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"looting" poems
Last week, among friends black and white, among some discussion of protests in Ferguson and the related looting of stores, I invoked the word. It was an admission, in a round of confessions, of something about myself that I didn't like: that I had perceived Michael Brown in that way based on his possible participation in a strong-armed robbery. When Travon Martin was in the news, I was inflamed like many others who wanted George Zimmerman in jail for ****** The outcome of that trial was an injustice, I was utterly certain. Why does this case in Missouri feel different? More importantly, Who is inside me that still wants to rise in defiance of 48 years of learning how to be a better person, a person without prejudices, stereotyping, labeling of others, hurtful language? Where is the hippie girl now? How does she live with this other person? Am I Sterling, Gibson, a hater and spewer of viciousness, a lover of separation and separateness, that I should invite damage to my own relationships with those I love and cherish and respect? What is a **** but a bully, and what is a bully but someone who pushes words around like weapons, spits them out indiscriminately, so that they land on the already bruised heart and set it on fire. Whose heart, besides mine, now sits in smoke and ash, with that word like a brand still sore and permanent, having been spoken aloud?
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Aug 25, 2014
Aug 25, 2014 at 11:44 AM UTC
****
Match, match forward and go, you heroic sons of America Reconnoiter into the strongholds of boko haram, And restore our captive girls from the foul custody, Lawlessly held hostage by the connoisseurs of terror, Go on and recover poor souls from ribald of religion Impishly created by Moslem from the satanic verses, Regulating foray of terror on the poor of the poor ****** mahyeming, looting and executing massacres, Match on and on yee angels of democracy, Don’t stop in any haste or in any wonder, To help in the sham flabbergastations, About the Igbos who fought the Biafra, And the Yorubas who federally defended, Under the aegis of Obasanjo the Sandhurst General, where are they all to save the girls Of Nigeria from the Islamist terror Excuted by boko haram the handmaid of evil.
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Jun 6, 2014
Jun 6, 2014 at 10:59 AM UTC
IN PRAISE OF AMERICAN TROOPS IN NIGERIA FIGHTING BOKO HARAM
☺☻╬☻ Finish the crackers --- grab a smoke . . . of Ferguson my muse will sing. A call to arms --- God’s fires to stoke; let Truth and Freedom ring! Take to the streets; avenge this wrong and hasten the end of racist rule. Justice, though it may tarry long will find its target in the duel. Young Michael Brown, like all true saints found himself craving Swisher Sweets. He robbed a store, whose camera paints impartial portrait. In the streets the thief refused to be detained and so threw off police restraint. Though sin escaped, the Law remained and made a martyr of this saint. The agitators did their thing: inflaming thugs to smash and loot, while racists baited hooks, to string the press. Officials followed suit. Angels, although not always kind, do not display this attitude – aware of how the police mind responds to such ingratitude. We ought to thank the police force for showing mercy under stress. The culprit chose a foolish course and made a God-awful mess. Prince Michael met ignoble fate (that ghetto-Christ, that righteous youth) His sacrifice in vain --- though great, could not impede the march of Truth. Ferguson, our eyes turn towards you . . . are you now able to admit while reality rewards you that looting and lying ain’t ****
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Sep 11, 2015
Sep 11, 2015 at 5:43 PM UTC
Hands Up, Ferguson
Up north There's this thing called queuing Down south It looks more like ******* looting I can see the trouble brewing Squeezing on the tube – can't even get my ******* shoe in Some of these miserable ******** look like they need shooting Stuck on the northern line back to Tooting
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Feb 14, 2019
Feb 14, 2019 at 6:44 AM UTC
Tooting
They are so much cunning and cruel Yet they possess, intelligence and smartness Yes, they are filled with over confidence They are absolutely shameless too Don’t you feel my dear? They don't have any sort of fear They are beating us, hitting us And we are helplessly watching them They are neither allowing us to weep Not they are letting us to cry loud They are snatching our source of livelihood They are looting our meagre savings too They are boring bigger holes in our pockets By their powerful invisible technological drills Selling all sorts of stuff they use to produce Drugs, sanitizers, hand washes and what not They are asking to keep our ugly mouth fully shut By putting beautiful, colourful and fancier masks They are not letting us to meet our friends They are not letting us to share our meals They are not allowing us to share our views They are not allowing us to share our thoughts With any of our friend, relatives and fellow citizens They are just telling us to follow whatever they say They are throwing ******* and garbage on us In the name of science, health and hygiene There appears to be not much science In their so call science and modern science Shamelessly they proclaim to be our saviours Saving us from the army of an invisible enemy Although existence of any such army is doubtful But their intentions are doubtful and doubtful If any such invisible army of enemy really exists? It may have been raised and owned by them only To **** the lives of all the other fellow humans on earth And to fulfil their greed and lust for power and money They are planning to inject in our bodies Some drugs, chemical or any such thing They will even charge money for that And try to fill their everlasting greed I wonder, who they are? God, Demi Gods or the Devils Or they are just a band of inhuman Resembling a band of nasty humans Do they really have some superpower? Or they are just a bunch of ugly parasites? Trying to draw everything from our lives Just to feed himself and to recreate his own life
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Jun 16, 2020
Jun 16, 2020 at 6:41 AM UTC
Who Are They?
