Jester
...I ascend to the stage,
I make sure not to stumble or trip.
They cheer and they boast and they cackle.
They like this new persona.
A beautifully doctored facade.
Would they like the girl behi...
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Categories:
waterboard, how i feel, judgement,
Form: Free verse
A Bird's Eye View
...A little bird has flown the nest
to seek a world of wonder
and spreads her wings 'neath skies possessed
by lightning bolts and thunder.
She flee...
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Categories:
waterboard, war, world,
Form: Rhyme
At War With My Country
...Suddenly I feel at war with my Country,
Country of origin, land of my birth,
Fortunate senior, not long for the Earth.
Patriot lust to kill natives still lingers,
Mass racial prejudice never wi...
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Categories:
waterboard, abuse, anxiety, introspection, prejudice,
Form: Quatrain
The World Around Us
...Awaking blithe each morning,
with eyes upon the World,
I wonder, are we mourning
with ebon flags unfurled –
or are they but a warning,
some draped like snakes and curled,
stray stars and stripe...
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Categories:
waterboard, earth, environment, war,
Form: Rhyme
Cameron Diaz
...Herpetologist meets actress (Cameron Diaz).
If he's funny he's me.
South America or Africa (on location).
In a diamond mind.
The protagonists (lovers), the diamonds, the miners and the minders.
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Categories:
waterboard, america, beauty, funny, happiness,
Form: Verse
The Verdict
.... NOW
Well, GI Jack is welcome back, he left his legs in 'Nam.
He wakes at night in sweat and fright, then drinks another dram.
He doesn't know quite where to go, so see...
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Categories:
waterboard, society, war,
Form: Ballad
Waterboard Or School Exam
...torturous exam
cleansing tides down psyche slide
silted memory
important events recalled
instructor evaluates...
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Categories:
waterboard, education
Form: Tanka