By: Cedric McClester

As I breathed
my last breath
And embraced
The thought of death
Envisioning there’s
Nothing left
But those that I’m
Leaving bereft

Another thought
Did occur
Passing strange
As it were
Was my life
Just one big blur?
And how many others
Would concur?

What was I
Leaving behind
To benefit
My fellow kind?
More than once
Crossed my mind
Was it an accident
Or by design?

For now I feared
It was much too late
For anything
But to accept my fate
Having been crushed
Underneath the weight
Then everything
Began to conflate












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By: Cedric McClester

Once upon a time
The enemy was ISIS
Today it’s the Grand Old Party
And its many vices
Through their conspiracy theories
They try to entice us
Which has our democracy
In a constant state of crisis

Once upon a time
We could respectfully disagree
Without reducing the argument
To demagoguery
Now that’s all but impossible
As  far as I can see
Which has me also wondering
How free really are we?

Once upon a time
We were the envy of every nation
Today we’re left to wonder
What happened to our foundation?
Some are of the opinion
That we should just be patient
Like there’s nothing wrong
With going on with our complacence


Once upon a time
We were encouraged to dream,
Today that doesn’t fit within
Some people’s larger scheme
We are merely pawns
On their chess board it would seem
And as the game advance
They’re picking up more steam






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By: Cedric McClester

Mark Meadows do you revel
In the fact
That you served the devil
At the highest level?
Are you now admitting
To committing
Acts of sedition
From that lofty position?

Will Congress be stiffed?
Or is it a myth
That you’ll take the Fifth
Like a treasured gift?
When it’s do or die
Will you simply lie
So as not to comply?
Let me ask you why?

Were you concussed
Or was it power lust
‘Made you betray our trust?
You have a lot of crust
So tell us what’s the deal
Or how you now feel?
Only keep it real
About the Big Steal

Not to be abrupt
I hate to interrupt
Are you just corrupt?
What’s your construct?
How do you justify
They way that you comply
Do you just deny
That Sweet Bye and Bye?











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By: Cedric McClester

They’ve labeled him a demon
Was it in his father’s *****?
Can there be any redeeming
For one who came through steaming
Mowing innocent people down
On a Christmas parade ground?
Over there in Waukesha Wisconsin
Don’t his ramblings sound like nonsense?

What went on in his head?
He left six people lying dead
But no one’s visited him he said
At least that’s what I thought I read
He left countless people wounded
And otherwise obtunded
Is he crazy?
You might have assumed it

Police haven’t discovered his motive
You see his mind is a locomotive
Which I guess could be denotive
Of his not being emotive
And despite his reasoning
What he did is an outright sin
Can the church now say amen?
Come on y’all I know you can

His mother tried hard to explain
From his childhood he’s been insane
Something’s clearly wrong with his brain
Though the fact of the matter will remain
Six people needlessly lost their lives
While their killer still survives
And the psychologists take deeper dives
His case is one for the archives







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By:  Cedric McClester

The precedent’s been made
By Roe v Wade
The question now
Is can it be saved?
Or must women once again
Become enslaved
From the womb to their grave
By laws primarily man made?

Now here’s the latest news
About a woman’s right to choose
Which believe you me
Is about to be abused
By a court of nine
Six of whom will redefine
What should be plain to see
How many weeks constitutes viability?

With abortions all but banned
By the Supreme Court’s heavy hand
The poor will be on their own
Caught up in the Twilight Zone
When it comes to having babies
There’s no if ands buts or maybes
Can’t you hear ‘em pleading
Someone save me?

If Conservatives get their wishes
Roe v Wade rests with the fishes
Never to be heard from again
To the satisfaction of some men
Who have no skin in the game
But want to weigh in just the same
I just hope women remember
In the mid-terms come next November











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By: Cedric McClester

Have we lost our minds
Since Columbine?
Gun violence is a cancer
For which there seems be no answer
But political inaction
Has served as an enhancer
To repeated tragedies
That never had  to be!

Children attend school
With the possibility of being shot
When all they should have to worry about
Is whatever grade they got
Gun violence and school shootings
Seem never ending
What kind of message
Are our elected officials sending?

Second Amendment rights
Be ******
Where our priorities get jammed
Some of our rights
Need to be amended
When they’re not used
The way they were intended
Perhaps they simply need to be rescinded

Expressions of condolences
Come too little or too late
When you’ve lost your child
Through a random act of hate
Perpetrators well may be
Labeled as insane
But the National Rifle Association
And gun violence is our bane








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By: Cedric McClester

Jesus help me please
I’ve been knocked down to my knees
By a dreaded disease
Help me to recover
Help the doctors to discover
A miracle or cure
Cos I can’t take much more
And I need your help for sure

Jesus help me please
Bring me comfort and some ease
And grant me a reprise
From a mind going insane
And a body racked with pain
Help me to find internal peace
You can tame this savage beast
Raveging the north west south and east

Jesus help me please
It even hurts me when I sneeze
Try to breathe and I just wheeze
I remain your faithful debtor
Praying in time that ’ll get much better
But you’re the one who holds the keys
So  won’t you help me Jesus please
You have the expertise’’

Jesus help me please
I’m not just shooting the breeze
I’m  in way over my skis
And I haven’t any doubt’
Only you can help me out
See despite modern science
On you I place my reliance
And this isn’t in defiance

















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