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POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Poetry is my voice for change. I have 12 kids with my husband of 22 years. The poetry I write comes from books, movies, and most of all, from my life. Finally squeezed out of me by my nature like a long held breath.
United We Stand
Common enemies
for the left and right
want us to die
and make us fight
But even if we can’t
agree on anything
We still both have
a common enemy
Do not forget
carpetbaggers
are not here to save us
Like divorce lawyers
for a marriage
who want us to
use them to fight
until they drain us
of every delight
for the left and right
want us to die
and make us fight
But even if we can’t
agree on anything
We still both have
a common enemy
Do not forget
carpetbaggers
are not here to save us
Like divorce lawyers
for a marriage
who want us to
use them to fight
until they drain us
of every delight
#peace
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4 Comments
Stay Away from Patriot Rallies
For the next two weeks
Danger lurks
false flags
Danger lurks
false flags
#risk
351 reads
6 Comments
Emergency
https://youtu.be/t1r2rdmWsPE
#scary
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1 Comment
When I’m Sleeping Tonight
Tucked in cozy to bed
with your stories
still in my sleepy head
Look out the window
at the stars with me
up at what
the wild things see
what are those
night things doing
while I’m tucked in
fast asleep?
The ones who climb
while others jump and run
and still more fly up high
do they care that others
need peace while they sleep
while they flutter howl
scream and screech?
did they even notice
that the blinds are closed
and the lights dim low?
do they stop and...
with your stories
still in my sleepy head
Look out the window
at the stars with me
up at what
the wild things see
what are those
night things doing
while I’m tucked in
fast asleep?
The ones who climb
while others jump and run
and still more fly up high
do they care that others
need peace while they sleep
while they flutter howl
scream and screech?
did they even notice
that the blinds are closed
and the lights dim low?
do they stop and...
#children
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I Love You For Spiritual Reasons
The ecstasy
of loving you
is knowing
as I’m known
I see my God
within your eyes
belonging
in liberty
endless mercy
a heritage
never denied me
that no one
need disparage
You cannot find
a longer lasting
love -
in all
eternity
of loving you
is knowing
as I’m known
I see my God
within your eyes
belonging
in liberty
endless mercy
a heritage
never denied me
that no one
need disparage
You cannot find
a longer lasting
love -
in all
eternity
#love
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3 Comments
An Uber Uterus
You made the choice
to keep your womb
adult fertility
that was your choice
possible passengers
with drowned out voice
Prey of human traffickers
or Democrats zero
population goals
You chose not to
donate your uterus
to needy trans-women
who would not abort
Screw your fake
virtue-signal
farce of equity
to keep your womb
adult fertility
that was your choice
possible passengers
with drowned out voice
Prey of human traffickers
or Democrats zero
population goals
You chose not to
donate your uterus
to needy trans-women
who would not abort
Screw your fake
virtue-signal
farce of equity
#women
#politics
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3 Comments
Hey, Walmart! Go Fox Yourself!
Looks like the cat
Is out of the box store
You’re hungry for power
and we can’t stand you
anymore
Anything you sell
someone else’s does
right next door
Is out of the box store
You’re hungry for power
and we can’t stand you
anymore
Anything you sell
someone else’s does
right next door
#money
#funny
#CallToAction
373 reads
4 Comments
Inert Consciousness
There is intelligence
we question
as inert
although functional
What is alive
can breathe
the inspiration
of benevolence
not impervious
to precious needs
as though encased
in stone
like the boulders
Jesus threatened
with life
if his children
were silenced
we question
as inert
although functional
What is alive
can breathe
the inspiration
of benevolence
not impervious
to precious needs
as though encased
in stone
like the boulders
Jesus threatened
with life
if his children
were silenced
#spiritual
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3 Comments
I AM (Not My Body)
I possess my gender
with my DNA
Please respect
the advantage
for me to claim
But if you see my body
you do not see me
Dysphoria is a body
mistaken for a soul
invisible vessel
neither male
nor female
no heritage but all
transracial identity
this is my culture
a family of Spirit
in a nation of souls
without ancestry
with my DNA
Please respect
the advantage
for me to claim
But if you see my body
you do not see me
Dysphoria is a body
mistaken for a soul
invisible vessel
neither male
nor female
no heritage but all
transracial identity
this is my culture
a family of Spirit
in a nation of souls
without ancestry
#family
#spiritual
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4 Comments
Christmas Looks Like Courage This Year
A lion in winter
with white lamb wool
stained feet and belly
with the grapes of wrath
A tattered treelike
symbol packed with
gifts for survivors
stolen from grinches
It has plenty of shoulders
to cry on
after your car is stuck
in the snow
In darkness
burst of light
with white lamb wool
stained feet and belly
with the grapes of wrath
A tattered treelike
symbol packed with
gifts for survivors
stolen from grinches
It has plenty of shoulders
to cry on
after your car is stuck
in the snow
In darkness
burst of light
#Christmas
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2 Comments
Give Me Love - Not Affection
Your kisses betray me
the way they run away
over little frustrations
within every day
Your tenderness
evaporates
without any grace
It’s so cheap
you give and take it
to fuel simple
ambitions
Yet you love me
without any
qualification
So I say
keep your affection
because it’s worse
than aggression
or controlling
possession
when your wrath
chooses the
absentee path
instead of steady mercy
and direct confrontation
the way they run away
over little frustrations
within every day
Your tenderness
evaporates
without any grace
It’s so cheap
you give and take it
to fuel simple
ambitions
Yet you love me
without any
qualification
So I say
keep your affection
because it’s worse
than aggression
or controlling
possession
when your wrath
chooses the
absentee path
instead of steady mercy
and direct confrontation
#love
#frustration
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Dear War Machine
Founded in the 1910s
in the lands of the free
(Andrew Jackson killed you
for the previous 70 years)
Should we call or write
about that “loan”
you suddenly pull in?
Did you take my signature
as a loan
and fraudulently convert?
Now you come along
to companies like
Rebel News
to bloody harvest
what you already stole?
not value to me
you don’t say?
But value to you?
Expanding credit
as you sell bonds
with signatures to pay
for all these hands ...
in the lands of the free
(Andrew Jackson killed you
for the previous 70 years)
Should we call or write
about that “loan”
you suddenly pull in?
Did you take my signature
as a loan
and fraudulently convert?
Now you come along
to companies like
Rebel News
to bloody harvest
what you already stole?
not value to me
you don’t say?
But value to you?
Expanding credit
as you sell bonds
with signatures to pay
for all these hands ...
#corruption
#dialogue
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