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To Martin Luther King JR.
He changed the world!
The understanding of mind!
He taught people to be thoughtful,
He proclaimed it was time.
He opened people's hearts and eyes to all the unfairness of their lives.
He believed it did not matter the type of skin- -
If I Bubble in the Answer
*studying for standardized tests*
If I bubble in the answer
I will not do it again,
I used up all my pencil lead
I guess that is the end.
If you grace me with another one
I will whine and then agree -
Unbeknownst Time Traveler
~time flies-fast~
I have a very important theory.
I, am I time traveler.
I guess I always was.
The way I could read a book for five minuets
and it becoming well past midnight. -
To Take the Shot
To think you didn’t take the shot
And held your breath instead
to doubt the choice that you just made,
then doubt that choice again.
And to believe it couldn’t be
and every pass deny -
Why Must I read Through Slitted Eyes
Why must I read through slitted eyes
of all the news that does defy
the hope I have for humanity
I squint so I don't see it be.
Why must I always brace myself
for all the yelling, calls for help -
The Funny Dish Washing Incident
"Hey sis? Are to ladies allowed to kiss each other?" asks my five year old sister Maive as I washed dishes in the sink. The water was loud, but I think I got the question.
Loves
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As the Crow Lands
As the Crow Lands on the Grave-
Black secrets stir in every face;
A fountain in the moonbeam riven—
Spend her gone like an adversity.
The Graves began to Multiply
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Writers Block
Normally words flow right out
Normally thoughts come running
Writing it down
Before they can run away
Sitting now
Looking around
Nothing running
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Persephone
Persephone was tired. Tired of being nothing more than the daughter of a nearly forgotten goddess, of being a sweet innocent nymph, a girl content to frolic in fields under the sun.
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First Snow
The first snow I saw this year was in a cemetery.
An old, abandoned cemetery.
The small, barely perceptible flakes fell,
Bitter as any of the old graves,
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Firefly Catcher
I’ve never caught a firefly
I guess I’ve never tried,
I wouldn’t want to trap their life
To keep them bottled up inside
But maybe I should get a jar
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