Not even knowing they must correct,
Sadly their egos speak instead,
This is honestly what led me to leave,
They think they know everything,
Certainly not spoken out of love,
And certainly spoken out without knowing anything at all,
Pride stepping on love chills me to the bone,
Disgusting assumptions just for their own show,
I'm sorry, did you take the time to even bother to listen?,
Or even try to get to know them personally to know their position?,
Their heart, their character.. did you honestly care?,
Did you make any effort at all to love enough to share?,
Because if you haven't tried or taken the time..then tell me who are your opinions about?,
And so that is when God shows you yourself and turns the mirror around.
Teachers can't afford to live there
So parents of student are offering space
We've seen this scenario before
Hearken back to Colonial days*
But back then there were no taxes
Parents paid teachers out-of-pocket
The message from high-tax California
~ Inflation's taken off like a rocket
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*Read the short story, 'The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow,' about Ichabod Crane, the itinerant
schoolmaster, who took room and board
in the homes of the communities he served.
He went after ten to the corner cafe
Lit brazenly against the backdrop
Of the wife and the kids
Arriving at five on the shuttle
that hustled him into
this port
Spending the night
Looking for a lifeline
To recall when he's anchored
In Cleveland
Hey,a sirens beginning to sing
Strolling away to
A rain soaked night
His conscience safely stowed
Navigating the front desk
Lingering at
Coast is clear
as though
Shanghied to Ohio
Breaking apart on the rocks
Offering cab
fare
And coffee
Walking into
the wake
Alone
No blood would ooze out if cut by blade
No flesh below to sink, nothing inside shakes
Bare bones protruding here and there like spikes
Vacant look in the eyes
Yet the body breathes and survives;
Skeleton like children of Somalia, one of the African tribes.
Somalia carries the most pathetic tableau in the world stage;
Three fourth of its children below two are anaemic
And large numbers are stunted below five years in age
Yet, each mother can’t resist giving birth to six, seven children though sick!
High temperature, polluted water, inadequate housing and sanitation
Poor infrastructure added to their plight makes the poor Africans
Chased by the changed climate and the natural calamities
Fighting among themselves, vulnerable to many a tropical disease
Some of them are obese too who wait for more ways to suffer;
Poor healthcare system compelling them to incur
Huge out of pocket expenses pushing millions of Africans
To the path of poverty and indignity, mostly among the Nigerians;
Paucity of doctors and health centres add salt to their wounds
As some age old dreadful superstitions surround.
Aju Mukhopadhyay, 2018
We hear presenters views,
We hear the production teams views,
We hear carefully selected views,
We hear whatever they choose,
Is it a manipulation of views?
On a massive platform for views!
People out of pocket & views!
Surely not! Or is it! You choose!!
Sure seems to require a lot of lot
Before Dentist will start in hot pursuit
Of a slimy cavity spreading tooth to tooth
Enforcing my idea that it is uncouth.
And to you a dentist sure can sock it
When they say you can pay out of pocket
And another thing, did discover that IT
Really represents and stands for Integrity.
Now if your warning system starts out early
Miss hearing and might find gates that are pearly
And if in dentist chair and feeling rambunctious
Smile might become sumptuous and scrumptious.
Before any poor patient should hear any of this
Always make sure your appointment don't miss
And mouth with teeth full of cavities can be
No longer in site and now part of history.
Let me know if you like it. They say
you have to try it first though. They
must be talking about tooth brushes,
dental floss and a flaming desire to
take care of your teeth. Oh, and make
sure you are sitting down alone when
you are reading this. Jim Horn
some hollard
make a fast dollard
you maut pay to stay
it no get way socket
you must
psy
OUT OF POCKET
they fit the socket
hands out of pocket
snow cold or hail
you can oder by mail
its part of self love
to be fit as a bat
have your
WINTER CLOVES AND HATS
Pop can Sally stock my pop.
Push the new stuff back!
Bring the old stuff to the front
and space them just a crack.
Sell me one to quench my thirst
but make me get my own.
Reaching further to the back
where cooler ones are known.
Take my change from out of pocket.
Thanks for this cold pop.
Refreshing when I pull it's tab
and help to blow it's top.
Guzzling down what rushes out
and soon to quench my thirst.
Swallowing it quickly now;
allowing it to burst.
Empty now a once full can.
Thirsty nevermore.
Thanks to Sally and her pop.
The Pop Can Sally Store.
Out of sight, isn’t out of mind
Out of place don’t mean you don’t belong
Out of pocket don’t mean you’re not rich
Out of tune don’t mean
It’s not our song
Out of style don’t mean
You ain’t got class
Out of steep don’t mean
I’ll walk on by
Out of luck just means
It’s not our time
Out of reach doesn’t mean
That we can’t try
The honest soul will celebrate
not captive by false rule,
truth be told, lies unfold
my God the light you rule
self appointed preacher
swindle thousands out of pocket
some offering galaxy trips
in a saucer or a rocket
Question every man and
woman who claim that they believe
not from scripture from their own words,
their soul truly free?
Study their belief system
what do they declare,
here lies discrimination
criticsm believer beware
We are taught to search ourselves.
so what really do we believe?
commercialised religion is that
the answer or to
change the channel on T.V
There is no quick answer
I know this to be true
the real god you are looking for
is inside of you.
God Bless