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Tony Tweedy Jul 2020
Why is it do you suppose that as a species we have been given the senses to perceive, be curious of and bear witness to fourteen billion years of the wonders of the Universe.... yet we have not the common-sense to know or be assured of our own tomorrow?

Somewhere out there it is quite possible that intelligent life exists... but it certainly isn't us.
We pave the way to our own extinction and go on oblivious to the road we take. Who will find our bones as fossils when the next dominant species evolves?
Will the Universe even allow us to be remembered thus?
Namita Bangera May 2020
History must be the worst teacher,
Or humankind her worst student.
Over and again betrayed by the
Wisest and the kind that be fools.
She ask again in exasperation,
Do you reckon what might be the answer!
TOD HOWARD HAWKS Apr 2020
As some you know from reading my brief bio below the pieces I have written and posted for HELLO POETRY, I have spent a good part of my life as a human-rights advocate. I'd like to share with you a special recollection of mine with you now so you'll know that the way I share my humanity with those who need some kindness is different often from the ways others do.

It was the spring of 1992. I was in New York City to attend a meeting of Columbia College's Board of Directors of which I was a member. I was walking down Broadway toward Tom's Restaurant, one of my haunts when I was an undergraduate. I was going to have breakfast, my all-time favorite meal. As I walked along, I saw ahead of me a tall black man holding a styrofoam cup hoping those who walked by him might drop a quarter or two into his cup. When I got to where this man was standing, I stopped in front of him. My stopping right in front of him surprised him, I'm sure. I stuck out my right arm hoping to shake his, and as I did, I said, "My name is Tod Hawks. What's your name?" This man was incredulous. Finally, after a long, awkward pause, he said "Hechamiah." I said "Hechamiah what." There was another long pause. Finally, Hechamiah said, "Hechamiah Moore." I then said, "It's nice to meet you, Mr. Moore. I'm on my way to have dinner at Tom's Restaurant. Would you like to join me and be my guest?" Mr. Moore was stunned. Another long pause. Finally, Mr. Moore said, "OK." So we began walking together down Broadway toward Tom's Restaurant, and as we walked, we started chatting. I found out Hechamiah was from North Carolina, had married his sweetheart when both were 16, then came to New Jersey
where Hechamiah got a job in some kind of factory. But ten years prior to our meeting, his wife died unexpectedly. Hechamiah told me he just couldn't stand it, so he started drinking and didn't stop. Eventually, he was fired, and for the last eight years had been homeless.

At this point, we reached 112th Street and needed to cross Broadway to enter Tom's Restaurant. We crossed half of Broadway, in the middle of which there was sort of an island where there were a couple of benches. There, Hechamiah just stopped. I asked him, "What's wrong, Mr. Moore?" Hechamiah, after another pause, said to me, "I don't think they want me in there." I paused this time, then I said, "Mr. Moore, there are two reasons why you are going into Tom's with me. First, you are my friend. The second is the United States Constitution." Another pause.  Hechamiah stepped off the island's curb and began to walk across the other half of Broadway. I joined him.

We entered Tom's, first Hechamiah and then I. I saw an empty booth in the rear of the restaurant. I walked ahead of Hechamiah to the booth, then we both took a seat. I could see and feel that Hechamiah was extremely nervous. A lovely middle-aged waitress came over and handed each of us a menu. When she returned a few minutes later, she asked what we would like to order. I told her Mr. Moore was my guest. She looked at Hechamiah and asked him what he wanted. "A cup of Manhattan clam chowder," said Hechamiah. "That's all you want, Mr. Moore?" I said with surprise. He nodded yes. I ordered breakfast.

Hechamiah and I continued chatting. I told him I had been spending the past year traveling around the country seeing and talking to people who were hungry and homeless and hopeless. Politicians, I told him, were interested only in polls and percentages. I was interested in people's pain, so much of which I had experienced, and hoped to help find ways to allay it. I told Hechamiah I had delivered a speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, had traveled to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the southwest corner of South Dakota--still the poorest place in America, to Houston where several hundred black men slept on folded cardboard boxes that lay on cold cement sidewalks along both sides Prescott Street, 24/7, to Atlanta where I met with Martin Luther King III and former President Carter at the Carter Center, as well as other places and other people.

