Codons of Contempt: A Crime Against Empathy
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We came not for conquest,
but for containment—
though conquest is what happens
when containment itches beneath the skin
like sulfur spores in a sealed lung.
They had the secret.
Not gold, n...
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Categories:
manganese, death, fear, horror, myth,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Knees
...Pursuing springtime walking sprees
beside our dog, beneath the trees,
I oft detected some unease
amongst the birds and buzzing bees
as echoed by flat monodies
of clicking, clacking, knocking kne...
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Categories:
manganese, body, health,
Form: Rhyme
Your Hearten Heart Love Solid Coconut My Fruit
...What is a coconut heart made of?
O’ the distal taste of love for me
Hardening of my left side no longer bleeds
The heart of coconut the coconut palm
So sticks in my breathe
Close to the...
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Categories:
manganese, analogy, appreciation, flower,
Form: Rhyme
Humble Nation , Congolese
...Oh! good people ,
Congolese of Democratic
Republic of the Congo,
One of good and kind nations in the World
Very hospitable
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Categories:
manganese, 12th grade, abuse, class,
Form: Free verse
Tangerine Topics Turn Up
...Tangerine topics turn up in magnificent minds of Manganese
Enhancing the mind of she who is the most easily at ease
Imagining new possibilities is something that we promptly seize
Enjoyable to wat...
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Categories:
manganese, fantasy,
Form: Monorhyme
Amethyst Being
...I’m an amethyst being,
blood of deep purple;
soulful specter
in lavender hues
that wend and wind
their way towards sun
in protective humility.
Darker powers that be
doth run from...
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Categories:
manganese, appreciation, earth, nature, poems,
Form: Free verse
The Gardener's Song
...There’s no greater spiritual healing,
Than planting vegetable seedlings,
And feeling living soil on your hands.
You might get tired from aerating,
Watering, weeding, and cultivating.
A kind of ...
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Categories:
manganese, creation, flower, food, fruit,
Form: Lyric
The Clown
...With skip, screech and flourish
The belfry-housed bats
Flew wildly and garish
Far madder than rats.
Greasepaint teardrops a-flying
In twilight's ascension,
Heart breaking and dying,...
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Categories:
manganese, allegory, life, people, light,
Form: Rhyme