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Lara Wash Poem
Her innocence was gone
Maturity was her mystique
And she wore it like makeup as in clinique
She smiled and looked through deep eyes
Seeing through the disguise
She was wise
Serious was her demeanor
Compared to a pleasant dream of the dreamer
She sought pure thoughts and a heart that was cleaner than clean
Right and wrong were not important
Truth trumped those nouns
And only truth wore the crown
She listened to words as if she was reading a good book
And if ones words didn’t match their behavior
Then she knew that she was listening to a mind crook
She untangled their words and threw away their hooks
Wisdom and folly are two extremes
Wisdom builds self esteem and folly takes one downstream
One is kind and one is mean
She always walked towards kindness and peace
Those two attributes were her centerpiece
Copyright © Lara Wash | Year Posted 2017
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No crossed legs
No crossed arms
No crossed eyes
No closed circuits
Why?
Poor circulation
Limited creation
From crossed parts
Let there be resignation
Copyright © Lara Wash | Year Posted 2018
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Zora Neal saw that Their Eyes Were Watching God, when
Toni Morrison heard The Song of Solomon, and
James Baldwin Told It on the Mountain, while
W.E.B. DuBois embraced The Souls of Black Folks
Richard Wright was a Black Boy, that’s why
Dr. Maya Angelo Knew Why the Caged Bird Sang
Iyana Vanzant found Peace Within Pieces, when
Lorraine Hansberry ate a Raisin in the Sun, while
Terry McMillian was Waiting to Exhale
Copyright © Lara Wash | Year Posted 2014
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Turn if off!
I told myself
Are you behaving like an addict?
Do you have to read your emails, look on Facebook, tweet a few lines,
Play a game or two and while at work your lunchtime and breaks are
Filled with personal calls and surfing the web
Robots we are not
We are emotional intelligent beings living in a world that have diminished
Our attention with others to a text
Sure all of technology is a tool for making things more efficient
But are we so self sufficient that we miss the human element
By becoming deficient?
I see shoppers pass by others and never speak because they are engrossed
In conversations on their cell phones and bump into objects and fall into potholes because their attention is focused on cyberspace
Because of God’s grace
They weren’t hurt
But they certainly didn’t save face
I’ve learned to take a technology fast
At a certain time my cell phone and computers are off
And my television too
So that my personal interaction with others isn’t devalued
Copyright © Lara Wash | Year Posted 2016
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I love to smile
Because a smile is universal
It needs no dress rehearsal
Copyright © Lara Wash | Year Posted 2014
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Weapons and mass destruction
Traffic congestion
Infrastructure deterioration
Human experimentation
Child Abuse and Molestation
Church-State Separation
Toxic waste and unemployment
Exorbitant education
Police corruption and abuse
Alcoholism,Grey Goose
Can’t smoke indoors
Can’t smoke outdoors
Big Brothers mouth roars
“STOP the POLLUTION”
When it’s big businesses
That has the solution
To air pollution
It’s not the consumers
So stop spreading those rumors
Medicare and Medicaid Reform
Trying to set the norm
Compared to
Money Laundering
And the show that some
Perform
Media Bias
Would stop if we only had
More Zechariah's
Homelessness
In the U.S
It’s not a good reflection of America
Doing its best
Women fighting
For their equal rights
And racism lingering
Day and night
Change must be bold
And in Highlight
Copyright © Lara Wash | Year Posted 2014
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Why is justice blind?
How can she see my tears or see me gnashing my teeth?
How will she see me falling to my knees?
Shouldn’t she be the one who sees?
She has scales in her hands but she can’t
See what’s being weighted
Some burdens are heavy others are light
Uncover your eyes and see the light
Copyright © Lara Wash | Year Posted 2013
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He was the employee
She was the boss
He worked for her
Than it came to a halt
He’d call in sick
And started missing days
He’d come to work late
And his excuses weren’t straight
The boss called him into her office
And gave him an ultimatum
He said he found another job
And what he said was datum
She walked him to the door
And bid him farewell
She told him his final check
Would be sent by mail
This is a relationship
That failed
Copyright © Lara Wash | Year Posted 2015
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The GOP are talking about doing away
With the EPA
But The Environmental Protection Agency
Makes sure that factories don’t pollute the air we breathe
They say “Kill that act”
Just because they want to run their businesses with ease
If the Clean Air Act is obliterated
Than with pollutants we’ll be saturated
The EPA is a good agency
Making businesses clean up their act
These are the facts:
The EPA has resources to help prepare for and respond
To both natural disasters and hazardous substance spills
And that’s the law they want to kill?
The EPA provides information on the environmental hazards
That can threaten our health in our everyday lives
So let’s see eye-to-eye and stop this strife
With bombastic lies
Copyright © Lara Wash | Year Posted 2016
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Watching television can make some couch potatoes
Too much sitting down can be fatal
A little sleep a little slumber
Is not as cool as a cucumber
More dark green vegetables and fruit
More water, less juice
Will help the heart give disease
The boot
Exercise is always good
Walking ten minutes a day
Is probable in the “Burbs or the Hood”
Good health
Good life
More joy
Less strife
Giving all praise to
Jesus Christ
Copyright © Lara Wash | Year Posted 2014
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