They are so much cunning and cruel Yet they possess, intelligence and smartness Yes, they are filled with over confidence They are absolutely shameless too Don’t you feel my dear? They don't have any sort of fear They are beating us, hitting us And we are helplessly watching them They are neither allowing us to weep Not they are letting us to cry loud They are snatching our source of livelihood They are looting our meagre savings too They are boring bigger holes in our pockets By their powerful invisible technological drills Selling all sorts of stuff they use to produce Drugs, sanitizers, hand washes and what not They are asking to keep our ugly mouth fully shut By putting beautiful, colourful and fancier masks They are not letting us to meet our friends They are not letting us to share our meals They are not allowing us to share our views They are not allowing us to share our thoughts With any of our friend, relatives and fellow citizens They are just telling us to follow whatever they say They are throwing ******* and garbage on us In the name of science, health and hygiene There appears to be not much science In their so call science and modern science Shamelessly they proclaim to be our saviours Saving us from the army of an invisible enemy Although existence of any such army is doubtful But their intentions are doubtful and doubtful If any such invisible army of enemy really exists? It may have been raised and owned by them only To **** the lives of all the other fellow humans on earth And to fulfil their greed and lust for power and money They are planning to inject in our bodies Some drugs, chemical or any such thing They will even charge money for that And try to fill their everlasting greed I wonder, who they are? God, Demi Gods or the Devils Or they are just a band of inhuman Resembling a band of nasty humans Do they really have some superpower? Or they are just a bunch of ugly parasites? Trying to draw everything from our lives Just to feed himself and to recreate his own life
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Breaking his enthusiasm as my pencil spasm insanely random like a Gatlin cannon my magnum blastin shots taken so I'm shootin then walking off like cam Nuked'm these civil lies causing an evolution I'm killing guys its the only solutions dude blowing smoke too much pollution on the same page until I go rampage and start looting enraged second phase using the bars from my cage to punch lines through these frames I'm battle rappin as quick as they can match'em let it happen captain Hook I'll patch ' em in tandom with passion my fraction got these ******* trashing like DJs scratching I'm thirsty for action these weapons I'm packing get rowdy they start clapping like jacks sons put a cap in your captain capitalize off what happens I'll top 5 of your top 10 you fighting for your life I'm just saying one with a slight of hand I'm disarming this man King of Kings Schooling these Lord of rings on thier aim, I'm top tier they lame I'm **** ' em all with the same ball and chain pen dragging them all to my hall of slain, this a deadly game, and I bringing the major pain.
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Dec 29, 2014
Dec 29, 2014 at 10:16 PM UTC
Draft: Battle rap war
They tell me I can do anything. Looking down the throat of a challenge. Hanging on to the coat tails of life by the fringe, above a fire that is trying to singe... ...Who I am My Identity Targeted by a self created entity. To bring me down... ...Below my potential to see what is essential through consequential actions. I AM A MAN! no matter my wingspan... I CANNOT FLY! And those childhood encouragements are a lie. But through accomplishing what I am capable I find that my boundaries are escapable. I'm not shooting for the stars, or looting and ending up behind bars, but I am me, myself, doing what I can so I'm not rotting on a shelf.
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Jun 4, 2013
Jun 4, 2013 at 6:17 PM UTC
Accomplishment
Nelson gives that wry kind of naval guy smile as he watches them all down along Whitehall and I, the bystander standing still until the last casts another look, wide eyed to see the gay pride festival, best of all, no looting no stabbing no shooting just the hooting and the hollering and the crowds of people following enjoying all the fun dancing in the sun on Saturday.
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Jun 27, 2015
Jun 27, 2015 at 4:19 PM UTC
Gay Pride, London 2015
Adrift on her very first voyage With the sea coursing in through her bow Lay the cruise ship, the S.S. Lumbago There was scarcely a chance for her now But Ahoy! On the western horizon In a flurry of yellow and green That ender of blight and a damsel’s delight And he’s always on cue for his scene It’s Sir Patrick Stewart! And his Luxury Budgerigar! It’s got seating for seventy people And the service is well above par There’s an adequate medical unit And a modest but elegant bar What more could a man ever dream of In a Luxury Budgerigar? Well… The forests of England were burning So the foxes escaped to the city The badgers had taken to looting And the squirrels had formed a committee But who should arise from a manhole With a confident gleam in his eye? That destroyer of woes with a spring in his toes And he’s quick with a witty reply… Sir Patrick Stewart! And his Luxury Budgerigar! With adjustable hose pipe attachment It’s got wheels like a feathery car The forests were dowsed and the fauna re-housed With a three day retreat at a spa It’s a thing to admire and surely acquire The Luxury Budgerigar! But… Susan was stricken with sorrow Twas her darkest, most fearful hour A spider had wrestled her out of her bath And set up his home in the shower But who should jump out of the wardrobe With an innocent look on his face? That singer of shanties, remover of ******* And first in an obstacle race Sir Patrick Stewart! And his Luxury Budgerigar With a sucker for spiders and beetles That deposits them into a jar There’s a tiny wee restaurant to feed them It was given a Michelin star A remarkable thing with retractable wings Is a Luxury Budgerigar So if you should be in a pet shop And you see just the critter for you Please heed this advice: make a note of the price Then proceed to the back of the queue When you ask for your preference of creature Should it whistle, slither or waddle Do as Sir Patrick Stewart did And opt for the Luxury model
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May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014 at 4:51 PM UTC
Sir Patrick Stewart's Luxury Budgerigar
Adrift on her very first voyage With the sea coursing in through her bow Lay the cruise ship, the S.S. Lumbago There was scarcely a chance for her now But Ahoy! On the western horizon In a flurry of yellow and green That ender of blight and a damsel’s delight And he’s always on cue for his scene It’s Sir Patrick Stewart! And his Luxury Budgerigar! It’s got seating for seventy people And the service is well above par There’s an adequate medical unit And a modest but elegant bar What more could a man ever dream of In a Luxury Budgerigar? Well… The forests of England were burning So the foxes escaped to the city The badgers had taken to looting And the squirrels had formed a committee But who should arise from a manhole With a confident gleam in his eye? That destroyer of woes with a spring in his toes And he’s quick with a witty reply… Sir Patrick Stewart! And his Luxury Budgerigar! With adjustable hose pipe attachment It’s got wheels like a feathery car The forests were dowsed and the fauna re-housed With a three day retreat at a spa It’s a thing to admire and surely acquire The Luxury Budgerigar! But… Susan was stricken with sorrow Twas her darkest, most fearful hour A spider had wrestled her out of her bath And set up his home in the shower But who should jump out of the wardrobe With an innocent look on his face? That singer of shanties, remover of ******* And first in an obstacle race Sir Patrick Stewart! And his Luxury Budgerigar With a sucker for spiders and beetles That deposits them into a jar There’s a tiny wee restaurant to feed them It was given a Michelin star A remarkable thing with retractable wings Is a Luxury Budgerigar So if you should be in a pet shop And you see just the critter for you Please heed this advice: make a note of the price Then proceed to the back of the queue When you ask for your preference of creature Should it whistle, slither or waddle Do as Sir Patrick Stewart did And opt for the Luxury model
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By: Cedric McClester Don’t call it a protest When clearly it’s anybody’s guess From what I see it’s the anatomy Of how things can digress Don’t call it a protest If it’s an urban insurrection Although I feel at best It's a blow to the mid-section Don’t call it a protest Or the perpetrators simply thugs After years of daily oppression Knowing what oppression does Don’t call it a protest Call it anything other than that When you see the anger boiling over Because they’ve taken it to the mat Don’t call it a protest Or believe the media’s spin When grievances aren’t addressed It’s no telling where it will end Don’t call it a protest Or even try to dignify The looting and the burning Without answering the question why Don’t call it a protest Or mention First Amendment rights When the majority of the people Have to spend sleepless nights Don’t call it a protest Or look for a convenient excuse For how they expressed their frustration Through criminal acts of  abuse © Copyright 2015, Cedric McClester.  All rights reserved.
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Apr 28, 2015
Apr 28, 2015 at 12:31 AM UTC
DON'T CALL IT A PROTEST
Dr Manmohan Singh is the most honest Prime Minister Ms Sonia Gandhi is his dearest sister India is proud of Her Silvery Himalayas And her Inestimable super scandals If She is able to progress with such a large scale corruption Which is as vibrant and furious as volcanic eruption, Every foreigner must be jealous of her glorious future If the politicians become a bit patriotic in nature G2 spectrum is the greatest scandal in India of incredible magnitude The politicians and the bureaucrats need to be complimented on their fortitude Mother India is a benign Goddess of great treasure She can withstand any arson , looting,robbery or exploitation beyond any measure
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Dec 28, 2010
Dec 28, 2010 at 2:18 AM UTC
The robberies of time
I woke up on a ship upon the sea , Thinking I had finally found my sailor. You had maps drawn with lines and X's marking spots of interest, And I thought I was your favorite treasure. Romanced me from land to sea, but turns out you are just another pirate looting girls hearts for pleasure. Capsized, we've been hit, and you abandon ship, And I abandon my anxious breath. Drowning in emotions I become swallowed in the waves of tears.
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Sep 15, 2016
Sep 15, 2016 at 6:14 AM UTC
A Pirate Stole My Heart
Take me back to when top hats were like business suits When the white moths had become black with filth When the Thames was brown like the rotted teeth of beggars And not just because of the mud When the Irish and the Slavic were exotic When London was Birmingham When Birmingham was Liverpool When Liverpool was a country village When there were millions And yet they were still so innocently oblivious Take me to the city clothed in black For there was always a funeral somewhere London The noisy factories And crowded slums The fear that the cold brings The pain that disease brings The real London The honest London The dark, deadly London of my nightmares Every narrow, dimly-lit alleyway dripping with **** and blood Full of criminals and drunks Ominous dark brown bricks The suffocating stink that follows you wherever you go Cursing, begging Lifting, cuffing, gaffing, looting, nicking, pinching, swiping, thieving, pilfering, pillaging Hundreds of words for stealing Where the poor are painfully poor Where every woman that smiles at you is a ********** Corpses lying in the streets Next to gas lamps The only beacons of light People packed into bedrooms like chickens Sleeping on the string Highly disturbing But it's best not to interfere For someone else will deal with it Industry and decency will save us all There is no trace of that now Except the noble stone buildings Commissioned by the corrupt This is my fear and obsession
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Mar 29, 2012
Mar 29, 2012 at 4:10 PM UTC
Victoria's London
In the swirling zephyr, The grass dances weakly I heard an escort,– Awaits my way to the Wolf Hall. A triumphant sinister;— My broken pleasure,— How lovely to see thy scraps again.. Such a bounty hunter What the gods want now? Doth not turn me around!— Doth not hang me! If thou loose my ties,— Thou wilt be a murderer of all vines! Spare me!— I am not thy prey; I am not one of Greek's peccant, Please, off loathing my purity! This predator devoured me.. The ****** of his dark matter, stabbed me.. The mob held me captive,— by net traps The culprit lies next to me— Acted one alike raw; then I was sacked, I felt the bethel was mocked,— But my Lord won't despise me. A paralyzed arrest screeched me I was stroke— by a vermin quenched for meat.. Thou art the most cherished It is still me.. Scattered with mud, Dressed in a blanket; Hoping to kiss thee Bend for belief,— and not forgiveness Wherefor thy body shivers? Thy cup is condensing, Lips ill-looking; Red flames changing blue— Am I still the hue? I sensed— Thou fell into the pit My shreds, thy lust The roots art on the tip of thy nails! An ancestral plague poisoning whoever sits,— And bridesmaking is a promiscuous habit— To grasp a braided hair,— for an accessory Behold, the lineage of romantic paintings, Whence the bonds turn to heist Looting innocence and staying in history...
