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Big Virge Aug 2020
ELEVATION of ... " Skill " ...
Like Elevation of ... " Will " ...

Can Be Defined ...
As ELEVATION of The Mind ...

Or In OTHER Words ...
The Ability To RISE ...
Where You ELEVATE ...
ABOVE The Absurd ... !!!

It's NOT ...
What You've ... " Heard " ...

It's What You KNOW ... !!!
That Allows You To Go ...
To Places Where ...
You Fear ... NO FOE ... !!!

ESPECIALLY Those ...
Who Just CAN'T Cope ...
With Seeing You ELEVATE ...
To A .... " HIGHER PLACE " ....

A Place ... REAL HIGH ...
BEYOND The ... " Sky " ... !!!

Where Time Just Seems ...
To ... Pass You By ..................................
While You Design ...
... ELEVATED Lines ...

Lines of Movement For INFUSION ...
Nutrient FILLED For Your IMPROVEMENT ... !!!

Wordplay Like THAT Is Hard to say ...
So I Think I'll Just Use ... ELEVATE ...
And Similar Styles of Clever Wordplay ...
To Try and Explain What I'm ACTUALLY Saying ...

What It Is That I'm Saying ...
Is ... Use of The BRAIN ...
Is Something From Which ...
You ... SHOULDN'T Refrain ... !!!!!!

... ESPECIALLY If ...
You're Learning A Skill ...
Like Writing of Scripts ...
Kind of Like THIS ...
For Films Or ... Poems ...

Or Maybe For Something ...
Like YES ... How You LIVE ... !!!

Or ... Who You Enlist ...
For ... " Relationships " ...

Partnerships ... "PRIVATE" ...
or Those For Business ...

ELEVATION ... With THIS ...
I Think ... Well INSIST ... !!!
Is CLEARLY Something ...
NO-ONE Should .... DISMISS ... !!!!!

But Who AM I To Say ...
How To ... Live YOUR LIFE ... !?!

RESIST If You Like ...
But If You Then FIND ...
Yourself ... "In A BIND" ... !!!

You May Find Your Mind ...
Decides To CALL TIME ... !!!!
Which Could Leave You Paying ...
The ... ULTIMATE PRICE ... !!!!!

Why Would You RESIGN ...
Yourself To ... Decline ... ?!?

CLEARLY Such Actions ...
Would Be ... Quite UNWISE ... !!!!!

But As I Said Before ...
Feel FREE To ........ Ignore ... !!!

You May Well Decide ...
To QUICKLY Deride ...
The Words That I Write ...
And TRY To ... IMPLY ...

That I THINK ...
... " I'm THE MAN ! " ...

Well THANKS Yes I AM ... !!!

In FACT I'm THAT Guy ...
With Constant Supplies ...
of Words For The WISE ... !!!
That ... ELEVATE Minds ... !!!

MANY Are SURPRISED ... !!!
By Poetic Lines I Write Or Transcribe ...
Because My Insights ... SPREAD .....
SO FAR And ...... W I  D  E ..........................
That ... Sometimes My Rhymes ...
Leave People Inclined ...
To ... Ask Me Things Like ...

"Virge, could you recite
that piece one more time ?"

YES ... Is My Reply ...
When They Ask To Hear ...
My Poetry ... TWICE ... !!!!!

I Simply ... Preside ...
OVER Being PRECISE ...
With EVERY Last Letter ...
I Take Time To Write ... !!!

ELEVATION of SKILL ...
Is How I Now CHILL .........................
Cos' It Helps Me ... INSTIL ...
My Wish To FULFIL ...

A Level Much HIGHER ...
Than ... Jack And Jills' HILL ... !!!!!!!!

It Helps Me ASPIRE ...
To ...  ELEVATE HIGHER ...
Than Those With THE SKILL ...
To Walk The ... HIGH WIRE ... !!!

NOW THAT Is A SKILL ...
Most People ... ADMIRE ... !!!

But Playing With FIRE ...
May Well Leave You BURNED ... !!!!!!

When Will People LEARN ...
That ... Living To **** ...
Is ... Simply ABSURD ... ?!?

ELEVATION of ... WILL ...
Are Words WELL OBSERVED ... !!!

Who Gives WHO THE RIGHT ...
... To **** On THIS Earth ... ?!?!?

The SKILL To LIVE LIFE ...
AIN'T Easy Or ... " Nice " ... !!!

We ALL Go Through STRIFE ...
And Go Through TOUGH Times ... !!!

ESPECIALLY When ...
We're Dealing With DEATH ...
Friends Or Relatives ... !!!

THIS Poetry Seems ...
To Have ... Taken A TWIST ... !!!

But ... ELEVATION of WILL ...
Can HELP You ENLIST ....
A Place That's TRANQUIL ..........................

EVEN In Times ...
When Life's ... NOT SO Nice ... !!!

It's EASY To SLIP ...
DOWN THAT Slippery Slide ...
But ... ELEVATION of The MIND ...
Can HELP Change The Tide ... !!!!!
And HELP You To FIND ...
THAT Place As I've Said ...
That's ... " BEYOND The Sky " ... !!!

THESE Words I ... REPEAT ...
ONCE AGAIN For WISE HEADS ...

And For THOSE I've Mentioned ...
Who Are YES ... IGNORANT ... !!!!!!!!

These Days When I'm TENSE ...
I Pick Up A Pen And Simply Expend ...
My Stress Through ... Poems ... !!!

Until I Have Found ...
A Mood of CALMNESS ...
That Helps Me Transcend ...
The Days When I'm DOWN ...
And Wear A ... BIG FROWN ... !!!!!

ELEVATION Through Scripts ...
CAN Give You A LIFT ...
Just Like A Piece ....
of Your FAVOURITE Music ... !!!!!

There Is Now MUCH SICKNESS ...
Where Once There Was FITNESS ... !!!

This TREND NEEDS To END ...
With QUICKNESS And SWIFTNESS ... !!!

" CAN I GET A WITNESS ? "

So Who Is The Face ...
Who'll STEP UP To THE PLATE ... ?!?

