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The Stage

To stand on the stage
Look for eyes of approval
Mature at the proper age
Some say the world is a stage

Competition can be extreme
There is no simple method
Demands and hardships each day
This is the price you must pay

Lights will shine brightly on you
Makeup will not hide your face
Apprehension builds inside
Possibly a life in the theater just died

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Distortion

They kill for their namesake
Blinded with visions of righteousness
Mirrored with images of self
Sanctifying, with daggers plunging deep
Crowds gather in loyalty
Massed in fear, assembled in hatred
Adherence to dogmas of a farsighted kind
While master deceivers bloom like orchids

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Tales of Cruelty and Injustice

Beginning
Man
Black
Human
Contented

Cop
Authority
Power
Law
Uncontrolled

Stop
Suspicion
Wrong
Prejudice
Persecuted

Force
Shot
Asphyxiate
Homicide
Executed

Lie
Falsify
Conceive
Oppression
Colluded

Rights
Justice
Outrage
Indignation
Why?

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In Praise of Crows

It flew into my yard one bright autumn day
Reminded me of feelings
Severed sometime back
As the burly tattooed man attended to his chores

“They're beggars of the Earth.
Revolting creatures at that,”
She said mockingly
As the burly tattooed man walked out of the shed

My life began to be renewed once more
“I knew of one that attacked a child,”
The old women said
As the burly tattooed man blew it away

Copyright © Richard Puglisi | Year Posted 2021


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