RIGGED ELECTIONS
The ballot box frowns
As a second slip sneaks in
Agents asleep, their guard undone
This act, their party's loss begun.
In another world, quiet and cold
Where eyes merely witness, and truth is sold
Another ballot box grins with glee
Its smile bought by bribery.
What once was a promising race
Now marred by a missing name, a darkened trace.
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Categories:
rigged, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Rigged Up
Rigged Up
Laid out to pasture the company doesn’t want us
We don’t get our severance pay so we turn on them
Like they turned on us the day they made us sign
We belonged to them then and we were slaves
Made to work in the forest cutting down trees
Or in the lead mines manually extracting the ore
We found
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Categories:
rigged, black love, jobs, thank
Form: Blank verse
Jerry Built and Jerry Rigged
Jerry built in the dictionary means shoddy craftsmanship.
I had a cousin named Little Jerry. He built many wonderful things.
There was nothing lacking in his ability, tools, or his finished products.
The next word in the dictionary was jerry-rigged.
Another dispersion on the name Jerry.
I could not help wondering now.
Was there one person who held out until
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Categories:
rigged, word play,
Form: Free verse
Jury-Rigged
My heart doesn’t beat like yours any more
It’s held together with duct tape and string
Balloons pump my blood and gears turn the beat
Paper clips hold everything in place
I’ve noticed no one notices
Though I’m patched and stitched in places
And the seams stretch and pull and tear
They still feel open half the time
You see, I still work
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Categories:
rigged, confusion, introspection, work, work,
Form: Free verse
This Game Is Rigged
Trying forceful optimism
Failing to forget
It's like some form of masochism
I need to let it...
I'm tired of this repetition
It's gone on far too long
Let's just complete this demolition
Listen to me, one time only
I need to let it come undone
I hope you know you're the only one
Who can make me feel so insecure
I'm sure
You do, somewhere inside
Oh
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Categories:
rigged, lost love, song-teen, hope,
Form: Lyric