And TRY To ... ELEVATE ...
BEFORE It's TOO LATE ....
To HELP Us Moderate ...
The Things We NOW KNOW ...
To Be OUR Human Traits ... !!!!!

I Guess In The END ...
NO-One Can Change FATE ... !!!

But One Thing We CAN DO ...
With OUR ... Human Race ...

Is ...
NOT Embrace ..... HATE ..... !!!!!

When We CAN .........

.... " ELEVATE " ....
It's a good thing to do .....
Big Virge Aug 2020
Ya Know ...

We CAN'T ALL BE ...
... Artistically Free ... !!!

It’s A FALLACY To Truly Believe ...
That Artistry Truly Deals In FREE Speech ...

It’s Just A Different Form ...
of ...... SLAVERY ...... !!!

When Some Are FORCED ... !!!
To HOLD BACK ... Talk ... !!!

To Now Be... P.C.
Cos’ of Communities Like The LGBT ...

I Mean ... SERIOUSLY ... !?!
How Can Art Be ... FREE ... ?!?
When Artists CAN'T Speak ...
About How They Feel ... !?!

So What’s The Deal ... ?
Who’s ... REALLY Being REAL ... ???

Because We’re Facing Times ...
Where Arts Design Is Being Refined ...
To Play The Game In RESTRICTED Ways ... !!!

It’s Nothing New ...
To See How Groups ...
And ... Soloists Too ... !!!

Are The Ones Pushed Through ...
Because Their TRUTH ...
Is .................... "Hidden From View" ... !!!!!

To APPEASE Their ...
... Management Companies ... !!!

So Are Made To Write ...
Lyrics That ... " Fit " ...
In With The Trends ...
That DON'T Cause Offence ...
To These ... MONEY Men ...
And Their Groups of RICH Friends ... !!!

So ... " We CAN’T All Be " ...

FREE To ... EXPRESS ...
What We WANT To Express ...

Because of CONTROLS ...
That ... Go To SHOW ...

That The Game ...
... AIN'T FAIR ... !!!!!

When WAR's Declared ... ?!?

On Expression Not Lessened ...
Because of The Pressures ...
Applied By ... "Agendas" ...
And ... Corporate Fellas ... !!!

Whose Teams Have The Means ...
To CONTROL ... Artistry ... !!!!!!

You See Things Are NOT Really ...
... As They Seem To Be ... !!!

It’s ... FALSIFIED Dreams ...
That They're Feeding To Teens ...
And .... Adults TOO .... !!!!!

So TRUST When I Say ... !!!
That For MOST To Get Though ...

They Have To Be SHREWD ...
With The Views That They Choose ...
To ... Express On Tunes ... !!!

Cos’ Now Reggae Crews ...
Are AGAIN In The News ...
For Being ... REFUSED ... !!!

The Right To Perform ...
On ... Foreign Shores ...
By Those Whose Cause ...
Is To ... LOCK DOWN Jaws ... !!!

UNLESS ... Of Course ...
They’re QUICK To Conform ...
And NOT Kick Up Storms ... !!!

In The Things They Perform ... !!!!!
Which Is Now ... " The New Norm " ...

Or ... IS IT ... ???

... INDEPENDENT Art ...
RARELY Reaches Charts ...
Because of RESTRICTIONS ...
And Positions CONDITIONED ...

That Have ... PROVEN To Me ...
That When It Comes To Artistic Teams ...
And Having ... SUCCESS ...
With The Things You Express ...

From ...
Singing To Rapping ...
To Doing ... Poetry ...

When It Comes To The DREAM ...
of Being .... Artistically FREE ....

It Really Is Something  .....

That .....

.... “ We Can’t All Be “ .... !!!!!!
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Big Virge Aug 2020
This Poem RELEASES.........................
Some TRUE... Self ADMISSIONS... !!!

Sometimes I DON'T Listen...
To Those Who Have WISDOM... !?!

Sometimes YES I'm RUDE...
But... What Can I Do... ?!?

CHANGE Who I AM... !?!
To Simply PLEASE YOU... ?!?

SURELY YOU Have Things...
You Must ADMIT Too... !?!?!

But Let's NOT Confuse...
We've ALL Got ISSUES... !!!

THIS Poetic Piece Is More About ME...
And The Things That I SEE...
That FUEL... " My Beliefs "... !!!

I Believe In Relating...
My Views On Our Nation...
WITHOUT Separating...
My Heart From CREATION... !!!

The Words I Now Use...
Are Simply... MY TRUTH... !!!

They're NOT To INCITE You...
To... Dish Out ABUSE... !!!!!

My Poetic Scripts...
Are Simply... " A GIFT "...
From WAY UP ABOVE...
So Come With MUCH LOVE... !!!

But SOMETIMES They Come...
Like... BULLETS From GUNS... !!!

So... Here's An ADMISSION...
That Needs NO PETITION... !!!

Some Things That I Write...
Are REALLY... NOT NICE... !!!

But It's MY BELIEF...
Sometimes We MUST SEE...
The Things In Our Lives...
That Make Us ANGRY...
Before We Can Find...
A Place FILLED With PEACE... !!!

But We ALL MUST Admit...
This Will Be SOME JOURNEY... !!!!!!!

One That Will LOSE Some...
Whose Views AREN'T Worthy...
of Being A Part of... " Our Society "... !!!!!

ADMITTING THAT Feeling...
Is... CLEARLY REVEALING...
A NEED For ACCEPTANCE...
DEEP INSIDE... " My Chi "... !!!

Because EDUCATION...
AVOIDS... Separation...

But I DO Admit THIS...
Schooling Right Now...
Has MUCH That Is FOUL...
ALL These Internet HITS...
Teachers NEED To... DISMISS... !!!

Parents NEED MORE Time...
To Relate With Their Kids... !!!

SURELY That's Something...
WE ALL MUST ADMIT... ?!?

See SOME Self Admissions...
Will Make Some Start Thinking...
That SOME Things ADMITTED...