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May 8, 2020
May 8, 2020 at 4:13 AM UTC
"Resurrection"– The **** of Thrones
Sound of a pen clattering Admonishing beauty of arts rendering Lines of rhyme rhyming Mixed with rhythm rhythming Like a poem life flowing Like a drama life pushing Like a prose life rushing And then comes representing Unrepentant life projectoring The literati's lyrical lyricalling Recalling the gods of writing With written words calling Calling calling calling coming And hence societal ills hiding Bad leaders, leadership running Disillusioned souls troubling Marginalised masses crying And crime rate like jet flying Bombs like pure water exploding Politicians still stealing and looting yet fearing Fear! phobia! fear embracing Minimum wage hurting Governors like bee stinging Unemployment destroying like earthquaking Half baked graduate graduating Our education unseriously provoking Undefined boundaries exposing Immigrants immigrating Police, Soldiers, customs, Road safety, etc all corrupting like they feeding... Inec election in chaos resulting Nigeria a name of peoples's confusing NEPA, WATER, ROAD, HOSPITAL unrealistic absurding... Corruption! corrupting!! corruptioning!!! Are we starting or finishing? Building or destroying? The lyric of the literati busy deconstructing...
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Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015 at 2:07 PM UTC
The lyric of a literati
Faces, shiny faces in a shiny magazine. Face of a gypsy girl, the face of a queen. Face of a princess regal and fair. Face of a rich girl caught in the glare. Face of a film star captured in a dream. Face of a model with skin smoothing cream. Faces on beaches soaking up the sun. Face of a beauty with the potential to stun. Faces draped with jewellery and make-up to **** Alluring expressions intended to thrill. Observe ****** glamour, young fresh and bright. Drown in the images reflecting your delight. Absorb the pretty faces of perfect colour tone. Identity assimilation won't leave you alone. Forever trapped by faces in a faceless prison. Individuality lost in a nightmare vision. Faces commanding the commodities of life. The looting of pockets both legal and rife. Faces of power corrupted through and through. Keep checking out the faces who are checking up on you. © Paul Chafer 2014
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Feb 13, 2014
Feb 13, 2014 at 6:10 AM UTC
Faces
Khabele is an enemy from the spiritual world Debacularly rocking peace of people in my village My Hamlet, or my country, my continent or in my piety, He starkly hates anything human, especially the family, His tool box against human family is a composition Or dark Patchworks of opportunism, ethnicity, poverty, Fluidly disordered gender, abortion, **** diseases, war, Crude religion, divorce, self-pride, shallow thought, Infertility, love for money, laziness, corruption, Politicization, public indiscipline, self-idolatry, Shameless thievery, looting and gambling,
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Dec 12, 2016
Dec 12, 2016 at 5:15 AM UTC
KHABELE’S TOOL BOX
There's an apartment filled with drugs Somewhere in the past Where I'd roll around on my rug With a body of little mass I was malnourished And felt like a tourist I protected embarrassing ****** desires And felt like I couldn't speak I thought I'd stay silent until I retired But the pressure got too deep I was afraid of what they think And the Kool-Aid they drink I made mistakes And tried to act straight I felt fake Which engendered hate My friends stopped seeing me After I stopped being me When everything got too cold I reached out for somewhere to hold And grasped a syringe To erase my cringe I didn't sleep on a pallet Or get beat by a mallet My parents loved me Isn't that lovely? I felt pain all the same I felt like I had fame And everybody was watching And grenade launching I tried to foolishly avoid it Which proved to be ineffective I thought drugs might destroy it Which led to countless injections I've seen interesting things Like wives selling rings To be drug dealer bling And the constant scheming Of the get-rich-quick dreaming These events become boring After you see girls ******* And homeless people looting up And pregnant women shooting up And pulverizing police pulling up The difference becomes starker Once things get even darker My life had no worth Back and forth Between rehab and relapse So much time had elapsed Life became about learning how one thing leads to another Like a caring mother who gives birth to two brothers One is of use to society For he has proper propriety The other is a poet But doesn't know it He can carve out a peaceful existence That can be his righteous resistance He needs to be nurtured By someone he collides with Somewhere in the future At a location to be decided
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Feb 9, 2018
Feb 9, 2018 at 5:15 AM UTC
Somewhere
There's an apartment filled with drugs Somewhere in the past Where I'd roll around on my rug With a body of little mass I was malnourished And felt like a tourist I protected embarrassing ****** desires And felt like I couldn't speak I thought I'd stay silent until I retired But the pressure got too deep I was afraid of what they think And the Kool-Aid they drink I made mistakes And tried to act straight I felt fake Which engendered hate My friends stopped seeing me After I stopped being me When everything got too cold I reached out for somewhere to hold And grasped a syringe To erase my cringe I didn't sleep on a pallet Or get beat by a mallet My parents loved me Isn't that lovely? I felt pain all the same I felt like I had fame And everybody was watching And grenade launching I tried to foolishly avoid it Which proved to be ineffective I thought drugs might destroy it Which led to countless injections I've seen interesting things Like wives selling rings To be drug dealer bling And the constant scheming Of the get-rich-quick dreaming These events become boring After you see girls ******* And homeless people looting up And pregnant women shooting up And pulverizing police pulling up The difference becomes starker Once things get even darker My life had no worth Back and forth Between rehab and relapse So much time had elapsed Life became about learning how one thing leads to another Like a caring mother who gives birth to two brothers One is of use to society For he has proper propriety The other is a poet But doesn't know it He can carve out a peaceful existence That can be his righteous resistance He needs to be nurtured By someone he collides with Somewhere in the future At a location to be decided
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You can tell by a pale shadow of former self And  shape of the scattered pieces You can tell , From the pieces of the once bread basket of Africa That someone is slowly And artistically looting the store  I can see, The trailing blood and the aura of warmth That there was once, Electrical pulse of the heart As povo cry, For broad-based   and inclusive Dialogue to rescue, Yes! I could hear,increasing  calls  for  precipice And wails to  avert further  implosion    And the winds of memory floating by The crescendo in the calls for sound talks Yes sound dialogue, In the wake of an  increasingly restless citizenry struggles Still dustbin  of a golden history You can sense from the tremble of the chambers The undying pulse and the scent of a beloved That the heart once danced to a dreamers' beats To them tears are, The horse pipes they use to water their worth To multitudes,tears are words the heart can’t express As the black cloud  sheds  rays  of hope   Still leaves “imminent light” behind As the mass bank hope In our eternal message of hope Ushered by Martin Luther King, Jr.   "One day  dawn will come". I can see  traceable  traces Of corrupt foot prints And  traceable track record Of 'prominent' looting finger prints As the influential turn aside the needy from justice, Rob the poor Chimanimani people of their right, Making widows  their spoil, And willy-nilly  making the fatherless their prey! Dear LORD! Why  your wrath  upsets not these moral monsters? Who are by no means worthy of following Those that deprive the afflicted Those who because of their  hard and impenitent hearts Attract your necessary reaction to objective moral ill Dear Lord why has your  wrath not fallen On rightful  time? How can hell be just?
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Apr 22, 2019
Apr 22, 2019 at 6:07 AM UTC
PALE SHADOW
You can tell by a pale shadow of former self And  shape of the scattered pieces You can tell , From the pieces of the once bread basket of Africa That someone is slowly And artistically looting the store  I can see, The trailing blood and the aura of warmth That there was once, Electrical pulse of the heart As povo cry, For broad-based   and inclusive Dialogue to rescue, Yes! I could hear,increasing  calls  for  precipice And wails to  avert further  implosion    And the winds of memory floating by The crescendo in the calls for sound talks Yes sound dialogue, In the wake of an  increasingly restless citizenry struggles Still dustbin  of a golden history You can sense from the tremble of the chambers The undying pulse and the scent of a beloved That the heart once danced to a dreamers' beats To them tears are, The horse pipes they use to water their worth To multitudes,tears are words the heart can’t express As the black cloud  sheds  rays  of hope   Still leaves “imminent light” behind As the mass bank hope In our eternal message of hope Ushered by Martin Luther King, Jr.   "One day  dawn will come". I can see  traceable  traces Of corrupt foot prints And  traceable track record Of 'prominent' looting finger prints As the influential turn aside the needy from justice, Rob the poor Chimanimani people of their right, Making widows  their spoil, And willy-nilly  making the fatherless their prey! Dear LORD! Why  your wrath  upsets not these moral monsters? Who are by no means worthy of following Those that deprive the afflicted Those who because of their  hard and impenitent hearts Attract your necessary reaction to objective moral ill Dear Lord why has your  wrath not fallen On rightful  time? How can hell be just?
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if the world was ending in 7 days - nobody else knows it but there's nothing anyone can do to stop it how do you want to spend your last week on earth? *** Who is this? sorry [sadface emoji] ... I'd go looting. break into stores, steal TVs, printers, whatev I can get my hands on why? i mean, what's the point? The **** of it. Never been looting before You? nope, never been looting. I meant, what would you do with your last week? i dunno that's why i'm taking suggestions
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Jan 21, 2014
Jan 21, 2014 at 12:38 AM UTC
Texts From Last Night 1
once again     this time in Georgia communities of color saved democracy from spiraling into violent authoritarianism in spite of armed white mobs      incited by the president's men breaking into the nation's capitol looting and destroying interrupting certification hearings forcing members of congress     to seek sheltered places killing a policeman causing five more deaths the scenes shocked the world and most U. S.  citizens america has become small again no more a beacon of democracy just another banana republic in a real democracy citizens cast their votes and then respect certified election results
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Jan 9, 2021
Jan 9, 2021 at 5:25 PM UTC
coupcake (revised)
Blood on the street; The man who cast the first stone was discharged and acquainted While passersby were jailed Cabal in the chambers; Making treacherous remarks Lady Justitia is not only shortsighted The silence of her treachery is deafening Customise looting spree; Men of means are pardon of their sins While men of straw burn in hell A cleansing ritual to appease angry gods Two mad men fighting without cause One is protected with immunity clause
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Jun 10, 2015
Jun 10, 2015 at 7:18 AM UTC
The Saga Continues
Men with rambling fever Are born not bred Their diagnoses are terminal No cure but to go And they sell their souls to the devil For a train to hitch a ride on And they'll die along the highway While their women stay home Remaking beds That have never been slept in I slept in this morning Even though I didn't need to I stretched my limbs Out into the ocean Trying to stay afloat alone in my bed And through my spyglass I still couldn't find the edge of it No body of land to stand solidly on I concluded that beds must be round Orbiting microcosms floating through apartments I got up and didn't tuck the sheets in I got up and didn't make it I didn't make it through college Because as soon as I got settled Into my air mattress I un-made it Everything called my name I tried to ignore the voices I tried to avoid them But the mattress deflated quickly The sails inflated cleaner than a cloudy day The maps on my wall needed navigating I had too much exploring to do I've read about explorers Men who made their fortunes Hunting gold and looting temples Never returning home Because the beds they left, they had already met Men who mapped the oceans And gave their names to continents Practically for free I will freely admit that I'm like them Unable to stop myself From risking it all For a chance at nothing at all Unable to stay in one place For long enough To make my bed and lie in it I will freely admit that rambling fever is not ladylike I will freely admit I'm an Unsettled woman I will freely admit I shed lives and beds with purpose I shed lives and beds like skin
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Jul 14, 2013
Jul 14, 2013 at 5:52 PM UTC
Rambling Fever
Men with rambling fever Are born not bred Their diagnoses are terminal No cure but to go And they sell their souls to the devil For a train to hitch a ride on And they'll die along the highway While their women stay home Remaking beds That have never been slept in I slept in this morning Even though I didn't need to I stretched my limbs Out into the ocean Trying to stay afloat alone in my bed And through my spyglass I still couldn't find the edge of it No body of land to stand solidly on I concluded that beds must be round Orbiting microcosms floating through apartments I got up and didn't tuck the sheets in I got up and didn't make it I didn't make it through college Because as soon as I got settled Into my air mattress I un-made it Everything called my name I tried to ignore the voices I tried to avoid them But the mattress deflated quickly The sails inflated cleaner than a cloudy day The maps on my wall needed navigating I had too much exploring to do I've read about explorers Men who made their fortunes Hunting gold and looting temples Never returning home Because the beds they left, they had already met Men who mapped the oceans And gave their names to continents Practically for free I will freely admit that I'm like them Unable to stop myself From risking it all For a chance at nothing at all Unable to stay in one place For long enough To make my bed and lie in it I will freely admit that rambling fever is not ladylike I will freely admit I'm an Unsettled woman I will freely admit I shed lives and beds with purpose I shed lives and beds like skin
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The ashes of our loved ones are blown in the wind, The blood of our siblings fill the streets, Politicians we elected rob us, with impunity, Working tirelessly to reduce us to bits; They **** our soldiers- our dearly beloved brothers, Send them to a war which they themselves create, They have underarmed the soldiers but arm the enemy, Their callousness and negligence- we cannot underestimate; Their is no one to speak for us- no one at all, They sit in their noble seats lobbying for themselves, They fill their homes with the resources of our people, While these people are left with little to fend for themselves; Our educational system has been brought to ruin, Medical system is now in a deplorable state, Fund looting is now the order of the day, To impoverish my people even further is all they debate; Our security operatives are those that **** us more, Our hearts are always filled with fear when they come our way, They maim and **** even when we protest for justice, Who then should we run to when killers come our way? The minority among us are disenfranchised, Jobs belonging to our youths have been stolen away, Those who create jobs for themseves earn too little to live by, The pensions of pensioneers are hijacked day by day; Our bills are on the increase while salaries remain the same, The salaries of some are slashed day by day, In the midst these difficulties is the firing of workers, As wages become burdensome for companies to pay; I pray that youths like me will open their eyes and see, That all we have is ourselves not these enemies, If this lesson is learnt we will quit fighting eachother, And tolerate one another- finding ways to sustain peace; Shall this oppression continue while we stand and watch? No- we will rise and create a new era of representatives? A people who will be elected from our very own, People of our own generation to replace these theives.
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Dec 1, 2016
Dec 1, 2016 at 12:17 AM UTC
Nigeria- An Afflicted Nation
The ashes of our loved ones are blown in the wind, The blood of our siblings fill the streets, Politicians we elected rob us, with impunity, Working tirelessly to reduce us to bits; They **** our soldiers- our dearly beloved brothers, Send them to a war which they themselves create, They have underarmed the soldiers but arm the enemy, Their callousness and negligence- we cannot underestimate; Their is no one to speak for us- no one at all, They sit in their noble seats lobbying for themselves, They fill their homes with the resources of our people, While these people are left with little to fend for themselves; Our educational system has been brought to ruin, Medical system is now in a deplorable state, Fund looting is now the order of the day, To impoverish my people even further is all they debate; Our security operatives are those that **** us more, Our hearts are always filled with fear when they come our way, They maim and **** even when we protest for justice, Who then should we run to when killers come our way? The minority among us are disenfranchised, Jobs belonging to our youths have been stolen away, Those who create jobs for themseves earn too little to live by, The pensions of pensioneers are hijacked day by day; Our bills are on the increase while salaries remain the same, The salaries of some are slashed day by day, In the midst these difficulties is the firing of workers, As wages become burdensome for companies to pay; I pray that youths like me will open their eyes and see, That all we have is ourselves not these enemies, If this lesson is learnt we will quit fighting eachother, And tolerate one another- finding ways to sustain peace; Shall this oppression continue while we stand and watch? No- we will rise and create a new era of representatives? A people who will be elected from our very own, People of our own generation to replace these theives.
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Blazing and looting and feist's Screaming "surrender!" Machetes through a violent haze. A group of scoundrels rioting, Crashing and trampling as they Wildly start howling while Throwing bottle bombs. Uncomfortably cramped into a secret crevice; Violets, soothing for a moment. Then bodies toppled over and Singled out Is such an existence for one to Be devout to? A sudden breeze, caress the aftermath of A loosely worn disease. Sleepy eyes, seemingly far off and drooping low; solving puzzles. Gazing with purpose and intent; A veneer that's out lost upon a pier. Swinging to a requiem, Pacing In a retelling. My friend, again, speak amends and Shine a light that transcends my Fears and my tears that prevail; So misguided In deed. So sure so certain that What's done is right But now the meanings all disguised and Out of sight.
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Jul 4, 2015
Jul 4, 2015 at 4:09 AM UTC
Tanzania