable burden heavier than this cross.

I am taking all these mockeries, mistreatment and pains
only because I love you deeply my daughter, I am dying alone 
as a forsaken soul only because I want to pay off all of your debts.”

For the first time, at that moment, I perceived that
I shouldn’t let it happened to my Lord, I shouldn’t 
let Him go this way, but I should stretch my arms 
to embrace the suffering Lord. 

The Lord was gone with the unsightly horrible state,
you underwent insufferable miseries because of my flaws,
you alone, filled a cup with your tears because of my sins 
and drank it, your limbs were torn to pieces because I was 
wandering in the field of the fallen.
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Sarah Hill Revision First Page

(composed about eight years ago
moments ago this poem underwent
     slight poetic surgical face lift
modifications by this bro)
this spine tingling reaction,

     sans flushed testosterone
     from heads to toe
sketched out sometime
     from ~july or august 2012 or so
and (just now) triggered chain reaction for roe

man tick undulations i.e. wishful desires slow
     lee shifting (in seconds flat)
     from neutral to overdrive
     exceeding speedometer limit maximum

     nearly attaining speed of light quo
shunt seeing an aesthetically pleasing chic chick
in the summer of full feminine bloom
     envisioning plunging hot rod
     into her lubricated derrick

(and yes, young enough
     to beget me via coital fling
     a splendid supreme offspring
of this gap toothed fifty three year old simian),
     who doth wanna swing
like a boyish chap
     at prime love making time zing,

with thee, whose primary purpose comprised
     tutoring my daughter whose deficiency
     with language skills warrant
     communication exercisesd
born with cognitive developmental delays
     in sundry dis guised,

whose academic weakness qualified her since birth -
     or soon thereafter meta morph a sized
to receive intervention to allow, enable
     and provide her with life skills
     even though patience thoroughly utilized

so she can become self reliant as an adult
thus bringing this papa aegis
of said progeny prances carefree like a colt
and via exposure therapy
comfort zones, convince this dadaist dolt
magic touch, sans young women,
     (who seem prominent in social service field)
     bear witness as thy Punim doth molt

blindsiding actions of tender loving care
these myopic eyes
     with hypnotic trance observe flair
ring results conjuring up illusions of grandeur
     spurring commendable utterance
     of touche...here here

but self consciousness kept gleeful outburst
     under lock and key lest detriment comb near
compromising instructional progress,
     that could easily dis ap pear
     into a sinkhole forsaking requisite basic skills
     reinforcement ever since first year

Total Time I Spent In Dental Chair Post Adolescence To Present Age First Appointment

so much precious existence 
found me rooted with mouth ajar 
as sigh asper the dentin-cementum 
so mud dear reader (with dem perfect 
enameled pearly whites), aye har bar 
envy for those with a complete set 

of eight incisors, four cuspids (i.e. canines), 
eight bicuspids, and twelve molars 
(including four wisdom teeth) tabulating 
many hours in the car (engendering 
saddle sore bony tuckus) 
plus regarding chunk whereat,

pernicious cementum funk 
viz distraught psyche, when muss self as a lil monk
key decades after being examined 
by family dentist Doctor Marcus (NOT WELBY),
excellent practitioner (button irate pulp pill 

people ' especially children) eater – the grump,
whose private practice located 
in Levittown, Pennsylvania, 
and when prepubescent underwent 

pertinent more explicit focused 
intense noninvasive procedures 
asper subsequent cause of speech impediment 
determined why air didst jump

thru nostrils, (speech therapist at Henry Kline Boyer), 
neither thin nor plump 
informed parents 
of Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic – 
fifty plus miles one direction),

where chief prosthodontist 
Doctor Mohammad N. Mazaheri, DDS, an Iranian 
whose expert reputation, sans strict manner didst trump
his aura, karma evincing clipped commands 
forceful as a vocal whump 

before launching into meat and potatoes 
of crux comprising real aim
constituting modus operandi 
(and cresting away from details indirectly tide 

into main intent, nobody aye blame)
for thine dental debacle quandary 
(managed by gumshun, 
whereby eons hyperbolically toted beyond google), 
and despite the optimistic stance 
wool worth anesthetized numb skull claim

nascent malocclusion faintly affecting, 
hinting, pointing toward Periodontitis 
(despite diligence attending to oral hygiene frame)
the manifestation of major looming crisis compromising, 
forgoing, instigating, et cetera loss of teeth, 

this (after agony in league with separate occasions 
twice wearing braces, concomitant Extractions 
of wisdom and removal of crowdsourcing – 
closeup toward the front of mouth teeth - game
Form: Imagism