ARE BETTER Off... "hidden"... !!!

Well CLEARLY They're WILLING...
To Hide From What's In Them... !?!?!

Well That's A Position...
FAR FROM..... Self Admissions.... !!!!!

Now THIS Is A Subject...
DEFINING... Complex...
Because It's BOUNDLESS...
Or... Infinite YES...
Wth... NO Simple End...

See Some of My Text...
ADMITTEDLY Sends...
Some... Back To Their Beds...
With... QUITE A COMPLEX... !!!!!

Because Their... Poor Heads...
Can't Deal With GOOD SENSE...

Now WE ALL Keep Things Hidden...
Instead of Enlisting...
OUR WILL To Be FREE...
With The Things That WE FEEL... !!!!!

But...
STILL Have The Cheek To Say...

"Hey, KEEP IT REAL !"

Well Check Out THIS DICTION... !!!
You BEST BE Admitting...
The Things In YOURSELF...
That DAMAGE Your Health... !!!

And KEEP You From GRIPPING...
MORE... " Knowledge of Self "...

MORE... " Wisdom with STEALTH "... !!!

MORE Feelings INSIDE You...
To... REACH OUT And HELP...

Instead of JUST Living...
Your Life For YOURSELF... !!!!!

Well It's MY Self Admission...
I DO These Things TOO... !!!!!

But Here Is MY VIEW...
Sometimes It Is Cool...
To DO This For YOU... !!!

Because EVERYBODY...
CAN'T Deal With THE TRUTH... !!!

Like Seeing RACISM...
That... ALL Of Us USE... !!!

My Own Self Admission...
Is... I DO IT TOO... !!!!!

But NEVER SUBMITTING...
To Walking THAT Route...
Is Where Self Admission...
Can Make It Seem Cool... ?!?

By This I'm ADMITTING...
A WEAKNESS of MINE... !!!

But Such Self Admissions...
TOO MANY Are... MISSING...
About THEIR OWN MINDS... !!!!!

We AREN'T ALWAYS Right...
We AREN'T ALWAYS Strong... !!!

Sometimes We NEED Time...
To SEE.............. What is WRONG................

It's REALLY NOT Weak...
To Admit That You Weep...
Or... ADMIT Sometimes...
That You FEEL Incomplete...

I Guess Some Would Say...
That My Words Are REAL DEEP... !!!

When All They Are Doing...
Are... Moving And Soothing...
As Well As IMPROVING My Mentality... !!!

So That My Poetry Can Hopefully REACH...
A Part of... " My Psyche "...
That HELPS Me... BE FREE.....................

FREE With... My BEING...
Now THAT's DEEP To ME... !!!!!

Now I Have To ADMIT...
That THIS Poetic Script...
HASN'T Been Hard To Do... !!!

Because It's Through LOVE...
That THESE Words Come To YOU...

So.... I Hope....
Now YOU Have Listened...
Or Just... READ These Words...
You Will Now Have Learned...

How DEEP I Can Be...
Through Rhyme Driven Prose...

And A Few...

.... " Self Admissions "....
The Poem says it all ......
Big Virge Jul 2020
I Used To Meditate...
In My YOUNGER Days... !!!

The Day I Stopped...
Was A Crying Shame... !!!
But I Now Meditate...
In A... DIFFERENT Way... !!!

I Meditate... NOW...
By Picking Up A Pen And Writing Down...
ESPECIALLY When I Start To FROWN... !!!!!!

Poetry FEEDS My ENERGIES...
And Helps My Mind FIND... " Inner Peace "...

I Write About The Things I SEE...
Within My Life And On The Streets...

It's A Form of... " Meditation "...
My Poetic Word Creation...

It FEEDS My RESPIRATION...
Thus AVOIDING Palpitations... !!!

Palpitations... In My MIND...
When Inclined To RECOGNISE...
That MANY DIE Because of LIES...
And THOSE Who CHOOSE...
To... PERPETRATE CRIMES... !!!

… ” Meditation " …

Through My Rhymes...
MAINTAINS My Search For LIGHT...
That Helps Me STAND and FIGHT...
For What... I THINK Is RIGHT... !!!

What's RIGHT For... ME...
Is... REGULAR Use of Poetry... !!!

It's As If I... " MEDITATE "...
When My Pen EMBRACES Page...

And Starts To... Relay...
How I Feel About The World...
And Our Lives... Today...

Sometimes I Simply...
Drift AWAY............................... .................
Through... Time And Space...
In Other Words Folks I... MEDITATE... !!!

I Write With A RHYTHM...
Some People Say...

That's Because of THE TUNES...
I Put On.... " PLAY ".... !!!

That's Why My Wordplay...
DOESN'T Seem To Be... " Staged "...

There Is... NO STAGE...
When You MEDITATE... !!!!!

Are You Reading Me Folks... ?
Cos'... That's NO JOKE... !!!

Words Like THOSE...
You Should Let SOAK...............

SOAK... " INSIDE "...
Your Heart And Mind...

I DON'T Presume...
To KNOW What's Right... !!!
  
But You May Find...
This Helps Your SIGHT...
And Eventually SEE...

How Poetry...
CAN FEED Your NEEDS... !!!

Write For... YOU...
And Then You'll Find...
Your Rhythm Too... !!!!!!

Meditation IS...
... BENEFICIAL Food...
When... NOT ABUSED...
By.... HARD DRUG Use.... !!!!!

CLARITY of Mind HELPS You Recline...
And NOT Resign To MISSING Signs...
of What Is WRONG And What Is RIGHT... !!!

Mediation HELPS You FIND Yourself...
And BREEDS A WEALTH of MENTAL HEALTH... !!!!!!!!

It Also SOOTHES Your DARKEST Moods...

ESPECIALLY When...
It's USED To IMPROVE...
How You FEEL About... YOU... !!!

The Basis of Which...
Is Being... TRUE... !!!!!

My Poetry SEEKS.............................. ...........
To TOUCH And REACH................

