A Colossus Part 2dedicated To All Who Served and All Who Are Serving Our Country
...Take care of her
Keeping toes and ties off the ground
Beware of those with savage intent
To draw her down
Beware those of quisling heart
Who seek only to pillage then plunder her
All those fa...
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Categories:
nepotistic, america, anger, angst, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
Your Son Will Be Your Downfall
...I respected the man that you once were.
Professional and kind.
They way you saw the bigger picture,
With your business driven mind.
It seemed that you could do it all
And for a time, things wen...
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Categories:
nepotistic, work,
Form: Rhyme
Each Day Left Is a Miracle of Grace
...Each day's dawn is a miracle, grateful I am
To discover the sun even rose,
Thank the Lord that I still have a tent
For so few college grads have a job.
Before taking your meds (prices rising each...
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Categories:
nepotistic, anti bullying, anxiety, evil,
Form: Rhyme
Syrian Dreams of the Arab Spring
...A pockmarked plane atop the wooden box
tilts as it dips in the Syrian void,
its hollow compartment lining the faults like
a silver ball which never rests but always
rolls, always weary those wor...
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Categories:
nepotistic, war,
Form: Free verse
Uncultured Pop
...It's a piece ripped from myself.
Truth brutally extracted for their musing.
They plead for me to bleed often.
Because they might find it soothing.
They delight when we suffer.
Nepotistic sadisti...
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Categories:
nepotistic, america, analogy, culture, slam,
Form: Rhyme
Toxic Cake
...Toxic Cake
by Odin Roark
How drippingly fine
The words that coat
Such layered density
Icing thick enough
To entice the fool
Along with seasoned critics
Into toxic waste goodness
Persuasion ...
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Categories:
nepotistic, political,
Form: Free verse