Birthday Prejudice Poems

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Happy Birthday USA
But the short and long of it
Political correctness, sungay- pungay -
America for short, United States in it
"Norte Americanos", or US citizens
Celebrate on July...

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Abandoned as a child believed to be no more than five, the matron of the orphans home, was...other than my mom...
The first to have to...

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quatrain with chain rhyme

The edge of the sunset dissolves
into the horizon.  The day's candle
dies, yet fires light the sky once more;
once more, as rioters...

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In my mother's eyes I see my hero
I know fear is far at bay
In her eyes I feel protection
In her smile I see my face

Cause...

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My Dearest Daughter

Melanie, dear Melanie, I know that you know my thoughts
are always about you, my concerns are always for you,
my heartache weeps for you,...

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stigma shadows the word
crown ward 
foster care 
billions made every year
with stolen children
profits are near 
prejudice blinds your eyes 
children taken every day
here 
and near...

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Today is Martin Luthor King Junior's birthday; a day that we celebrate.
Without his influence, Barack Obama probably wouldn't be the President of the United States.
He...

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