It's impossible to drive down the exact middle of the road,
you'll get creamed by oncoming traffic,
you must shift a little left a little right, to avoid that which comes,
it should be no surprise that which is needed... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Sometimes, things get very confusing and caught between opposing forces,
I do not know whether to drift l left or right,
if only I had the right to be truly,... – by Terence-Cummings-Smith | 1 View added 1 year ago
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It's called Parkinson's Disease it is real,
they say I have it,
of lying they are not in the habit,
one third of three is my chances of survival,
I will fight this thing,
no matter what the future may bring.
In... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Getting Older
As I'm getting older,
I'm not getting any bolder,
and women's attitude towards me is getting colder.
As I become a senior,
my demeanor becoming meaner,
my funds becoming leaner.
With all this... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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One, two, three I am being,
held far from auspicious harm.
as I ably letter Ed a note,
to keep from sending his sanity slipping far... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 1 View added 1 year ago
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How many times in captivity being held,
until you dolts, understand where real and reality... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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The harsh truth is that without you'll never be a beauty.
within, your beauty is immortal,
in the past I have always been impressed by what I see,
older now and mature, I understand that is a great fallacy. ... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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The heart is not always true and blue,
good value it does always accrue,
sometimes it makes a mistake,
and leads us to a love which is... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 1 View added 1 year ago
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There is that which you wrongly fear,
as it grows near, There is a time for reflection, for work, for... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Dolts
How many times must captivity I scream,
until you dolts, understand where real and reality collide,
without trial or charge
imprisoned I have... – by Terence Cummings Smith | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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One, two, three, I am being held,
far from auspicious harm,
as I quickly letter ED a note,
saving his sanity from slipping far away.... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Sure I'm as guilty as shit,
I don't know what to say,
seemed better that way,
So having committed a crime,
now I'm doing my time.
so what do you think of it?
I had good reason,
to do... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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Traitor
I've been told that I am a traitor,
perhaps I really am,
though I thought my motivations were good,
my actions were all wrong.
I am left to be most penitent,
under punishment most lenient,
for the... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Mistakes
I can not undo the mistakes I've made,
I can only go forward in a positive... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Keep the Lid On
There is no reason to throw away years of progress for a momentary,
fit of anger,
you will not obtain a profit from rioting in the street,
Do not play into the hands who would like to turn the situation,
to... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Cry for Justice
Once again the cry for justice rings out,
another young man of colour cut down,
in his vital prime.
quick indictments this time.
This should not occur,
I strongly concur,
at least the... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Endurance Contest
Swirling, twirling, adoringly exalted enduring,
lost in various virtual vortexes of splintered space, tortured time,
simple stars have gratefully gone deeply dark miss the mark,
as the reaper belatedly... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Mao said, "power comes from the barrel of a gun",
Mao lied,
The only things that come from the barrel of a gun are:
pain, suffering, and... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Forest Green
Forest green is the patch I walk,
soul soothing song of,
whispering wind,
among the leaf.
Rich verdant greens and browns,
way on up and on the ground,
flashing... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 9 Views added 1 year ago
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Political Evolution
I once with fire spoke of revolution,
now with maturity attained
I speak of political evolution.
Change takes time I know you've heard this many times,
but permanent good in all reality,
requires... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Ruby red sapphire blue blossoms stand,
in the diamond stream,
little silver fishes play.
on a sky of robin's shell,
Cotton puffs of cloud,
golden gobs of sunlight glow.
Jade jewels of verdant green,
along broad... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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About the status quo, many lies are told,
The beating death of a young man of color,
that is not the status quo, it is the exception,
The status quo is more police protection,
today there is more opportunity to behold,
... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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The Intern
He can be bold, he can be brash,
but really wants the sash,
to you, he may seem too old,
but needs to enter the fold,
Has difficulty being humble,
and a tendency to grumble,
on you, he has been... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 10 Views added 1 year ago
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The elders meet to solve problems most unique,
to the western world,
they speak.
In our troubled world,
this stewardship is required,
To you in all honesty,
my loyalty is promised.
It's true that in the... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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Fields of Chaos
Amid the fields of chaos, we must establish some order,
we cannot let anarchists run amuck,
we can not let our democracy die this way.
They are people who can't be constructive,
Know only how to be... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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You have heard of it many times I am sure.
and probably of it abjure.
I have been driven, striven,
to obtain my little slice,
please take my advice.