A Place of BEAUTY...
CALM And PEACE.............................. ...........................

Meditation FEEDS My Poetic Creations...
And Helps EXCEED My... "Limitations"... !!!!!

And EASES YES My... Respiration...

BREATHE In................................. .................................
BREATHE Out................................ .................................

And Then... EXPOUND...
By USING Scripts Like RHYTHMIC Sounds...
This Is How I MEDITATE NOW... !!!

Which Is Why My Words...
Are... Humility Bound... !!!

Humble Because The Path I've Found...
Helps My Feet STAY... ON The Ground... !!!

My Form of... " Meditation "...
Helps BUILD My Education...
ABOUT Our Population...

That's Why I'm Now Relating...
About THIS.... " Meditation "....
That KEEPS My Soul ON TRACK...
And... Suitably STATIONED... !!!!!!!!!

STATIONED In A Place...
Where I CAN Meditate...
And When I DO...
THIS Poetry Tool...
of... Pen And Page...

HELPS Me COOL My TEMPER Gauge...
NO Time For HATE Or Getting IRATE.

Because They LEAD To EVIL DEEDS... !!!

I'd RATHER Meditate Than MEET Their Fate... !!!!
Whether Writing On Race Or The Welfare State...

My Words Relate And Indicate...
How I... Choose To...

....... " Meditate ".......

But If My Wordplay DEMONSTRATES...
ANGER When My Pen Meets Page... !!!!!

PLEASE... OVERSTAND... !!!
If I... Start To RANT... !!!

Being... BLACK...
Has It's... PROBLEMS... !!!!

So REMEMBER These Words...
The Name... " BIG VIRGE "...

But When...
ALL's Said And Done...

I'm Just... A MAN...
Like Those Who Have...
A.... " Lesser Tan ".... !!!!

When I Meditate Now...
I'm CALMING Down...

It's Just My Way...
of RELEASING PAIN... !!!
And Learning How To...
SMILE... NOT Frown... !!!

It's ALL A Part of SHOWING Heart...
Before Things Start To Fall A P A R T... !!!!!!

I'm NOT That Smart...
But... KNOW What Makes...
My ANGER... PASS...................

Pen And Page Night Time Or DAY...
Are Times When I Now Meditate...

Poetry Eases MANY Pains...
That's My Thesis What Do You Say... ?
Does Poetry Make YOU Feel THIS WAY... ???

It Breeds... CREATION...
I'd Rather Have THIS Than ANY Playstation... !!!

Synchronisation And Intonation...
Mixed With Patience And EXQUISITE Cadence...
is BOUND To TOUCH And FEED Sensations...

... Similar To THOSE...

We DEFINE As...

.... " MEDITATION "....
I would never have thought it would be such an important part of my world, however, I am very thankful it is, thus I continue to meditate ............
Big Virge Jul 2020
Now These Words Are TRUE...
And... NOT From Some Cartoon...
Where A Dog's Being Used... !!!!!!!

Because.....

YIKES... There Are SPIKES..
of Infections Spreading... !!!

That Could Cause A New CRISIS... !!!

That’s... Much WORSE Than ISIS... !!!

SPIKING Here And SPIKING There... !?!

Because of BREACHES...
... CLOSING Beaches... !!!
So Now Cars Are Ensnared...
Like Stars Up In Our Atmosphere... !!!

Because MILE LONG Queues...
Are Now In View That Seem To Prove...

That Lots of People DON'T CARE... ?!?
And Could Really CARE LESS... !?!

About Coronas Spread...
Now That Word’s Been Sent...
From Government Heads...
That The Spread Has Cooled...?!?

Now I DON’T Think That I’m A Fool... !?!
But Am Now Getting A Little Confused... ?!?

Because... If This Is TRUE... ?!?
Why Are Infection Rates SPIKING...
Like Boots Built For HIKING... ?!?

Infection Rates CLIMBING... !!!
In Places Where Sightings...
of Groups Are Now FRIGHTENING... !!!

These... Medical Heads...
Who Are QUICK To Express...
That Corona Is FAR...................
From Reaching It’s END... !!!

In Fact Trends Now Suggest...
That It’s Gonna Progress...
And Cause People More STRESS... !!!

Because Systems Aren’t Ready...
For Spikes That Could UNSTEADY...

The Reduction of Cases...
Because People Aren’t Spacing...
Like They Have Been TOLD... !?!

Some Are Being... TOO BOLD... !!!
When They’re... Leaving Their Homes...
And These Protesters Have...
Now Indeed... HINDERED Plans... !!!
To Stop The Increase of INFECTIONS... !!!

That Are Now Being Seen...
To Be... RISING AGAIN... !!!

And Indeed Now SPIKING... !!!!
In Destinations With BIG Populations... !!!

Where Lockdowns Were EASED...
To Help STOP The FREEZE...
of Their... ECONOMIES... ?!?

But... Now It Would SEEM...
That They Were Being HASTY... !?!

And Have OPENED Up Streets...
To NEW SPIKES of... DISEASE... !?!

Because Cash SUPERSEDES...
People Being... HEALTHY... ?!?

I Dunno About You...
But It Seems STRANGE To Me... ?!?

That... Election Rallies...
Were Allowed To Receive...
Congregations To See...
The President Speak...
About Campaign Themes... ?!?

While SPIKES Are Being Seen...
Right Across Their Country... ?!?

And... NOT Just The... U.S...
But The World GLOBALLY... !?!

And Now We’re Being Told...
That There Are Countries That Hold...
DATA That... WITHHOLDS....

A Truth That’s UNTOLD... !!!

About The... REAL Death Tolls... !!!
In Countries Where Controls...
And Testing Are... LOW... !!!

Because... Pure BRAVADO...
Is What Some Leaders Have Shown... ?!?

Who Are Telling STORIES...

But What Is THE TRUTH... ?!?
WITHOUT... Allegories...

Because.....
Folks Now NEED PROOF...
That’s Water Tight TOO... !!!

That SPIKES Will NOT Now...
Start Going Through Roofs... !!!!

