Poetic Justice - Birdman of Easyville
...The gavel slammed its judgement down
On my impassioned plea,
Doomed to run-on sentences
Served concurrently.
My term began an infinite jest,
Time after time, time without rest.
On and on, again...
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Categories:
ragman, allegory, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Blank verse
Once Upon a Future - Magnificent Amnesia, Everyday Disguise
...Once the future promised brilliance, but it never came to light
As the star I’d used to guide me dimmed and blended with the night.
The astronomy of darkness lured me farther from my goal
Till I ...
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Categories:
ragman, loneliness,
Form: Lyric
So Hearts Can Heal
...Don't wear your heart
Outside your vest,
Said the ragman.
It is inevitable that surveillance
Will capture you
In your least expected moment,
When you cannot hold near
That which lives outside...
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Categories:
ragman, heart,
Form: Free verse
The Rag and Bone Man
...I remember when I was a little girl
And the Rag and Bone man came round
On his cart pulled by a horse
All manner of things could be found
A washing machine with a broken ringer
And a bicycle w...
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Categories:
ragman, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme