You Get What You Pay For
It’s a truism that you get what you pay for
Or vote for or ultimately what you deserve…
But when we pay illegal immigrants
To stay in five star hotels with pre-paid debit cards
And the homeless to just hang out with food stamps,
Cash handouts and Obama phones
What do we expect will happen
But for the problem to grow!
And
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Categories:
city, humanity, sick, society,
Form: Narrative
Silent Times
In dead silence, there’s a sound,
noiseless and yet profound.
Deeds provoking, not quite just,
from tainted minds that think, “we must.”
What a precious gem if caught,
the divinity of thought.
To control the human heart,
that takes something very smart.
Some may think the silence means
no one hears, or so it seems.
But there is the speechless word
in the spirit that is
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Categories:
corruption, heaven, leadership, society,
Form: Quatrain
Alien Invasion
Fear of the Outsider, the interloper, the alien
Is as old as humanity itself.
Xenophobia doesn’t just apply to someone foreign
And “not like us”,
It applies to anyone who may threaten
Our way of life, the status quo, the norm
And way “it’s always been.”
From local bar to climbing crag, surfing beach,
Ghetto corner, and Union shop floor,
The
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Categories:
anti bullying, perspective, society,
Form: Narrative
The Masses
We lead lives of unfulfillment.
All for nothing, our time is spent.
We just live, from day to day,
To support the government.
We are born, and then we die,
No one ever stays.
Our lives are full of emptiness
In, oh, so many ways.
We behave in regular patterns,
Everyone acts the same.
We exist in a world-wide crowd
Where no one has a name.
We
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Categories:
society, 12th grade, allegory, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Mental Illness
(“Perception and Reality Merit Badge”, 2015, original oil)
Mental Illness
Everyone with a mind is mentally ill
At least at times
And certainly to someone else.
A concerned doctor
The kind who could bestow such a label
Could say, why are you so sad
When Life is so good
You must be mentally unwell.
Why are you so happy, you must be unwell
When all around
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Categories:
mental illness, psychological, society,
Form: Narrative
A Soldier's Prayer
I was at war,
fighting for my nation.
Blood stained the ground,
the sounds of guns and bombs
pierced our ears—
like ominous words carved in the air.
When I lifted my head,
I saw us fighting with one hand,
while others already lay lifeless.
Our families prayed,
hoped we’d return safely.
But as I looked at the sky,
time stopped for a breath.
And I whispered—
“God, even
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Categories:
society, family, heart, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
The Lonely Angel : Part Two
Scatters through strangers' scraps,
spoilt teens point and laugh,
she'll feast on left over snacks,
fills her belly & crashes on grass.
Her warmth at night, snugly blanket,
given thoughtfully by homeless stranger,
She's used to buses causing rackets,
sleeps in secret places, avoid the dangers.
She's like a needle in a fast society,
a sweetheart buried in debris
How does a mother abandon
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Categories:
society,
Form: Rhyme
I've Got the Best
See them…
in the street light,
done up…
for a hot night,
made up….
like a French whore,
skin tight…
on a dance floor.
Their men keep coming,
the richest in town,
end up laying all
their money down.
Got no pity
for all of these clowns,
’cause I know…
I have got the best, girl,
they have got the rest,
I’ve got the brass ring,
they, the hot mess,
I’ve god the good
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Categories:
society, love, people, relationship, social,
Form: Rhyme
Orchids If You Please
True highbrows can't hear commoner's pleas
Stuck sitting on their swanky settees
Status fades as affluence recedes
I'd prefer pink orchids if you please
Elitists applaud wealthy reprise
Fake posers deceive masses with ease
Think that they deserve all that they seize
So send purple orchids if you please
Fools imagine themselves on marquees
Those who would toss it all to the breeze
Who can't
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Categories:
humanity, satire, society,
Form: Monorhyme
The Far Right
The core tenant of the far right
Is simply
That everyone is treated equally
Simply because
Everyone is just another individual.
(9/5/25)
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Categories:
freedom, philosophy, political, society,
Form: Free verse
March Madness
This "March of Madness" men make,
Mostly meant to Minimize Momentum,
Must mean our "Maker" made...
"Molecular Miscalculations!".....(DNA + OCD) = SOS
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Categories:
society,
Form: Free verse
Once it is far away enough
Only be distal enough from crowded stay
The fresh and sweet of the air can be tasted
And the chirping of birds be appreciated
Also, the dancing butterflies be exquisite
Which of the untouched are full of charms
Such as imagined fairies shown in murals
In the corner of this, being ignored by them
No humans hustle and bustle
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Categories:
society, appreciation, butterfly, community, environment,
Form: Verse
I Listen to What I Choose
given my unconventional views
I listen to what I choose
donkeys braying, horses neighing
they’ve really got me swaying
to their thunderous declarations of dissonance
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Categories:
culture, satire, society,
Form: Couplet
A Bridge Has A Name
Visions of a saint near
that bridge has a name.
The suicide frontier
the method's all the same.
a jump into crashing rocks
head first into oblivion.
Leave behind shoes and socks,
and aspire to be heavenly.
Waves wash away red splashes
before the blood can stain,
a church will have its masses
while many choose the rain.
A return to first opened eyes
Purgatory denounces peace to
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Categories:
society, absence, death, depression, funeral,
Form: Free verse
Dear Life
Oh, Life, a canvas of contradictions, a tale of strife,
I pose my questions to you, in search of meaning and life.
Why do the wicked thrive, while the righteous fade?
Why does evil reign, while goodness is oft betrayed?
Why must we toil for sustenance, and pay for earth's delight?
The land, the water, the air – gifts of
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Categories:
society,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Society Poems
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