Slumlords and Christians
...I
When my landlord is a slumlord
The sermons also mock God
"There but for Grace go I"
Helps see a plank in my eye
II
Here, no exposing of hypocrisy
Makes a difference to men, women, me:
Sex...
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Categories:
slumlords, absence, africa, bible, christian,
Form: Rhyme
The Landlord Regime
...The Landlord Regime
They’re sick of the homeless they say the city’s gone to pot
But let’s look at the statistics and let’s see want we have got
We’ve got landlords and slumlords charging an arm...
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Categories:
slumlords, abuse, analogy, anger,
Form: Rhyme
I Don'T Know Where I'M Going With This One
...Tides will lecture us, obtrusively, to our faces,
& it's moments like these we unearth
probity in outlooks and lookouts
to crack the skulls of coconuts. some lives
have small windows, & we, li...
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Categories:
slumlords, addiction, angst, dream, drug,
Form: Narrative
Depth Perception
...I found you in the Mountains
and her streams
not among cherished traditions
where mankind clings
but in the songs of the meadow larks
within the forest and the valley's parks
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Categories:
slumlords, christian, faith, god, hope,
Form: Free verse
Empty Apartment
...No more icy showers,
No rats, no roaches,
I’ll never trek reluctantly,
Up your five flights again.
No more neighbors’ yelling,
No slumlords, no supers,
No longer will I freeze,
In your dark ...
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Categories:
slumlords, angst, introspection, life, places,
Form: Free verse
"antics"
...Surrounded by bozo's,
Accosted by hobo's,
Why won't they leave me alone?
Doomed by soothsayers,
Embezzaled by mayor's,
I practice ignoring their tone!
Evicted by slumlords,
Admitted to psy...
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Categories:
slumlords, introspection
Form: I do not know?