The waitress had brought us our meals in the interim. We both had finished eating. At that juncture, I said to Hechamiah, "Are you sure you don't want something else to eat, Mr. Moore?" I could see and feel that Hechamiah was becoming increasingly at ease as we shared food and conversation. He said, in fact, he would. When our waitress came by again, Hechamiah was so relaxed that he started to joke with her as he ordered a full meal, and our waitress was so sweet, she just joined in the fun.

Hechamiah finished his meal in short order. It was time to leave Tom's. When we reached the entrance, Hechamiah began to push the door open, but as he had the door just half open, he turned around and said to me, "Mr. Hawks, you are a kind man." I said to Hechamiah, "Mr. Moore, you are a good man." We both stepped onto the sidewalk and shook hands and began to walk in different directions into the darkness, but with our stomachs, and our hearts, much fuller than they had previously been.

Tod Howard Hawks
A graduate of Andover and Columbia College, Columbia University, Tod Howard Hawks has been a poet, a novelist, and a human-rights advocate his entire adult life.
Sophia Apr 2020
Even in the dark;
the sun hidden beneath clouds
smog thick and heavy dousing the streets with gloom

still there’s singing;
in balconies couples dance
the laughter of children playing in the yard despite the weather-

How wonderful humankind can be
when we stand together against the odds.
We’re always stronger together than apart, at least I’ve learnt this much.)
Big Virge Dec 2019
It Can't Be Good To Hold The View ...  
That I'm A CROOK Because My Top Has Got A Hood ... !?!  

The Weather Now Can Be Quite FOUL ... !!!
WITHOUT An Umbrella I Could Be DROWNED ... !!!!!  

That's Just A Joke But Listen Folks ...  
Judgements Made On How I Look ...  
In My Opinion ... CAN'T Be Good ... !!!
  
But This In TRUTH Is Where THIS Poem Really Starts ...  
What About The SIX In ... " Northwick Park " ... !?!  
  
A Hospital Where We're Now Aware ...  
Peoples' Lives Are Played With Like MICE .... !!!!!  
  
Now THAT ... CAN'T Be Good ... !!!!!  
And SURE AIN'T ... Nice ... !!!  
  
Some It Seems Have Paid The Price ...
For Taking RISKS With Their Own Life ... !?!  
  
Do You Think That Cash Is Worth ALL THAT ... ?!?  
  
No-One Surely Would Do This For FREE ... ?!?  
NEW Drugs Tried Out ... ON YOUR BODY ... !!!  
Some People Are A ... " CONFUSED Breed " ... ???  
  
I Can Hear It Now ...  
  
"No sympathy, come on Big V !
They're victims of A TRAGEDY !"
  
Well The Price They Pay For Where They Lay ...  
Is Due To Drugs They WILLINGLY Put In Their System ... ?!?
  
Or Is That Simply ... NOT The Case ... !?!
  
Was Anyone FORCED ... ?  
By Someone Holding Up A Gun ... !?!  
I'd Like Answers To These Questions ... !!!  
  
Come On DON'T YOU ... ?!?
  
My Words May Fuel Controversy ...  
But REALLY Should Our Sympathy ...  
Go Out To Those With Families ...  
Who Fall FOUL of ... Drug-Testing Schemes ... ?!?  
  
It's Just Something Worth Pondering ......................................  
  
I'd Rather Have STRONG Relatives ...  
Than Have Someone With Cash That's Sick ... !!!!!  
  
That CAN'T Be Good And That's My View ... !!!  
It May Sound CRUEL ...
But Are These Things People Should Do ... ???!???  
  
Nuclear Testing Chemical testing ... ?  
NEITHER I'm Sure Really Have ...  " Gods' Blessing " ... !?!  
  
Some May Try To Say That I ...  
DON'T Have The Right ...
To Say These Things When Tests SAVE LIVES ... !!!
  
That's TRUE But Where's The Common Sense ... ?  
In Tests That Leave Some CLOSE To DEATH ... !?!  
  
I Know These Words May Well UPSET ...  
But THINK About The Things ... I've Said ...  
  
If You Were Left WITHOUT Someone ...  
Who In Your Heart You ... TRULY LOVED ... !!!!!  
  
Could Cash REPLACE SEEING Their Face ... ???  
  
But ... "What if it helps the human race ?" ...
  
Is What You'll Hear Some People Say ...  
  
If You Call That HELP Then HELP Yourself To Cards Misdealt ...  
By Those Who HOLD ... " Pharmaceutical Wealth " ... !!!!!!!
  
Let Me Ask You THIS Do They Test THEMSELVES ... ?!?  
Why Use Humans If It's For Our Health ... ?!?  
  
CERTAIN Things ... " We Know " ... !!!  
CERTAIN Things ... " We DON'T ... !!!!!
  
Will Humans In The End Be A Breed of CLONES  ... ???  
  
Star Wars SHOWS How That Story Goes ... !!!  
Will OB1 Kenobi Be Our ... ONLY Hope ... !!!?!!!  
  
I Hate To Say This But Maybe So ... ?!?  
  
Scientists And Their Tests Are AGENDA Lead ... !!!  
  
HYPOCRISY SURROUNDS Scientific Schemes ...  
  
They CLAIM Their Aim's To RELIEVE PAINS ... !!!!!  
And Viruses ... of DIFFERENT Strains ... !!!  
  
Okay That's Great ...  
But The Elderly When OLD And GREY ...  
Are Left To DECAY And Now May Face ...  
A Reduction In Those Who'll ... " RESUSCITATE " ... !!!!!  
When ILLNESS HITS Their ... Final Days ...  
  
AREN'T They Part of The Human Race ... !?!?!  
  
People Now REALLY NEED TO BE WISE ... !!!!!  
  
Movies Like ... " The Hills Have Eyes "  
Prove We NEED To ... RECOGNISE ...  
Medical Tests ... or ... Otherwise  
Are RARELY For The Purpose of Saving Lives ... !!!!!!  
  
For Those That HAVE I'm TRULY Glad ... !!!!!!!  
But Some AREN'T Good And That's A FACT ... !!!!!!!  
  
You May Find That You CRASH And BURN ...  
Or ... Like The Film Make A WRONG TURN ... !!!  
  
Try Watching THAT FLICK And You Might Learn ...  
GENETIC Tests Have Probably FILLED A Number of Urns ... !!!!!  
  
NATURAL Selection's What I'm STRESSING ...  
Leave The Medics ... To Their TESTING ... !!!  
  
Let Them PLAY With Their ... " Test Tubes " ...  
Rather Than Play Around With Blood YOU USE ... !!!!!!  
  
THAT May Result In YOUR LOVED Ones ...  
Being On The News With A Box of Tissues ...  
  
Why Would You Choose To Make THAT MOVE ... !?!  
  
..... " REALISTICALLY " .....  
  
" That CAN'T Be Good ! "
Based on this story ....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/feb/17/health.lifeandhealth
Nilia Loh Dec 2019
Butterflies and clockwork hearts,
You put me together with those parts.
Gently you pieced like I'm art,
Making sure I don't fall apart.
A feeling I can't deny,
When I first opened my eyes.
Butterflies that feel so nice,
A heart that beats more than twice.
With our irises locked at each other,
I realise what is there to bother?
When you're with me,
It's all that matters.
This is written when I was thinking about how I was created by the amazing creator above! "For I am fearfully and wonderfully made." -psalms 139:14
Steve Page Dec 2019
Kindness is not nice.

Nice is soft and inoffensive.
Nice is easy and effects no change, it's cotton wool - not stuffed tight, but just resting on the surface ready to be blown away or trodden into a muddy disinterest. Nice is a damp whisper, a mouse cowering in the corner, taking up as little space as possible, lest it be noticed, lest it presume too much and cause a whisker of offence.

Kindness isn't like that -

Kindness pushes in, claws out, quick and heavy, uninvited, unexpected, taking pleasure in disturbance, in leaving nothing unsaid and little undone in its pursuit of creating a disruption of difference. Kindness counts everyone a target, anybody a likely candidate for a three act matinee and evening performance of loud Kindness. Surprise is its currency, smiles its language, common humankindness its passport to lands yet to be explored, to vast red territories with drumbeats of gratefulness for the opportunity to march in with regiments of compassion and to leave a signature devastation of brutal Kindness.

Kindness is not 'nice'.
Kindness is loving awe-ful.
I'm grateful for the fierce kindness I've received from friends.  
Be kind. No matter what it takes.
Titus 3:4
4 But when the goodness and loving-kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us....
Big Virge Dec 2019
These Days I See ...  
So MUCH ... IGNORANCE ... !!!  
From People On The Street ...  
To Those Who CLAIM To Be ... !!!  

The BEST of Friends ... !!!!!  
And Those Who've Made Your ... " Acquaintance " ...
  
"Nice to meet you !"  
  
"Nice to meet you TOO !"  
  
I Met A Girl Today ...  
She Seemed ... Pretty Cool ... ?!?  
  
"Be careful now Virge, don't pre-judge her !  
First impressions, need dissecting !  
Don't get it confused, and don't be fooled !!!  
If she's got issues, you'll face abuse !  
Decent women nowadays are rare like jewels !!!!!"  
  
Well Now I KNOW This Is THE TRUTH ... !!!  
So Here's Some Prose That'll Give You PROOF ... !!!  
  
I See This Girl Quite Often Now ... !!!  
Even Had Her Number For A While ...  
Kind of Liked Her Style And Her Profile ...  
  
But As Time Moved Her Actions Proved ...  
She Has ... " STRANGE MOODS " ...  
And Can Be CRUDE And YES Quite RUDE ... !!!  
  
Whenever She Heard My Use of Rhyme ....  
She'd say ..."She liked my rhyme designs" ...  
  
Pretty Much ALL The Time ...  
Now That's NO CRIME ... !!!  
  
But Sometimes She Would Act Like ... I ...  
Was Invisible ... And Just Walk By ... ?!?  
  
Now In My Mind I'd Ask Myself ... " WHY " ... ?!?  
Maybe She's Shy Now That Can't Be Right ... !?!  
She's NOT That Way On Stage With A Mic ... !?!  
  
But Then One Night I Did NOT Like ...  
The Way She Tried To Just ... FLY BY ...  
  
I Said ...  
  
"Excuse me dear, didn't you see me here ?"  
  
Now Her Reply Made ... CLARITY Strike ... !!!!!  
  
"You haven't been around, for such a long time,  
that I have no reason, to stop and say, hi !"  
  
Well That DEFINES ....  
  
" Out of sight, OUT of mind " ... !!!  
  
So CLEARLY Before She Was Being ... " Polite " ...  
When Saying She Liked The Words I Write ... ???  
  
Well These Next Lines She May ... " DISLIKE " ... !!!!!  
I Took Her Attitude As A Minimal ... " Slight " ...  
  
Her Swings of Mood Indicate Coc' Lines ... !!!!!  
  
Unfortunately ... I DON'T SUPPLY ... !!!  
I Simply Write Rhymes About IGNORANT Types ... !!!!!  
  
Young And Old ...  
And Those Within The Poetry Fold ... !!!  
  
For An Art Form USED To DEEPLY Express ...  
It Seems To Draw ... DISRESPECT Insects ... !!?!!  
Who Do THIS MORE And Express LESS ... !!!!!  
  
My Words UPSET Them And Their Friends ... !!!!!  
I Guess They'd Say ...  "I'm IGNORANT !" ...  
  
Well If I Am I'm HAPPY TO BE ...  
When It Comes To Their Clan ... !!!!!  
  
Their Bourgeois Sect of Collective Intellects ...  
They'll EARN My Respect When They Learn To GIVE RESPECT ...  
  
Respect Is EARNT But Mine Is DUE ... !!!!!  
Because I DON'T ACT Like An IGNORANT FOOL ... !!!!!  
Those Who KNOW ME Would Say ... "THAT'S TRUE !" ...  
But People These Days Let Their EGOS RULE ... !!!!!  
YES I've Got One Too But I STILL Pay Dues ... !!!!!  
  
And KEEP Using My Pen ...  
To PROVE I'm THE MAN Again and Again ... !!!!!  
  
My Ego's BIG But NOT So Big To Think That I'm ABOVE ...  
Speaking To People Who SHOW ME LOVE ... !!!!!!!  
  
And Giving My RESPECT To A GOOD POET ... !!!!!!  
  
IGNORANCE ... Is NOT My Way ... !!!  
I'll ALWAYS  Say HELLO ... !!!  
Once We've Exchanged A View Or Two ...  
Especially If I Think You're Cool ... !!!  
  
Why Give Out Your Number And Then Be RUDE ... ?!?  
I'm NOT Being Funny But You've Got ISSUES ... !!!!!  
And CLEARLY NEED To Return To SCHOOL ... !!!!!!  
  
DON'T Complain ...
If You Get ABUSED And DON'T BACKTRACK ...  
Coc's NOT YOUR DRUG ... Step Up To CRACK ... !!!!!!!!!!!  
  
I'm JOKING YES But Disrespect ...  
Is Something WE ... ALL NEED TO  Check.  
  
It's EVERYWHERE ... !!!!!!  
Why join THAT CLUB Why Be SO DUMB ..... ?!?!?  
  
Use YOUR BRAIN ...  
Before You CROSS The ... " WRONG SOMEONE " ... !!!!!  
Who May Just Choose To Leave You ... " NUMB " ... !!!!!  
  
Too MANY NOW Succumb To Pulling These Stunts ...  
And Are The Ones' ... Who End Up STUNNED ... !!!!!  
  
The PROBLEM Is ...  
Todays' THUGS DON'T PUNCH ... !!!!!!  
  
These Days They Seem ... ?  
To Like ... " KNIVES And GUNS " ... !!!  
  
It's A Bit EXTREME ... !!!!!  
But That's The Way These IGNORAMUSES Be ...  
In Todays' ..... " Societies " .....  
  
IGNORANCE Comes In MANY FORMS ... !!!  
So HEED These Words ... I DO IMPLORE ... !!!!!  
  
IGNORANCE Is A ... NASTY DISEASE ... !!!  
These Days We Have NEW IGNORANT Breeds ... !!!  
  
Who AREN'T Like Me ...  
A Man Who Vents My Anger Through Poetry ...  
  
THEY Are The Type Who'll Make You BLEED ... !!!!!  
Then Walk Away SINGING ... " Quite Happily " ... !!!!!!!!  
  
DON'T Listen To Me If You Want To See ...  
A Pathway To That Place ... " HADES " ... !!!  
  
That Makes Little Sense To Me ... ?!?  
  
You CAN'T ... "Pick and Choose" ...  
When You Want To Be Friends ...  
And SHOULDN'T DISRESPECT Acquaintances ... !!!!  
  
If They Get UPSET ....  
What'll Be Your DEFENCE ... ?!?  
  
For Displaying ... SUCH ...  
  
..... " IGNORANCE " .... !?!?!
Peoples' ignorance at times, is truly beyond belief, and have proven to be, great inspiration for this piece !
Big Virge Dec 2019
Are You AFRAID of What You See When You look At Me ... ?
Well Can't You See That This Is How Most Racists Be ... ?
  
If You're ... AFRAID Because I'm Tall And Black ...
Why Be Like That I'm Just A Man ... ?!?
  
"THINK First Old Chap !" ....
  
Because What Comes Next Are RACIST Acts ...
Like DEADLY Use of Tools Like An AXE ... !!!
  
Acts Like These Are Most EXTREME ... !!!
But Fear Plays A Part In RACIST Hearts ...
Who Make CRUEL Moves Both CRUDE And SHREWD ... !!!
  
Some Simply Give Jobs To RACIST Yobs ... !!!
Or GREEDY Toffs Who Sit And Plot How They Can Rob ...
If You DON'T Believe Me Just Look At ... " ENRON " ... !!!
  
Don't Know The FULL COUP But To Tell You The TRUTH ...
These Corporate Crimes Happen All The Time ... !!!
While Blacks Like Me Keep Writing Rhymes ...
  
But You're ... AFRAID of ME ... ?!!!?
  
Come On Now PLEASE ...
Of Course Some Blacks Commit EVIL Deeds ...
But Who REALLY CONTROLS ... Economies ... ?!!!?
And Move With Crews of Forty Thieves ... ???
  
And Feed FALLACIES Through Your TV's ... ?
Why ON EARTH Are You ... SCARED of ME ... !?!
  
"But Virge, don't you see, you look scary !"
  
That's A POOR Excuse ...
Can't You Think of Something New ... !?!
  
There Are BIG White Men Who Are SCARY TOO ... !!!
  
I DON'T Make The Policies ...
That Leave People Begging On Their KNEES ... !!!
  
And DON'T Employ KNOWN PAEDOPHILES ...
To Educate And ABUSE Your Child ... !!!
  
I DON'T Believe In POINTLESS WARS ...
But You're SCARED of ME And Choose To .................... Ignore ...
My Presence When I Walk Through Doors ..... !!!!!!!
  
Your IGNORANCE ...
Is Beginning To BORE ... !!!
  
But ... LISTEN UP BLACK Woman And Man ...
I Mean YOU TOO ...
Those Who Act Like I'm A THREAT To YOU ... ?!?
  
Oh YES It's TRUE EVERYDAY I Get PROOF ... !!!
  
When I Walk The Streets ...
It's BEYOND BELIEF The Way Some Blacks ...  
Choose To ... LOOK AT ME ... !!!!!!
  
What You Looking At Black I'M NOT Gonna Attack ... ?
Does The Way I Look REALLY Make You Think That ... ?!?
  
Try Looking In The MIRROR ...
Let Your Judgements ... SIMMER ...........................................
  
And REMEMBER Who It Is ...
You RESPECTED As Kids ...
Bet It WASN'T ... " ELVIS " ... !!!!!!
  
How About ... MARLEY ... ???
  
A Man Whose Appearance Was A Little Like Me ... !!!
I Bet ELDERS In ... Your Family ...
Have Got His Music ... On CD ... !!!
Or BETTER STILL On A Vinyl LP ... !!!!
  
And What About ... NOW ...
Do Your Kids Play Sounds By ... Mister Fifty ... ?
  
FORGET How He Looks ...
What he Says Is ... SCARY ... !!!!!
  
Well ... NOT To Me ... !!!!!
  
But The Media Says That Songs He Makes ...
Breed VIOLENT Brains And Street Gunplay ... !!!
  
If You Had To Face THAT ...
What Would You Say Would You Be AFRAID ... ???
  
I Think You Will If You Face Being KILLED ...
So When You See Me ... I Suggest You CHILL ... !!!!!!
Because I Believe In ... LOVE And PEACE ...  
And Also YES ... Black UNITY ... !!!
  
When Will Blacks Learn To AGREE ... ?!?
  
The Way I Look Shouldn't Leave You SHOOK ...
Why Would You ASSUME That I'm A CROOK ... !?!?!
  
You've Got MORE IMPORTANT Things To FEAR ...  
Than Thinking I'm Your ENEMY ... When I Appear ... !!!!!
  
New Orleans ... Should of Made It CLEAR ... !!!!!
The Time's Drawing NEAR When Our Atmosphere ...
Will Have Reached THE POINT of NO RETURN ...  
I Guess You'll Say ... " Oh Dear Oh Dear ! " ...
  
But Will KEEP The Attitude ...
That I'm A DANGER To YOU ...
Well THAT's NOT COOL ... !!!
  
You're AFRAID of ME ...  
Well I'm AFRAID of ... YOU ... !!!  
of What You BELIEVE And What You'll Do ...
  
Some of You Are A Bit CONFUSED ... !!!
It's Sad But TRUE Many Blacks Have A TAINTED View ... !!!!!
And STILL Haven't Learned From History's Clues ... !!!
  
MONEY Is The ... BIG ISSUE ... !!!
Instead of FEARING How I LOOK ... ?!?
  
