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I Ain't No Good

...I ain’t no good, I don’t do the things I should,
My woman tells me ‘bout it all the time.
What I do wrong, well the list is mighty long,
But my woman seems to know it all by heart.

She got her ...

I Am

...I am no minister -- 
therefore, a self-ordained 
preach

I am no tenured philosopher -- 
therefore, an unlettered teach

Just a poet -- 
good-bad, and the ugly

just a poet -- 
happy-sad, ...

No Deal

...You can’t make a deal
with a Judas 
As tenured
they govern on high

Like the British
who sought our indenture
With graft and self-interest
they lie

You can’t play the game
any longer
Whe...

Faculty Mortality

...
     publish or perish

       no sham tenured tradition…

         whispers ~ perdition
...

Quid Sum

...Not an academic
Poet
Not a tenement 
Poet
Not a beat or a blues
or a church Poet
Not a famous or infamous
or celebrity Poet
Not an Irish or Basque
or Welsh Poet

Not a formal
Poet
Not a ...

We Are All Teachers

...Lest we forget
WE ARE ALL “TEACHERS”
In a classroom without windows
Exposed
In truth and lies
Tenured in memories
Tinged by the angst of youth
Measured
By times melancholic muse

BEWARE
Fo...

Uneducated Tears

...Belts, paddles, switches, and rulers were once instruments of punishment.
Although very rarely, in my early years, a belt was Daddy's favorite.
I was always a quick learner and never a glutton for ...

Exit Only

...Thoughts once spoken
the bottle open
Genie tenured
—reentry closed

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)...

By Your Mercy

...By Your mercy, Lord I’m secured
Your providence can’t be measured
You’ve placed me in a stable job
For my needs and for all my love
Divine protection is assured.

For transgressions, I know I’m...

Ink and Paper

...With awkward reach
the strike of the pen has tipped the ink well
splattering onto white paper,
vanquishing the lyrics from the poet’s pen,
scribbling vignettes of joy or strife,
little stories-a...

Beam Curvature

...feeling his vitamin injection a new adventure begins
a slapstick epic of unfathomable implication here unfolds
as the rat gnawed curtain rises at Ye Bone and Gristle
among the clattering of wooden...

A Good Earthy Tease

...I have nothing against 
traditional presentations
of poetry – 
              Though, not for me! – 

personally liking a winged start: 
                                projecting freely...as a ...

Celestial Masochists

...cheer the hell up if you can
nothing cheats the hangman like enthusiasm
since my next act will be
to answer all your questions
as your tenured professor of dyslexia
throw down your eye wear
blu...

Magna Veritas

...Mightier than fibs and sharp swords, 
Manacled truth will with time prevail
Against high peak and gigantic vale, 
And glossed lips' deodorized words. 

Sharper than lucre's nectared studs
Stabs...

Your Professors Are Lying To Youe - Iii

...III.
Then there is their favorite target,
the faceless foe they call ‘the rich,’
who they claim keep everyone down,
the academics so love to .
They sat they get rich off our backs,
but they’re ...

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