If I Just Stand There

One may insist that spring will come if I just stand there,
I was, therefore, standing on the riverbank as he said.
The rain poured on the riverside where I stood
and when the water ran into the river
for downstream where the valley expands,
at a time when the water returns as the dew drops 
on the riverside, the flowers bloom exclaiming, 
“spring is here.”

Because he said that summer will come
when the spring grows as flowers on the riverside prairie
and look up at the sky from the places where they rooted,
I leaned on the drifting could high above and stared 
at the corner where the sky hangs on, and before knowing
summer rushes here driving the golden chariot.

And when you live through your life
hanging onto the golden chariot, he says,
autumn will come. 
That’s why when the sky becomes red
on the other side of the golden chariot goes, 
winds rise and leaves fall and autumn comes 
stepping on the fallen leaves.

If I weave the mortification I experienced as warps
and cruel treatment I underwent as the threads of wefts,
while relating all detestable memories deeply imprinted 
in my heart to the leaves woven into a small boat,
and waft it on downstream to forget all those unwanted memories,
by the time the drifting water becomes a star
after whirling in the marsh for a while,
and falls onto decaying reeds
the winter comes, he says, 
as a colorless lonely flower by a grave site where I stand.
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Paying Forward Kindnesses Done

Paying forward kindnesses done...
courtesy family, friend or stranger

Appreciative when nonagenarian
papa telepathically hears me yelp
and/or non twisted sisters,
who time and again offered
unsolicited beneficial help.

Indeed unable to reciprocate
that's not quite all he wrote
when kith/kin allotted this ole goat
specie, paper money, and bank note
I experienced collateral
fallout unable to float

mine vessel, nor without
ability to emote,
thus underwent "non Fake,"
agony, I don't sugar coat
albeit analogy to sinking boat
(think Lusitania), thus

this scrivener doth gloat,
whenever he proffers
random act of kindness,
yet never can match,
nor approximate sum total denote
ting cumulative countless

dire straits immediate family
came to rescue one lame
(damn silly word wizard),
whose destiny when graphed
resembles infinitely jesting asymptote
approaching, but never
reaching financial solvency.

Hence yours truly doth attend
impossible mission to contend
despite contrary rumors,
he doth really wish to extend
to assist family member friend
Romans, countrymen, yes to lend,
(or lease) helping hand to mend

ever widening gap,
when charity bestowed
payback doth equal
obligated (boot unable) to spend
small fortune in order to secure
necessary Brownie points
approximating largesse describing
series of fortunate events that didst trend
all throughout mein kampf thee end!

Ha... ha... tricked you dear reader
yea me annoying
as mosquito buzz feeder
of Fake news, who
unfortunately happens tubby,
our crudely inept, mishuga,
and vulgar leader,
he doth trumpet disinformation
fast as rabbit breeder.

Whenever ripe opportunity doth arise
to avail - even toward
someone I might despise,
whether gendered person(s)
gals and/or guise
self satisfaction awakes to realize
to give unconditionally and tries
affecting humanity positively
free effort plus also wise.

Premium Member A Van Down By the River

I once underwent a very intensive intervention
during that period in my childhood known as teenage rebellion.
I had a session with a great motivational speaker
who claimed to live in a van down by the river.
"I very much like you did the things you now do,"
he said with a tone very harshly delivered,
"I'm now 35 years old, divorced and flat broke
and I live in a van down by the river.
You think you're all that, but I assure you you're not.
Live your life the way you are and you won't amount to jack squat!
You will end up being what you never ever considered,
busted broke just like me and living miserably in a van down by the river."
This man truly did save me from a life of misery,
because if not for he I would have never ever considered
how great life can be, as I now live my life so care free
in my van down by the river.
Form: Rhyme

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