Long Unsweet Poems

Roses in the garden,

Roses in the world,

Barrened roses,

Roses impearled,

But now roses curled...

 

Peach roses show modesty,

Peach roses show gratitude,

However, they are often insincere...

 

Yellow roses seem to care,

Yellow roses show friendship,

However, they are often joyless...

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These heretical poems on the subjects of God, religion and Christianity explain why I “left” the Religious Right.

If one screams below,
what the hell is "Above"?
—Michael R. Burch

Religion is regarded by fools as true, by the...

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I suspect in my feckless youth my folks thought me rather slovenly,
Obnoxious, averse to work and associated with dubious company,
But Air Force sergeants dealt discipline with lingo at times unsweet,
Convincing me that life is easier...

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She welcomes us into her husband's home,
Serves us with best dishes,
And refers to us as her beloved children

When daddy wants to get us new clothes,
He asks her to escort him to the great shopping center,
He...

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How disheartening and catastrophic a failure can be
seeing all falling apart before teary and frightful eyes
that shun all hope, it would be extremely hard
to rebuild what was lost to ashes, not having survived
brutal storms or...

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The voice of a moth was all to come out
when I meant to to say I hate this life.  
I meant to scream it with all the genetic coding 
that allows such well developed...

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It binds firmly
Leaving no room to ramble
Of an unsweet taste it is
Yet in naivety we hasten to taste of it
Until the flesh of our tender hearts
Are scarred by its unrelenting grip
The memories forever tattooed on...

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My love’s sole parts I’ll never itemize,
To hack and chop proves meet for butcher’s meat,
And corpses, coroners anatomize.
Why part my sweet when each sole part’s unsweet?
Remove a piece, and make a saint a beast,
Their nothingness...

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She pours the beans in the most graceful way

Makes one think she has a way with the coffee beans.

There is triumph in the way she stirs.

The clinking of her spoon to the glass is music

Therapeutic...

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By the mention of its name,
various ideas cross ur mind,
right from its  bumpy body,
to its inner sore taste,

U decide on what to concentrate on,
U can see its use lyk medicine,
Digestion aid,cold control,
And even for...

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