That AGAIN Cause LOCKDOWNS...
To RETURN To Schools …
BEFORE … Children Do... !!!!!

Because Corona's REFUSED...
To Become A... "RECLUSE"... !!!

Just Like The Folks...
Who’ve Now BROKEN Rules... !!!

By... Leaving Their Homes...
Even When There’s CURFEWS... !!!

To... PARTY And ABUSE...
POLICE And News Crews...
Over... RACE Issues...
And OTHER Things Too... !!!

That Are Causing SPIKES...
To Start Reaching NEW HEIGHTS... !?!

Now ENDANGERING Life... !!!

But... Is That Right... ???

I’ll Let You Decide...
While I Write Some More Rhymes...
About The NEW RISE of These Corona Vibes...

That APPARENTLY Now...
May Cause A SURPRISE... !!!

That WON’T Be One...
That People Will LIKE... !!!

If What It Supplies...
Are LOCKDOWNS That...
AGAIN SHUTDOWN Lives... !!!

Because of PARTY Vibes...
And... Protest Lines...

That May Now Have Caused...
... Corona To SOAR...
And Start A NEW WAR... !!!

Due To Infection Rates...
RAISING STAKES AGAIN.. !!!

In Ways That INVITE...
A NEW WAVE To RISE... !!!

Where Corona Can Find...
Ways To... Once AGAIN...

.......... “ SPIKE “.........
Well, people were warned, so shouldn't be surprised !
Big Virge Jul 2020
One Day A Friend Said To Me....

“ Your Thoughts Big V
are deep and ample,
but to get them through to people,
you should try a different angle ! “

By This She Meant...

My Presence Is LARGE... !!!
And My Words Hit HARD... !!!

Because My Voice...
OUTWEIGHS My Poise... !!!

So Having...
Thought About The Way...

Most People REACT....
To My... “ Wordplay “...

I Had To Say WITHOUT Delay... !!!!
That Most Perceive Me To Be...
An ANGRY... Human Being... !!!!!!

So... Why Is That... ?
When I’m SO Laid Back... ?!?

It Still Seems That Being Black...
And Articulating... FACTS...

THROWS FEAR FILLED PACKS...
Back To Their... CRACK... !!!!!!!

Be It.....
From The... “ PIPE “... !!!!!!
Or.... Through A Mic’.....

These Bourgeoise Types....
CLEARLY Seem To DISLIKE...
The Words I Write..... !!!

UNLIKE THE POOR...
Who Smoke Crack Like...

Their DOING IT....
Is.... Food For Life.... ?!?

My Words Fa SURE...
Sometimes CRACK Minds... !!!!!
Like Superman... CRACKS...
When He Sees KRYPTONITE.... !!!!

So Messages Through Scripts....
I Should... Perhaps...

..... " Dangle "..... ?

So That People Can GRIP... !!!
Or BETTER STILL Get A HANDLE... !!!

of... What It Is...
My Pen Transmits...

Well I’m NOT CONVINCED... !!!
That This Will... Help...

Because I NEED...
To Be TRUE To Myself.... !!!!!!

If People DON’T GET IT...
What Can I Do.... ???
Other Than STICK...
To MY Version of The Truth... !!!

Can’t Please The Masses...
Til’ They CHOOSE To Be PLEASED... !!!!

That’s The Way Currently...
Things Seem To Be.... ?
Or... Is It That THEY...
Are REALLY AFRAID... ?
of People Who Say....
What They Want To Say... !!!!!

It’s CLEAR These Days...
MOST Want To ENTERTAIN... !!!

So That They Can Get PAID...
For Their CLOWN LIKE Displays... !!!

Well To ME That’s An Angle...
FILLED WITH.... FAKES.... !!!!!!
BAD APPLES And Snakes... !!!!!
And Those Who... CLAIM...

“ They’re Not About Fame ! “ …

But Make Their Way...
Through Government Pay... ?!?

It’s All... “ A Game “...
of... DIFFERENT Strains...
And... DIFFERENT Veins...

Maybe One Day...
The Game Will Change... ???

But Those Like Me...
Will Stay The SAME... !!!

And... Try OUR BEST...
To... WAKE UP Heads... !!!!!!!

My Angles... DIFFER....
From... ALL THE REST... !!!!!
Because I... DELIVER...
In The Face of PESTS..... !!!!!
Who Choose To.... REJECT.....

My Use of Rhyme And INTELLECT....
I QUICKLY STRANGLE Their DEFECTS..... !!!

Through Use of Simple...
..... “ Common Sense “.....

Which Helps UNRAVEL...
Their... OBSTACLE Tests... !!!

So That I Can PASS GO... !!!
And YES.... “ Collect “.....

A HEALTHY Cheque of REAL RESPECT... !!!
From Those IMPRESSED By My Use of Text...

My Style Is CLEARLY “ Angular “...
When Using My... Vernacular...
In FACT It’s Quite SPECTACULAR... !!!
With BITE Just Like Count Blackula’... !!!

So Me I Think I’ll Be STRAIGHT UP...
Even When... I OFFEND Some... !!!

Because My Thought Waves...
Leave Them SHOCKED... !!!
When... Words I Link...
... CONNECT The Dots... !!!

Or... Maybe I... ?
Should... “ Change My Tone “... ?

“ You’re Too Aggressive ! “ …

“ Here we go !
What’s your problem with my prose ?
It’s not my fault it rocks your boat ! “

“ See what I mean !
You’re Too Dark V ! “

“Listen up man that’s just me !
I like my personality ! “

I Deal In TRUTH And Honesty...
While Most Indulge In FANTASIES...

FALSE... “ Prophecies “...
... Spoken FAECES... !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Their Poetry’s A TRAGEDY... !!!
Because It SHUNS...........

......... “ REALITY “.........

Like JANE They Bring...
..... “ CALAMITIES “..... !!!!!

I Devise Angles CONSTANTLY...
That Leave These Dummies...

Seeing.... GREEN.....

GREEN With.... “ ENVY “....
........... JEALOUSY..........

