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  June 2021     5 months ago

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SIN AND A SHOT OF JACK

Sin was presented to taste
sweeter than the honey comb
and the bitterness goes down smooth
with a shot of jack
they say the bitter wears away after awhile
none ever experience that
it's the sweetest smelling cologne in the place
but the...

by LaKeyah Garnett-Holden

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My God isn't welcomed here

god who is that they speak of
in the churches and on the street
this is not a world my God is taught
definitely not a world He is preached

when were your laws labeled as mosaic
did not You give them to him on the mount
did not your...

by LaKeyah Garnett-Holden

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Today's sugar plums

Yesterdays poetry had sugar plums
dancing over a young one's head
Yesterday's poem spoke joy into us
Whenever we felt dread
We knew Jack and Jill went up a hill
we learned what happens we he fell down
We knew Mr. brown could moo and so can...

by LaKeyah Garnett-Holden

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miseducation of me

Ignorance guided my way in life
Dancing with the devil in my Sunday's best
"It's good to do this" they said "your forgiven" they say
Meanwhile my feet hurt and soul unrest
Watered down scriptures spewed at me
Sin in the church as the entrance...

by LaKeyah K Garnett-Holden

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misguided me

Ignorance guided my way in life
Dancing with the devil in my Sunday's best
"It's good to do this" they said "your forgiven" they say
Meanwhile my feet hurt and soul unrest
Watered down scriptures spewed at me
Sin in the church as the entrance...

by LaKeyah K Garnett-Holden

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