Strong Feelings About Money
...I am married to a man who gives money generously
Not only to me but to every person with their hand out
This used to not be a problem but these days panhandlings is a full-time job.
The panhandler...
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Categories:
passbook, parents,
Form: Narrative
Pauly's Bank Deposits
...Pauly’s Bank Deposits
Pauly’s passkey
Pickup hiccups
Passbook Facebook
Payload payroll
Honey money
Crossbow bankroll
5/18/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021 ©...
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Categories:
passbook, analogy, confusion, funny, money,
Form: Footle
Woman In Chains
...she carries the child on tired hips rested on chains ‘round her waist
wasted on freedom designed to serve a white man’s lustful desire
branded inferior as time repeats itself and the pain knows...
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Categories:
passbook, anger,
Form: Free verse
Email To a Son
...Hard to believe you graduated
from college 25 years ago.
Anyone who can climb
from ruffian in a juvenile home
to university graduate to
business owner is remarkable.
One day your sons
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Categories:
passbook, father son,
Form: Blank verse
Going To the Bank
...When I first started working
(And things were low-tech),
Each payday I'd march
To the bank with my check.
I'd sign it and wait for
The teller to take it,
Depositing some
Just as soon as I'd ...
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Categories:
passbook, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
I'Ve Got Fire In My Soul
...I know what it means
To go to bed without food
To go to school without shoes
To yearn for Eqaul Education
to free your mind
Just to be told you just can't handle
White education
Here's Bant...
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Categories:
passbook, africa, class, courage, growth,
Form: Alliteration