So Big Virge CHANGE....
To... “ Play The Game “...

The Word I BELIEVE...
Is... UNLIKELY... !!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Self Belief Does NOT Exceed...
Humility... That Rests In Me... !!!

Because I’d Like My Words To REACH...
A Part of YOU That HELPS You SEE...
The PURPOSE of... My Poetry...

My Form of Speech...
May Seem... ANGRY...

But... Take A Sec’.........................
BEFORE Judging My Poetry... !!!
Do I Really PROJECT An ANGRY MAN... ???

Who’s ALWAYS VEX... ?!?
I’m... FAR From THAT... !!!

In Actual FACT I’d Like To See...

MORE OF US..... Step BACK.....
Rather Than Make ATTACKS.......

Due To Stereotypes Inside Our Minds....
That... WE KNOW AREN'T Right... !!!

Being Paranoid’s...
CLEARLY NOT A Smart Choice... !!!!!

And Is A Track We NEED To AVOID... !!!!!

My Words CLEARLY STRANGLE...
Those Who CAN’T Handle...
Views I... EXPRESS...
That Are PERFECTLY SCRAMBLED.... !!!

But REALLY Does This Mean... ?
I Should... “ TRY “... ?

... “ A Different Angle “...
Conversations, opinions and responses to ones' work, can make you question, how it is, you do your thing, and these are just a few of the things that inspired this ....
Big Virge Sep 2019
What Would ... YOU DO ... !?!
If You Were Left To ... DIE ... !?!

By Those Who CLAIM ...
To ... "CHERISH Your Life !" ...

What Would YOU DO ... ?!?
To .... STAY ALIVE ... !?!

Would You ... LOOT ... ?
Would You ... SHOOT ... ?
Would You ... **** ... ?
Or Get .......... IRATE .... ?

Or Would You JUST ...
Accept Your FATE ... ?!?!?

Whilst You Looked ...
At An ... EMPTY Plate ... !!!

These Are Scenes ...
Like NEW ORLEANS ...

I CAN'T Believe ...
The Things I've SEEN ... !?!
S H A T T E R E D Dreams ...
And Slates Now CLEAN ... ?!?

I Hope You're Getting ...
... What I Mean ... !!!

FLOODS of WATER ...
KILLING Daughters ... !!!

NOTHING LEFT ...
of Bricks And Mortar ... !!!

People ... "TRAPPED" ...
In A State of TRAUMA ...

... "STUCK IN The Corner" ...
of A BODY FILLED Sauna ... !!!

WHERE Was ...... HELP ... ???
When It Was .... NEEDED .... ?!?

Even YES When People PLEADED ... !?!?!

NOWHERE .......................................
To Be .............................. Found .... !!!!!

TROOPS Were ... YES ...
On .......................... Foreign Grounds ...
FIGHTING Those In ... OTHER Towns ... ?!?

NOW If YOU Were Inside The DOME ... ?
KNOWING That You'd LOST Your Home ... !!!

How Would THOSE Words Now Sound ... ?
If You KNEW Inside Your Heart ...
YOUR CHILDREN Had Now DROWNED ... !!!

I'd Feel Like LASSIE With NO BONE ... !!!
AND Might Want To ... TOPPLE Thrones ... !?!

Thrones of THOSE Who CLEARLY CHOSE ...
To TURN THEIR BACK UNTIL EXPOSED ...........

So Now They've COME ...
Like ... ATTILA The *** ... !!!!
Why Send Those Who Carry GUNS ... ?!?

DON'T Get Me ... WRONG ... !!!
Things That Seem To Have Gone On ...
DID Leave Me ... Feeling MAD ... !!!

Why Steal LAPTOPS And TV's ... ?!!!?
WHY Do That Black People PLEASE ... !!!!!

Steal The Things ...
That You Will NEED ... !!!!!!
In A Time of ... TRAGEDY ... !!!!!!!

FOOD Supplies So You CAN FEED ...
People LOSING ... E N E R g y ... !!!!!!!!!!!!!

But Here's The POINT ...
What Would YOU DO ... ?!?

Be ... CIVILISED ...

When TRAPPED INSIDE ...
A City Facing GENOCIDE ... !!!?!!!

It's EASY To SIT And Make A Case ...
Whilst Watching From A SAFER Place ... !!!

But THAT's ... The SAME ...
For ALL Who Watched The HURRICANE ... !!!!!!

And ... Make The CLAIM ...
That VICTIMS Acted With NO SHAME ... !!!

Like Those WITH ...
... Air FORCE ONE Airplanes .... !!!!!!

The Point of THIS Is To RESIST ...
Reports of ... CRIME And WICKEDNESS .....

AMERICA ... Has NOW Been SHAMED ...
PEOPLE Were Just Left To DIE ... ?!?

SOMEONE Should NOW ...
TAKE Some BLAME ...
For Watching This U N F O L D ... !!!

How Could These OFFICIALS ...
Be .... SO COLD .... !!!! ? !!!!

To Treat These PEOPLE ...
Just Like Slaves In Those Days of Old ...

Well THESE Are Days ...
That Seem THE SAME ... ?!!!?

It Seems That Things ...
Just ... HAVE NOT Changed ... !?!

COME ON People USE Your Brains ... !!!
DON'T BE Like Ben Man ...

CHANGE Your Lane ... !!!!!!!!!!!

Blacks STILL Live In ... " POVERTY " ... !!!
SOME White People STILL Hold Keys ...

KEYS To Things From Economies ...
Right Down To Our ... DESTINIES ... !!!

So If You FACED Problems Like THESE ...
Wouldn't YOU ... Feel Blue ... ???

Well Nowadays You MAY Just FIND ...
That NATURE's Giving ... CLUES ... !!!

You See .....
ALL Now Face Some HORRID Times ...
These Words Are Just ... MY VIEW ...

But ...
IF MY Words Applied To YOU ...?!?

In TRUTH ....

