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White privilege
...White privilege The ability to exist Without fear The ability to walk down the streets And not jump at every siren To not calculate every move And overthink every word Because in out world O......

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Categories: watch your back, discrimination, history, political, power,
Form: Free verse
Heaven Is Too Hot And Hell is Too cold
... Burned my wings on a neon sun, Too bright to love, too fierce to run. Angels talk like kings of war, Locked in gold behind white doors. I wore the light but it felt like chains, Swee......

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Categories: watch your back, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse



Until I Rest
...I have things to do and places to be, Burdens to bear and people to please. I look not at the watch staring back at me, For I shall be late to the morning tea. I have so many conversations to mak......

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Categories: watch your back, feelings, home, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member SEPARATED FROM SOCIETY
...Once a free happy man enjoying the outdoors Surrounded now by jail bars that don’t bend Inmate correction to society A life that totally went apart, and have no name but a number A place an inmat......

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Categories: watch your back, anger, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
The story of a woman
...A woman. Most people see her as something to control, A toy, a servant, a role to play. If she is blonde, she is called "dumb." If she is Black, she is called "slave." If she speaks up, she is......

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Categories: watch your back, women,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Laura Norder 2 - New Balls Please
...Laura Norder took her gun and strapped it to her thigh The skirt she wore was so damned short she had to strap it high And stood there on the corner where the street lamps dare not tread She waite......

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Categories: watch your back, courage,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Doing Time
...Doing Time is not easy but it's something that I gotta do/ Survival of the fittest so this how I gotta move/ I'm not the strongest so I got a lot to lose/ Pound for pound round for round I got a l......

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Categories: watch your back, anxiety, conflict, dark, fate,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Fickled Pickled Herd
...So quick to judge any breach of etiquette Such breaches at the whim of the fickled herd What is there to do but watch your back Or compulsively stay in line Or just say f*ck it! And be on your......

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Categories: watch your back, independence day, society,
Form: Narrative
the knife of friendship
...They say you can't watch your back and another's I tried, and trusted you, my friend, to see me through. I turned my back to you, and you did the same, But instead of guarding it, you brought me ......

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Categories: watch your back, betrayal, death, depression, for
Form: ABC
The Betrayer
...He stands in the corner, watching me: His eyes are red like blood And he bears no name, rank, or identity— His skin is faded pale As if he has been drained of all soul. The white square upon his......

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Categories: watch your back, death, war, world war
Form: Free verse
The lair of the shark queen
...beware of the lair of the shark queen she watches you keen to have revenge on your kind once she's made up her mind there's no turning back so watch your back beware of the lair of the shark q......

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Categories: watch your back, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Your Heart Deserves Great
...Your heart deserves great And you should give it a try Who says you can't be happy, Happier than before People shed off all your confidence, Courage and trust and now, You feel like your......

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Categories: watch your back, betrayal, confidence, inspirational, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
Punching Bag Of Rage
...Do not try there is no use You will only badly lose Running will not do a thing When I find you it will bring Only more pain you caused this When you took a closed up fist Hitting my friend in ......

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Categories: watch your back, abuse, anger, fear, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
WHEN I GROW UP
...When I grow up I will love to know why People call a Snake specie Rattlesnake, When all snake actually Rattle When I grow up I will love to know why People call death A Bitter Experience, ......

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Categories: watch your back, allusion, culture, humorous, language,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Smiles do Return
... She endured trauma as a child, that shut down her mind Without safe adults, there was no security to find She played outside and pretended to run away She prayed and God answered, he heard wha......

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Categories: watch your back, deep, hope, inspirational, life,
Form: Rhyme

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