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#authority poems

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PREDATORS (Epigram)Thick skin, big body and sharp teeth, they slay / These greedy animals hunt for their prey / Their g

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Disappearing actsParents act like they've never been children / Just like teachers act like they've never been studen

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Position/Designation*Talentless with no position (Goon) / Talentless with position (Doom) / Talented with no position (D

@bharti-singh11

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OxymoronGun in one hand, bible in the other. / Is not the word a sword? / Why need for a gun too? / Or is it

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TruthIf you want to find out about someone’s character you ask them how do they gauge truth, or how do th

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Women On The RiseWomen Rising: Five Predictions for Women in the 2012 Workplace / In Society 3.0, Dr. Wilen-Daugenti

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Dictatorthe more i try to change myself / my more i see who i really am. / depression kicks in when i try to

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Boy wearing paint (Part I)Don't look at me and say you see / good, / They don't like that. The way / my hands are caked in col

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Lost AngelesHelicopter blades chop through arid air / sirens fill space off in the distance. / Somewhere, someon

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late midlife crisis?when I ask myself / what I am / I am not sure I know the answer / a ‚mature‘ man / of 70 plus / gran

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StuckNever more than I can bear / It's what you promised me / A wrenching family affair / Obsessed with h

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All in AllGreater than all created things summed up / And multiplied by immortality, / The LORD attends to eve

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Humanity*We* are *all* human / Why should *we* fight for power / when it kills *us* **now**? / © Matthew Har

@matthew-harlovic5

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MoodShe’s mad, my bad / She’s shouting, I’m silent / She’s sweating, I’m dithering / She’s all over the

@BelieverMusaWaterson16

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Chief "Hashi" DisarrayedThe forested breeze blew eastwards. On each swing of the wind, the birds flew and fluttered. Each of

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authority as a weapon.slash their words by / demanding obedience. / burn them by / shaming their dreams. / cut them to the

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The Obsequious EmperorLong live the men / battered and opressed / Long live the King / old, frail and dying. / Hail to the

@meister-lendonshire25

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Eternal postmoderismThe rule of the self is exalted above / any adherence to any thing/feeling. / Their notions of doubt

@MichaelTChase36

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UnruleWere we deaf to the rules / How would we enjoy / The sweet sound they make / We they break

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Jump When I Say, "Jump." - 5/12/04Jump when I say, “jump.” / No. / Why not? / I’ll jump when I’m ready. / No, jump now. I said, “jump.

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Growing up DickedWe are a generation, / Indeed, a nation, / Raised upon foreign warring. / Scapegoat aggravation. / B

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The Saddest DayThe saddest day, it was yesterday. / Smoky sullen pushy congested lightless sky day. / Wrecked and w

@martin-narrod50

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AuthorityIf you have authority in a field / You must acquire expertise / For if you scrutinize a master / Fro

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The King of The WorldLike puppets dancing on strings / Are Presidents and princes / Prime Ministers and politicians / And

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