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If Crooks could vote

...If gazelles on the savannah could vote
They'd vote for muzzled tigers, then they would gloat.
If wolves outvoted sheep, let's think what stops:
No more wool sweaters, no more lamb chops.

If cro...

Categories: shoplift, africa, history, humanity, leadership,
Form: Lyric

Someone always makes the rules

...It is now legal to take THC
A drug now in gummies and Cannabis tea
But in Siskiyou County the Hmong growers move in
threaten the natives, who must lose so you win.

[bridge]
You can love him an...

Categories: shoplift, irony, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Lyric

In Defence of Mint Sauce

...I have Smelly Armpits and
Bursting to Go
but; I'm heading to the supermarket
the condiments aisle 
I meet my neighbour
like conversing with a 
pigeon
give me the full recipe 
he says
he has ...

Categories: shoplift, addiction, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Alcoholic

...9/27/21


Oh bollocks
An impact on health and the wallet
As an alcoholic
Do I know when to call it
No I don't know when to stop s***
I don't care about your trucks or cars with hydraulics
Am...

Categories: shoplift, addiction, dark, deep, life,
Form: Rhyme

Right Hand Twist

...Right Hand Twist
With a twisted sexuality like that
Anything was possible

Especially when you were called Zenky
And were from Oldham

The most deprived town in England
But that doesn’t matte...

Categories: shoplift, parody, poverty, satire, urban,
Form: Prose Poetry

Heal Your Angst

...Unlock your life’s padlock and turn not hands of time
Whether lemonade from lassitude lemons
Tastes awful, text messages irritate the mime
Your rate unfunny as savoury sermons

Scare daylights o...

Categories: shoplift, poems,
Form: Free verse

Mood Swings

...Mania, the unwanted roommate
cantsitstillcantsitstillcantsitstill
You aren't alive enough
GO FEEL ALIVE
JUMP OFF A CLIFF
RUN AROUND NAKED
TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF IN PUBLIC
SHOPLIFT

it's ...

Categories: shoplift, confusion, happy, hyperbole,
Form: Free verse

Shoplift To a Job

...ShopLift To A Job

From a bustling town called Bukit Mertajam, a mainland part of Penang Island,
Outbreaks a story that warms the heart, about a man being given a helping hand.

With a headline ...

Categories: shoplift, community, encouraging, forgiveness, happy,
Form: Free verse

Was It Worth It

...Their tools are quick fingers and sharpness of mind
They must keep well alert or they will soon find
That their collar is felt and their future is dire
As they might well get caught for the way th...

Categories: shoplift, judgement,
Form: Rhyme

My Ubiquitous Wife

...King of Labangru sent me a gift 
                                   My ubiquitous wife was so swift
                                      She neared me and said “Ho”
                              ...

Categories: shoplift, fun, nonsense,
Form: Limerick

Shoplifting

...One day I wanted to get my girlfriend a gift.
It was terrible because I decided to shoplift.
I tried to steal something that I should've bought.
Like many other shoplifters, I was caught.
I offer...

Categories: shoplift, on writing and wordsme,
Form: Rhyme

Make Up Your Mind

...Can one look down and perk out is own eyes 
Knowing Till the morning that birds  do fly 
The wind blowing into your nostril 
The smell of garden roses 
Than I pause  
Realizing it was just a dre...

Categories: shoplift, confusion, devotion, faith, nature,
Form: Chant Royal

Obviously

...OBVIOUSLY 
Obviously, the people who lived contemporary with dinosaurs were intelligent, 
and the footprints indicate that they were quite human as the large toe on 
primates is located closer to ...

Categories: shoplift, funny, on work and
Form: Free verse