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burning
Burned at the stake for all to see.
Boo! Scream the crowds, words full of glee.
Smiles lit up the kids faces as they stared at me,
While the witches cried out for a flicker of mercy.
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Inevitable
So monarchies fell,
And tyrants too,
Whether democracy does,
Is not up to you.
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dissected
You might want to be a fly on the wall,
Discover what people really think,
What people say when you’re not around.
You don’t want to be a bug on the windshield,
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the hole where we stood
A story you're told about once every year,
Details increase as you're judged old enough.
Then one year it stops, the story as sparse as it can be,
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we think we're better
Everybody feels things,
No matter what they say or how they act,
Emotions run wild through the brain with no control.
Everyone has choices,
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just a fable?
I. The Hare
The hare can bound and sprint and leap,
Without much effort, rewards will reap.
The hare can brag and flaunt and rule,
Loves
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Where There’s No Cursive
It’s not the slashes through the timeline,
Not the practiced cursive
Spelling out names
That we must all know.
It’s the blank in between -
melting point
Shoot all the bullets your cold visions desire,
shoot your anger away
to reel in the reputation you'll live with
until you die.
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Dear Venezuela/Greenland
Dear Venezuela and Greenland,
A couple months ago I wrote
A poem apologizing to Canada,
And saying that they DO NOT
Belong to us.
I’m deeply angered,
Saddened,
And heartbroken
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Hold your Tongue
They say it's for the civilians
when they kidnap citizens.
What they mean is
"For civilians like us."
They tell us to be civil
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I feel sick
Renee Good just wanted to go home
To her kids
6, 12, and 15
I've watched the video
I didn't want to
But I needed to see for myself if she really tried to run the agent over
She didn't
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Being a dreamer is hard
Being a dreamer is hard, for all of us. All the authors, poets, musicians, and artists.
For those who aren’t any of these let me explain it for you.