I have achieved my little chunk,
without behaving like a... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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Wooden Ducks
I am incarcerated in this land of the free,
no trial has been held no charge brought forth,
my chains you cannot see, but are really there,
the only reason you hear me here,
... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 10 Views added 1 year ago
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I try my best to do a thing,
and when I fail to reach my target by a little bit,
I am flogged like a mangey dog in the street,
by my love, so sweet?
Sometimes in life, we all fall a little short,
that does not mean... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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The pain begins again, merciless burning pain,
almost as bad as when the torture first began,
pain flames around my feet ankles and lower legs
I do not know what chemical or chemicals were used,
but my anguish deep... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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The monsters in the dark are really there,
they are governmental in... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Are those chunks of tomorrow's children being
incinerated?
Would it not be better to prevent them from being
conceived at... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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The Babe
A babe with golden eyes,
dirty knotted hair,
with hunger for a belly,
lies starving,
beneath a... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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I ride the path ballistic,
in a screaming, scorching arc.
From perigee in flaming hell
to apogee far beyond Arcturus.
Neutrons and tachyons spray,
from magnetic nozzles.
Through burning twisting vortex,
of... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Hands callused, workworn lie idle, while the nation's taxes,
suck citizens dry.
The council of law argues debates,
cavorting jesters before the masses.
Merchant scribes make parchment people,
who drain real life away.
... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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Pretty lady may I sit by you,
I want to watch the sparkle in your eye
and how your svelte hips sway.
I'd like to see how candlelight reflects, from your golden hair,
hear your bright clear crystal laughter,
... – by Terence Cummings-Smith | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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A new year, so what the fuck,
it doesn't mean shit to me.
I'm locked up and that does really... – by Harold Creggan | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Tyrants live in leisure,
dining on a gourmet treasure.
While The people sleep,
many acts devious. and deceitful occur.
Culminate with a nod and wink,
as they suppress what you think.
they steal the walls and... – by Harold Creggan | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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Imagine a country with no captains or kings,
where liberty sings.
Where people work hand in hand,
to build a better land.
A locale without hate,
where each of us has a loving mate.
and no... – by Harold Creggan | 1 View added 1 year ago
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I breathed argon and oxygen I dove so deep,
I climbed until the sky turned black,
With air, so thin I could not see, but questioned still,
I grew weary of their questions.
Asked a dozen times, in as many ways,
Yet... – by Harold Creggan | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Some alliances are born in heaven some in hell.
the brotherhood is one of the latter.
One percenters' and God's Aryan nation,
Come together, across the nation.
F**k the world, vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord.
... – by Harold Creggan | 1 View added 1 year ago
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Golden days and velvet nights,
silken sighs and crystal cries.
A tender touch, loving much,
warm brown eyes with a splendid smile.
A body curved,
a hug is so firm.
You lie beside me,
in the... – by Harold Creggan | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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As day fades into night,
I lay down with diming light.
Have given service to my muse,
I leave my clothing loose.
Tired as I am,
I need... – by Terence Cummings Smith | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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I court the dark lady, Death.
screaming on the edge of oblivion.
I stumble, careening near the abys,
but due not fall
My body swells with the throb of life
Emptying my lungs, I sing a song of ultimate dare.
I no... – by Terence Cummings Smith | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Love softness in a rough world,
caring,
selfless sharing.
Love
reaching out,
touching holding.
Love,
healing, creating, giving,
warmth amid the cold.
... – by Terence Cummings Smith | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Alone,
within one's self,
locked away,
from life's warm touch.
I don't remember mother's warm hugs,
or father's kisses.
Is it because they never were?
... – by Harold Creggan | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Their broken little bodies,
lie bleeding in the sand,
in a foreign land.
Who is to blame?
whose soul will wear the stain?
you and me,
We could have stayed the soldier' s... – by Terence Cummings Smith | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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Cold steel screaming down the highway,
trailing white hot fire behind.
Baby I'm looking for the freeway,
while I've still got time.
Soft flesh on the steering wheel,
I've got that speedway feel.
I know this thing... – by Harold Creggan | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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The right wing, violence brings,
and other noxious things.
Who is there to be blamed?
as another mind by the shadows is claimed.
Brown shirts on alerts ,
while defunct leaders speak treason,
for... – by Harold Creggan | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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As the shadow of night approach,
I wait in my room alone,
washed with trepidation.
The early hour does not absolve,
my trembling fear,
of evil drawing near.