..... " What Would You Do ? " ....
In reading this now, it;'s incredible to see that, be it Katrina, Police, or this Corona Virus, that things are basically the same, but just rearranged with some new names !

Just CRAZY !?!

This was written soon after Katrina, and from the outside looking in, it seemed much like a " 3rd World " effort, in terms of the response the US Government provided, but sadly, many of these words have run true subsequently, I won't mention the current US President, however, from Hurricanes to the treatment of blacks living in America, things clearly haven't got much better.
Big Virge Jul 2020
It Seems That...
Interest Has PEAKED... !!!

Within Recent Weeks...
Over Protests In Streets...
And Now In... Street Parties... !?!

That May Cause The Increase...
of This... Viral Disease..

That CLEARLY Has NOT Peaked... !!!

Well NOT YET Medics CLAIM...
But Interest Indeed Is Peaking To Me...

In The... VORACITY...
of The Things That They Say...
And Have Chosen To Preach... !!!

Because People DON'T Seem...
To Be... Following Themes...

That Have Been...
What They’ve Deemed...
To Be... NECESSARY... ?!?

So How Can This Be... ???
Is What … Interests Me...

Because Now... SUDDENLY... !!!
We CAN Stand Within Feet...
of The People We Meet..

Rather Than Have To Deal...
From... Metres Away...
Well That’s What They CLAIM... !?!

But Then Are QUICK To Say...
That In... Some US States...

That... Distancing Measures...
Will HAVE To STAY IN Place... !!!

Because Now The Virus...
Is... RAGING AGAIN... !!!

Because Certain People...
AREN'T Observing What They...
Have Been TOLD To OBEY... !!!!!!

An … Observance of Space...
Cos’ This ISN’T A Game... !!!

You Just CANNOT INVADE...
A Space Someone’s Claimed...
And Get In Their Face...
Because That’s INHUMANE... !!!

And The Virus Will Stay...
If You DON’T Stay Away... !!!

And Do What Leaders Say... !!!

The Same Ones Who WON'T...
Wear A Mask On Their Face... ?!?

Now That Does INTEREST ME... !?!
Doesn’t It... Interest YOU... ?!?

Those Who Keep Saying..
That This... CORONA FLU...
Is REAL SERIOUS DUDE... !!!!!

After... ALL These Protests... ?
That Have NOT Kept Distance... ?

Do You STILL Think That’s TRUE... ?

Cos’ There’s Been...
... NO DISTANCE... !!!

When Street Feuds Have Ensued...
Between Protesting Heads...
And These Enforcement Crews...

Have They ALL BEEN TESTED... ?!?
And... CLEARED of This Flu... !?!

BEFORE... Being Allowed...
To Move Like The CROWDS...
Who Have Now Casted Doubts...
As To The... Whereabouts...

of... Corona’s Cold Shoulder...
Because They’ve Stood CLOSER...
To People In Streets...
WITHOUT... Having A Clue...
As To Who’s Got This Disease... ?!?

Now This Does Interest Me...
So My Interest Has PEAKED...
When It Comes To Scenes...
That I’ve Seen Recently... !!!!

From Police Using Knees.....
Until... George Floyd...
COULDN’T EVEN BREATHE... !?!
And Now... Rests In Peace
Because He's DECEASED... !!!

To These Protests On Streets...
Now Calling For.... UNITY.... ?!?

And An END To This Ism’...
That We Know As RACISM... !!!

To Folks Being Imprisoned...
WITHOUT Weapons In Vision... ?

So MUCH Has Now Peaked...
In Barely... A Few Weeks... !!!

INCLUDING The VOLUME...
of Poems Like THESE... !!!

That Speak On These Subjects...
That Have Now SUDDENLY...

Become Like This Virus...
That’s On The INCREASE...

That’s PEAKED My Interest...
As To What’s Coming Next... ?!?

Because... Recent Vibes...
May Not Have Been That Wise... !?!

Because They've...
... " Localised "...

... ”Lockdowns”...
FAR And WIDE............

Because of... BAD Vibes...
From The Beach To The Streets...

That May Well Prove To FEED...
PROBLEMS That Will Lead...
To A VIRUS INCREASE …
That Will Spread GLOBALLY... !!!

Because... Now It Seems...
That The Spread of This Disease...

Like UNREST That We’ve Seen...
Hit The News RECENTLY...

Are Just The BEGINNINGS...
of Things That We’ll See...

Because.....

THEY Like This Virus...
Have Yet To Reach... Their...

....... “ Peak “.......
So many peaks and WRONGS, however, no one really seems to know what's going on, and for just how long this virus will stay strong ... just CRAZY ?!?
Big Virge Jul 2020
Taking The Train...
Is... NOT Quite The Same...

Cos' I'm Now A DANGER...
In... IDIOTS Brains'... !!!

Time And AGAIN...
It's The OLD... " Same Ol' Same "... !!!!!

People Look AT ME As If I'm To BLAME... ?!?
For Things That Have Happened...
On... London Tube Trains... ?!?

How STUPID They Are... !?!?!
They're Walking INSANE... !!!

Why Sit And Judge Me...
With Notions So LAME... ?!?

So How About... PLANES... ???
WELL The Games Are The Same... !!!

The VISION of... ME...
Puts PRESSURE ON Veins...
Cos' Passengers CLEARLY...
AREN'T GLAD That I Came... !!!!!

ONCE And For ALL...
Let's Get This Thing CLEAR... !!!!!!

If A Bomb... HITS...
You And I WILL BE Blown To B I T S... !!!!!

Maybe THEN You'll BELIEVE...
I'm NOT The... CULPRIT... !!!!!!!!

I Like A Plane Ride...
But These Days I'm AIR SICK... !!!!!!
SICK of THE GLARES... !!!
And... COWARDLY Stares... !!!

SICK of Police...
Stopping Me EVERYWHERE... !!!

From Planes To Trains To Automobiles...
Oh And Just For You... " BADMAN "...
That Word Means... " My WHEELZ' "... !!!

What Is The Deal... ?!?
With Police And Our Wheels...