You Should Try FEARING ... Governments Books ... !!!
The Things You'll Find May Leave You SHOOK ...  
But You'll Find Recipes On How To COOK ... !!!!!!!!!!  
  
How To ... " Cook Up A Plan " ...
To ... CONTROL Humans ... !!!
  
"Lets give them cash, and work contracts,
then just like that, we'll take it back !
Make them buy homes, then offer them loans,
then when they're old, with fragile bones,
make them pay a toll, for property that they, never owned !"
  
That's The MASSES Folks And That's NO JOKE ... !!!
But You WON'T Be BROKE If You're In The RIGHT Fold ...
Because They're The Ones Who KEEP A TIGHT HOLD ...
On ALL Their Homes And ... Pots of Gold ... !!!!!!
  
But ....  
  
FEAR ME If You Like ... And My Style of Rhyme ...
If You Find You SUFFER And Have NO HOME ...
I'm NOT The Type To Say ... " I TOLD YOU SO ! " ...
  
Actually I AM ...
Because CLEARLY YES ... I Am THE MAN ... !!!
  
I Guess You're Thinking ...  
I'm An ... ARROGANT Black ... !!!!!!
  
Well .....
TEN YEARS Down The Line ...
When You CAN'T AFFORD A FLAT ... ?!!!?
Maybe Then You'll Agree With My Poetry ... ???
  
It Seems We'll Have To Wait And See ......................................
  
If MY Wordplay At The End of The Day ...
Is WRONG or ... RIGHT ... ???
  
Or Is The Type That Deserves BIG HYPE ...  
And Should Be Heard Through WORLDWIDE MIcs' ... !!!
  
Meantime I Face Delays And Games ...
From Those Who KEEP My Use of Prose ...
KEPT ON HOLD ... And STEERED WELL CLEAR From Public Ears ...
Because of Their FEARS And ... FALSE Veneers ... !!!!!
  
So The LAST Question I'll Write On This Page ...
Or When Performed ... Will Be Said On Stage ...  
  
Are These THREE Words ....
  
............... " Are You Afraid " ................. ???
A question that is probably running through more and minds in thesse days and times .....
Big Virge Dec 2019
Do You  PREFER To Hear Words ...
That Leave You ... " STIRRED " ...
Or Prefer To Hear Verse That's A Lil' PERVERSE ... !?!  
  
I Prefer To Hear TRUTH But What About YOU ... ?!?  
Do You Feel That What's REAL Should be ... "concealed"  
  
This Seems To Be RIFE Within English Life ... !!!  
This CHOICE To Ignore When Men DIE On Floors ... !!!  
  
Lying And DYING In ... POOLS of Their Blood ... !!!!!!  
Some Coppers Prefer To ... Laugh At That Stuff ... !?!  
  
Some Choose NOT To Mention How Cops Get PROTECTION ... !?!  
And Walk Away FREE When They Should Be SENTENCED ... !!!!!  
      
I Prefer To Name Names Like ... " Christopher Alder " ...  
  
A Man Who Was LEFT To CHOKE While He Bled ...  
The Coppers In Question Maintained Their Defence ...  
  
Then QUICKLY RETIRED How ... " CON-Venient " ... !!?!!  
  
I Guess Some Prefer ...  
To KEEP A CLOSED Shop And NOT PUNISH Cops ... ?!!!?  
  
So Based On Such Plots I Think I'll Move On ... !!!    
Which Do You Prefer A Brunette or Blonde ... ?  
  
Black or White Or Do You Prefer A Choice Asian Type ... !?  
One With NICE EYES And **** Young Thighs ... !!!  
  
Be CAREFUL Though Guys If This Girl Is ... " THAI " ... !!!  
When You Go Down BELOW You May Get A SURPRISE ... !!!!!!!!  
  
I Prefer To Be CLEAR And AVOID ... " False Veneers " ...  
While Some CLEARLY PREFER ....  
To STEER And ADHERE To ... CONFUSING Your Ears ... !!!  
  
Which Do You Prefer To Sit And Concur ...  
With Those Who Use Words To KEEP Visions ... " Blurrrrred " ... !?!  
  