I hear the ghostly echo,
... – by Harold Creggan | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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The dark wave builds to a crest,
people beware,
The dark prince deceives and lies,
beware people, beware,
Lest freedom dies
there will be no liberty beneath
Our blue skies,
If you see the world ,
with trumper... – by Harold Creggan | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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They, whoever the fuck they are,
want answers.
this is my answer true,
you can go kiss, my fucking... – by Harold Creggan | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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I would instruct you well, and the censors can go to... – by Harold Creggan | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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When does editing become censorship?
when it is more than a little slip,
When it takes out of context,
the completeness of the text,
Changing the intent of meaning,
repetition may be extreme,
To push forward the... – by Harold Creggan | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Take your vote, Rise UP!
against oppressors clear, Rise UP!
Protect your freedoms dear, Rise UP!
Accept no foggy bottom lies. Rise UP!
March forth beneath blue sky, Rise UP!
Go before more innocents `die, Rise UP!
... – by Harold Creggan | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Monarch in Moscow,
Commandments Ten,
Listening pen.
Secrets arcane,
held in my brain,
this is the life I live,
no other talents to... – by Harold Creggan | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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I will slip slowly into,
that warm soft ebon darkness,
which anxiously awaits me.
With out pain, without the slightest fear,
I will so,... – by Harold Creggan | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Soon I leave this troubled land,
I depart by my own hand.
I will not place the blame on any but me.
My actions alone, have brought me to this end.
Arrogance primarily the cause,
I will not long wait or... – by Harold Creggan | 1 View added 1 year ago
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You passed this morning,
and you I never knew.
I do Know that you were a strong man,
for you fought your passing long.
You were a quiet man and brave,
you fought your battle in silence,
... – by Harold Creggan | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Layer upon layer, deception piled on deception,
out in the open and in shadows depth hidden.
That is how I live my life sometime in great strife,
with great problems... – by Harrold Creggan | 7 Views added 1 year ago
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I am engaged in the mystique of night and early morning
it comes as no surprise it takes two wings to fly an
... – by Harold Creggan | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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I arise before even the time of first light,
to write my rhymes and rhythms,
before the dawning of light.
My mind is fresh and bright,
and brings clear sight,
bringing what is... – by Harold Creggan | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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She was tall had the body of a great warrior and skin as
black as coal.
She awoke me just as midnight was about to fall.,
she wanted to give me a message and I must
find out what... – by Harold Creggan | 1 View added 1 year ago
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This one comes from there, and represents that,
That one comes from here and does what?
These are are set to please,
Those would rather tease.
He hides hidden under hat,
She must have said that.
This... – by Harold Creggan | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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As I peer from my one window I see the street below,
I see people walk their dogs, drive their cars,
and so.
I remember then, what it was like,
when it I could do.
Before I stumbled... – by Harold Creggan | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Time ticks slow,
Time ticks fast,
Time ticks past,
so quick.
I can not save,
my blooming... – by Harold Creggan | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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She walks in the beauty of youth,
Apparently untouched by the woe of life.
Clearly beyond my pale,
from where have you come?
Were you chosen by the gods of selection,
... – by Harold Creggan | 4 Views added 1 year ago
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As the shadows conceal me,
Darkness consumes me.
I try my best to be what I must be,
I scribble midst the phantoms.... – by Harold Creggan | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Me with censure am met, for what I've dared to say,
in jest? I think not.
Their brains are filled with snot,
they leave me online for now,
Because it generally fills their needs,
Beware the boojum... – by Harold Creggan | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Born Bill's bastard boy, I was evidently damned to
follow his footsteps, anyway.
I do not apologize for actions, which brought me here
today.
I dwell now in the shadows I did not create,
bound to... – by Harold Creggan | 2 Views added 1 year ago
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Night has spread it's softness upon the land,
it began to creep forward before the end of day.
To what purpose we can not say,
it only goes upon its own way.
What motive does it have on... – by Harold Creggan | 3 Views added 1 year ago
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Whispered about only in the shadows of evening,
Cursed in the halls of darkness, White Rabbit.
Hacker of people and governments, White Rabbit.
Prisoner and sycophant. White Rabbit.
Collaborator, White... – by Harold Creggan | 11 Views added 1 year ago
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The darkness is deep, will not yet go away,
the shadow is soft and silent.
My mind warms slowly, and I arise,
to write my poetry.
With rhythm but no rhyme,
that is how I spend my leisure time.
Away from the... – by Harold Creggan | 17 Views added 1 year ago
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