Why Do They TRY...
To Make EVERY Black Feel...
As Though Being Black...
Means That We Should REVEAL...

"How We Have Paid For,
Our Nice Fancy Wheels ?"

SOME Brothers... "STEAL"...
To Drive FANCY Wheels....
But THAT ISN'T Me... !!!

So Just LEAVE ME BE... !!!!!
STOP... HARASSING Me...
On.... EVERY STREET.... !!!!!

SEE... Here's The Dilemma...
We Face From Police... !?!?!?!

Laugh If You Like...
But This ISN'T Funny... !!!

If We Drive... BEAT UP Wheels...
We're Gonna Get STOPPED... !!!

If We Drive... FANCY Wheels...
We're Gonna Get STOPPED... !?!

So... Is There A Car...
That WON'T Get Us STOPPED...
By These... IGNORANT Cops... ?!?!?!?

The Answer Is... " Simple "...

OF COURSE ****** NOT.... !!!!!!

They'll Just KEEP ON Coming.............................  ....
And That's Just... " Our Lot "...

They're On... AUTO PILOT...
And... Act Like Robots...

They've TRIED It With Me...
And QUICKLY Got SHOCKED... !!!

I DON'T Need A Gun...
Cos' My Brain's ALWAYS COCKED... !!!
And Ready To HIT THEM...
With LOGIC Like SPOCK... !!!!!

Put THEM ON THE SPOT...
And Watch How They... " PLOT "... !!!

To STICK Something ON YOU....
Just Like... " SUPERGLUE "... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sometimes It AIN'T Easy...
To KEEP YOURSELF... " Cool "... !!!

So These Are Some Words...
Just For The... Black Youth...

DON'T GIVE THEM A REASON
TO TRY IT WITH YOU !!!

KEEP Yourself... LEGAL...
Fly HIGH Like An EAGLE... !!!

KEEP Tabs On Their Movements...
Use Logic That's.... LETHAL.... !!!

Play The... " NICE GUY "...
But NEVER Be.... "shy"........
To Tell Them Some TRUTH...
When You KNOW That YOU'RE RIGHT... !!!!!!

Get... GOOD Legal Help...
When DUD CARDS Are Dealt...
And CHILL In The Courtroom...
As Their STORIES... M e l t..................................  

These ARE Some Words...
On Which You SHOULD Dwell..............................  .

"YOUR HONOUR HE FELL !
AND DIED IN HIS CELL !"

These Are Some Words...
That Leave A... FOUL SMELL... !!!

In Those Who Have LOVED YOU...
So PLEASE HEED Them WELL... !!!

Cos' These Are The Things...
They're... TRYING To Do...

PRESSURE Black Youth...
Into Making WRONG MOVES... !!!

These Are TRUE THINGS...
And That's On The REAL... !!!

Whether On.............

" Trains or Plains
or in Automobiles "...
LISTEN HERE :

https://soundcloud.com/user-16569179/trains-planes-automobiles/s-rmlYq
Big Virge Jul 2020
So NOW There’s A SURGE...
of... UNSETTLED Nerves... !!!

Because Corona’s NEW Curve...
Is INCREASING INFECTIONS...
In... CERTAIN Directions... !!!

Well... I Really Mean States...
Within The... U.S. of A... !!!

So Like The Don’s Been Saying...
It Seems... Fair To Say...

That HE And The CORONA...
Have Once Again Made...

... “ America GREAT “... !!!

Like In The...

... “ Good Old Days “...
of... Subjugating Braves...
And... African Slaves... !!!!!

But That’s NOT Quite Right...
Because... THIS TIME... !!!!!

They’re Making MISTAKES...
That Are Causing PAIN...
That’s... NOT SO GREAT... !!!

Because It’s FILLING Graves...
Well... So They CLAIM... !?!

CERTAIN Names...
Within Government Frames... !!!

Because of Protests...
Over George Floyds’ Death... !!!

Where Distancing HASN’T Been Observed...
By... Herds And HERDS of People Who...
Don’t Seem To Care About What’s Shared...
Within The Air When Protests FLARE... !!!!

So It Seems Lockdowns...
WON’T Be... Shutdown... !!!

In... CERTAIN States...
That Were Ready To Play...
The... DANGEROUS GAME... !!!

of... Restarting Things...
Whilst Corona Lives …
And Breathes Disease...
So … Now It Seems...
That SECOND Waves...
Are... On The Way... !!!!!!

But Now Latin America...
And Indeed The... UK...
May Be Headed That Way... ?!?

Due To... Illegal Raves...
And Beaches Bathed...
With MORE Than Sun...
That May Cause PROBLEMS... !?!

If Increases Come...
Breeding MORE Infections... !!!

However... SOME...
From Foreign Locations...
Can Travel Now To UK Grounds...
If They’re... EUROPEAN...

So... Apparently...
Won’t Even Need To Quarantine... ?!!!?

There’s Been A SURGE of News...
And... Medical Views...
That Seem... “ Confused “... ?

One Day It’s Okay To Be Face To Face...
As Long As You Stay A Few Feet...... AWAY... !?!

The NEXT They Say...

“ To Stop The Increase...
of Infection Rates...
Some People Will Need...
To STILL... ISOLATE... !!! “

There’s CLEARLY A SURGE...
In Talk That’s... ABSURD... !?!

Well When It Comes To Big Virge...
I’d Rather Work On SURGES of VERSE...
And... CONSCIOUS Words...

That Choose To Observe...
How Corona Has Served...
To UPSET This World...
And How It... Turns...

Because Now It’s CLEAR... !!!
That Corona Is Here...
And AIN'T Going Anywhere...
When We’ve Had Protests...
Across The Length And Breadth...
of... World Continents... !!?!!

That Are Causing CONCERN... !!!
Because of Protocols...
That AREN’T Being Observed...

By People Whose Nerves...
May Take A Turn For The WORSE... ?!?

If Infections RETURN...
And Again Start To PURGE...

And INEVITABLY.....

........ “ SURGE “.......
Well, people were warned.....
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