It's Merely A Question So DON'T Start OBSESSING ... !!!  
I'm Simply Suggesting That Lies NEED TO ... "Lessen" ...  
  
I Prefer To Make LOVE While Some Prefer WAR ... !!?!!  
SO MUCH Push And Shuv' AIN'T Helping The Cause ... !!!!!!!  
  
I Prefer NOT TO HATE Because of Your Race ... !!!  
And Will NEVER Displace My Right To Debate ... !!!!!  
  
Use of INTELLIGENCE Is A GOOD Preference ...  
ESPECIALLY When Allied To Good Common Sense ... !!!  
  
SENSIBLE THOUGHT ...  
NOT SMART Mouthed RETORTS ... !!!  
  
Is What I PREFER .... !!!  
So PLEASE Take A ................................ Pause.  
Before You RESORT ... To Cutting Me Short ... !!!  
  
TRUST ME That's A Plan You NEED TO ABORT ... !!!!!  
I Prefer To PLAY Than Sit And Watch Sport ... !!!  
ESPECIALLY THOSE of The Bedroom Sort ... !!!!!  
  
Games Like Foreplay With **** Females ...  
Those Who ENJOY Playing With MY TOY ... !!!!!  
  
Stroking And ******* And Later On Hugging ...  
I'm Saying There's NOTHING That Beats A Nights LOVING ... !!!!!  
  
My Preference NOW Is Writing Things Down ...  
And Letting My Thoughts Become Rhythmic Sounds ... !!!!!  
As Soon As A Verse Comes Out of My Mouth ...  
  
Which Do You Prefer To Sing Or Write Songs ... ?  
Or NOT To Be Heard And Speak On Our Wrongs ... ?  
  
DON'T Get It CONFUSED ... !!!  
If That's What You CHOOSE Then Play To That Tune ... !!!  
  
But ... DON'T Then HURL ABUSE ...  
When People  Air Views That Leave You ANNOYED ... !!!  
If You Have A Point That You Want To Voice ...  
Then SPEAK ON Issues ...
Especially THOSE That Are Fed By The News ...  
  
Simple ACCEPTANCE Is ... NO Preference ... !!!  
I Prefer To SPEAK UP Why Choose To Play Dumb ... ?!?  
When Speaking Can HELP YOU To Bond With HUMANS ... !!!!  
Just Like The Bond Between ... " Son and His Mum " ... !!!  
  
I Would of Preferred To Have Stayed Next To Her ... !!!!!  
In Heaven or Hell ... Wherever She Dwells ...  
I MISS HER And SEND HER My Love As I Spell ...  
EVERY Last Letter of ... EVERY Last Word ... !!!  
  
"Mum, you are the better, for leaving this world !"  
  
Sometimes I'd Prefer NOT TO Be Here ... !!! ...  
That's TRUE ... When I'm Blue ... !!!  
  
But What About YOU ... ?  
Do You Look Through The News ... ?  
Then Sit Back And Stew While You Chew On Your Food ...  
And Wonder If You Are One of ... " Gods' Tools " ... ?  
  
Do You Think If You ... "FILLED" ... !!!  
Your Drink With Some PILLS ... ?!?  
And Slept With ... " THAT CHILL " ... !!!  
That You Would Be Missed Or Simply DISMISSED ....  
  
WITHOUT A ... " Last Kiss " ...  
  
What Would You PREFER To Be Buried Or Burned ... ?  
Or Left Like A ***** To Die On The Floor ... !!!  
  
After Suffering TRAUMA Like ... " Christopher Alder " ... !!!!!
  
I'm Back It Would Seem To Where  I Began ...  
Well Beginning Or END ... Or Stuck In Between ...  
Has My Poetry And Usage of Words Left You Feeling STIRRED ... ?
  
My Use of Verbs ....  
May Sometimes HURT And May DISTURB ... !!!  
But When I Observe How The World NOW TURNS ...    
  
Writing About Crimes Is What I ....  
  
.................. " Prefer " ..................
"Prefer" ... A Poem written by Big Virge 27/3/2006
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