Short Indianapolis Poems

Shoot out
in Indianapolis
again...

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Another 
senseless shooting
Indianapolis...

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Little Chicago
higher murder rate
Indianapolis...

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Saying goodbye,
never saying hello

All doors locked behind me
—their keys made of stone

(Indianapolis Indiana: July, 2019)...

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The sky is red
The fog is thick
My body buzzes
My mind is sick

Too late to tell
If this is all a dream
I'm constantly grinding
Inside the machine

I'm spinning a web
To catch all my hopes
I'm getting closer
To the end of my rope

No solace found
In this sea of distress
What can I do
To clean up this mess?...

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today we teachers got out at three
I jumped for joy
Because we usually get out at four-thirty-five
When the worst craziest drivers think they are contenders
for the Indianapolis 500
Days I have to hang on to my steering wheel
With stiff fingers
Clenching my teeth
Swearing a stream of mean words
Terrified some idiot driver will catch up with me...

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With all the towns and cities we've got,
where can you go without getting shot?
Another fool went on a shooting spree.
This time, at a Federal Express facility.
The city was in Indiana called Indianapolis;
eight persons dead and many wounded because of this.
Another sad episode we hear about on the news.
Yes, the senseless murder of persons continues.

From a news story on aol.com
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The designer created the most beautiful bookmobile ever seen.
It was created out of stained-glass panels of every hue and sheen.
We wondered if vandals would get it, for it was a target every day.
In Indianapolis, it has been delivering books to schools along the way.
Happy we are to report that no one has injured it, for it is a beauty.
I think the readers are protecting it, thinking it is their sacred duty....

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Examining the sidewalks of Indianapolis
    reveals a surfeit of oranges and apples
  'Course we're talking about peels and cores
    over which anti-litterbuggers have started a war

  Well, it's a fight to the finish against urban blight
    in whose defense have arisen Proud Boys on the right
  For the freedom to litter whenever and wherever Americans desire
    ~ and cheer Lady Liberty's flame as it soars ever higher...

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My Three Kenyan Friends
I met them this weekend at a friend’s house in Indianapolis
The sweetest siblings you would ever want to meet
Blessed by the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ
In their smiles was the love of my Savior
Three wonderful smiles
Three wonderful hearts
Friendship established for evermore
My three Kenyan friends
We are now all brothers and sisters
All dining on the caviar of our King!

Gwendolen Rix
8-18-14...

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Indianapolis welcomes you.
Navigate, find your place, sailing through
synthetic waterway just for fun.
Off’ring journeys with anecdotes,
carriages, kayaks and pedal boats
worthwhile way to enjoy snow or sun.

We'll park your vehicle, while you fete
with friends, fam'ly, or special date.
Hire out a gondolier; he can hunt 
for local sites, you don't want to miss -
hideaways where you can reminisce,
use Indy’s canal at Riverfront.

written November 29, 2016...

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