Capitalism, The Failed American Dream
...the damned alarm howls at 5 a.m.
like a thirsty rabid dog in the dark.
I throw my bones into a threadbare suit,
and drag my carcass out the door.
the streetlights flicker, dying gods,
the free...
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Categories:
ulcer, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Gratitude Of KAMERFthurred
...My memory ascends to those bygone days,
When my stomach lay flat,
Afflicted by shabby pains,
Teetering on the brink of an ulcer.
Yet, since our serendipitous encounter,
A swift metamorphosis has...
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Categories:
ulcer, 1st grade,
Form: Free verse
The Poet
...
A scarlet scar on the left knee
Hair on my head I cut into chops myself
I dash out from under my weighted blanket of warmth
I am allowed one cup of coffee and one cup of tea
A weak stomach fro...
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Categories:
ulcer, introspection, lonely, longing, poets,
Form: Free verse
Borrow
...
I went to my neighbors
To ask for a favor
And said may I borrow
Stuff I need tomorrow,
But she stopped me short
With this stunning retort:
“Do you need sugar cane
Drano for a clogged drain...
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Categories:
ulcer, crazy, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Back Door Balm
...To treat an ulcer that was peptic
My Doc gave me an antiseptic
Then he made it quite clear
That it goes up my rear
I think you could say I'm a skeptic...
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Categories:
ulcer, humorous,
Form: Limerick
democracy
...The elected Democracy.
Is a democracy obsolete? we see it trampled on by Muslims demanding the Sharia law in our streets
Democracy in the Middle East bombs
the living daylight out of the Palest...
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Categories:
ulcer, anxiety, assonance, books, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Dracula the Traveler
...Dracula would go on adventure
and loved to drink in local culture,
but he discovered, alas,
that strange food gave him gas,
not to mention one heck of an ulcer.
During a weekend in Cincinnati
...
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Categories:
ulcer, halloween, humor,
Form: Limerick
failed humans
...Failed humans
The forest he traveled had many paths
there was always something new to see
like a white tree that once wanted to be
the tallest one in the forest, but hubris
had made it to lo...
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Categories:
ulcer, absence, adventure, age,
Form: Ballade
Never Took
...Never took illegal drugs but now I am loaded with prescriptions
Did eat a mountain of sugary sweets and gulped an ocean of soda
Never used tobacco or liked the smell and taste of alcohol
Don't kno...
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Categories:
ulcer, life,
Form: Free verse
Never Really Gone
...That ulcer
in his
consciousness
bleeding
to be heard
A canker
of a
muted past
abscessing
every word
Cold sores
of detention
that fade
but never
cure
A virus
of his
hopes and dre...
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Categories:
ulcer, sick,
Form: Rhyme
unsuccessful
...unsuccessful humanness
The forest he traveled had many narrow paths, there was always something new to see, like the white tree that
once wanted to be the biggest to dominate the forest
but hubr...
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Categories:
ulcer, anti bullying, christian, color,
Form: Blank verse
Home of Three Diseases
...A body housing three diseases
With three more as the visiting ones:
Enjoy he does just brief releases,
On some days obliged to laugh but once...
A rough fate acting as it pleases;
Each time he...
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Categories:
ulcer, courage, cry, death, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Red Tooth and Claws
...Hunger has its claws:
Kitchens gape not doors.
One can't for long sit,
Whom ulcer has hit!
Just Red Tooth and claws,
A waging of wars:
Everyone a cat;
You'll hear Rat-Tat-Tat!
It's red to...
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Categories:
ulcer, conflict, evil, humanity, violence,
Form: Rhyme
Another Lifetime
...VERSE 1: January 1st 2023
I was on malaria and typhoid medicine
Like 2023 is this how you choose to begin
God is the greatest cause Jesus had got me healed
Life is a trip, I’m sitting at the back...
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Categories:
ulcer, anxiety, devotion, feelings, humanity,
Form: Lyric
Snow Is White
...Snow is white
He was born in a rather narrow-minded town that had
strict rules for acceptable behaviour, no bars, no restaurant
serving alcohol and no public display of affection.
A Muslim schola...
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Categories:
ulcer, anti bullying, blue, confidence,
Form: Blank verse
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