Long Workplaces Poems

Modus Operandi of psychopaths and sociopaths

They are all around us, seeking to destroy us,
if not to kill us, to maim us, for life
physically, mentally, emotionally
morally, financially.

They are the psychopaths and sociopaths!

Now psychopaths are rare indeed,...

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It was a strange and unexpected experience.  

Suddenly, I found myself in a place called Happy Valley. A man was on a park bench gazing upon the trees as if listening to a particular...

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The same black cloud that rested over the field the morning after the mower put out the haystack floated over the tops of the silver-trees on the edges of the rose-garden. Through the silver-trees it...

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Am I really the only one thinking outside the box,
When it comes to pension costs,
Regardless of whether people are able to work or not,
With some working til they drop.

Let me open my box and tell...

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In fields beneath a burning sun,
behind horses smelling foul,
we hacked the ground so seeds could grow,
walked hard miles behind the plow,
trying to feed all our families
out of the hardpacks, sand, and loam,
wiping off sweat, looking...

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2015 SA and the world drowning into

As Christmas and New year approached,
Our nerves got shaken,
And as we received our bonuses,
And others withdrawn their long saved money,
Everybody headed home with pride,
To show people that they are...

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Today there's a War of the Words going on
  Today there's a War of the Words.

It's taking place all over this beautiful land of ours
 Polluting our precious air and clear-blue streams
  Muddying...

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"Every time Death touches me from so near,   

It seems that life is still mine without much fear. " 

  

I had written these words just like this some time ago, but...

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Reliving Upside Down
                     by Odin Roark

The Jungle Gym geodesic glistened,
Afternoon showers dripped,
Languorous droplets fell, 
Saturating...

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BOX OF CHOCOLATES 

My heart aches for those who vanish —
a variety like chocolates, melting
into vanquished existence.

First and farewell - those lucky
who have died, without having
their names besmirched —

the young and old, the hospitable
and the...

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5/1/12

FIST IN THE AIR FOR THE WORKER
who watches wages drop or dissipate as
prices of everything imaginable escalate.

FIST IN THE AIR FOR THE WORKER
who watches their jobs leave the country because it is cheaper for the...

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All true power that manifests, and creates comes from The Almighty Lord God.
We did not create Love, Love created us and supplied us with this bountiful earth on which we trod.
We are a living, breathing,...

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WhatsApp!!!

First thing in the morning,
I grab my phone,
Switched to the cheap communication,
Convenient communication,
WhatsApp,
Even if we are in the same room and same bed,
I whatsApp her to say morning my love,
I whatsApp her to ask for...

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In the tapestry of life, memories weave their threads, and the echoes of past workplaces linger like faint perfume. Seacrest, with its morning shifts and graveyard hours, left an indelible mark—a mix of disdain and...

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Dismal tale of men and women in the dirty rail compartment
No conception of the charm being knitted by the movement
Of the necklace of gentle light in the pants shirts and blouses
All is too occupied in...

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Friday came and the workplaces
Surrendered their weary to the weekend
Tiredness dissipating as the precious days
Are contemplated with anticipation.

Another crowd of friendly murmur 
Gathers in the little upstairs room
Gloomy by day, evening transformed 
to a theatre...

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I just read that U.S. Democrats stand in solidarity
against Trump,
but what else?
What is democracy for?

First,
democracy, rather than republican plutocracy,
here confuses united against our competitive opponents
with solidarity,
which must be for both ourselves and our appositional tensions.

Second,
democracy...

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I've heard of a place where people smile
  where neighbors all go the extra mile
I've heard of a place where folks of all races
  get along just fine in their workplaces

I've heard of...

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Share with friends
Share with loved ones 
And share with all
The words of this our song:
        “Children the hope,
          Children...

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Yes we the public
should have a
referendum to put
polititians back ON
normal wages 

(LYING PUT OVER
TYPES, PUT EM IN THE
SAME BOX AS CAR
SALESMEN AND REAL
ESTATE LIARS} 

and also GUT the
greedy CEOS on more
then a million a
year ...

its...

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With her citizenry in speculation?
What next after the abomination?
Why shoot the stood confrontation?
Just for dictatorial execution

The far for we move away from,
Independence in full of storm,
Creative tumbocrats innovate scam,
All around in a boiling water frame

All...

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Come back Martin, come back.
If there is any way please come back, quickly.
We need your words of Utopia,
your powerful metaphors of brotherhood.

Freedom is not the object.
Everyone is free, too free,
free to do as they please
even...

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Women

Women are the soul and body of society, so why compromising and neglecting. Why not receiving equal pay and rights. Are not you have mothers and sisters in your home.Do not you know how important...

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