Ambassador Topic -

Misery

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Struggle to write

Witnessed courtesy the following poetic sight
especially when dark shadows foretell edge of night...

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NO ESCAPE

Cries of a child

THE NEW DAY BRINGS
JOY, EXCITEMENT, PEACE
AND NEW EXPERIENCES,
LIKE A WALK IN THE...

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Monster

Monster

When my mom’s boyfriend moved in with us, I no longer feared monsters under my bed.

I found out...

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Brain Infestation

Brain Infestation

Skittering and pitter-pattering
The insects have made me their home
In my brain, down my...

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The Charge.

A Poem about WW1

The Charge.

I want to go home but don't want to,
The guy next to me has my back,
The trenches smell...

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Inferiority complex as a...

Inferiority complex as a kid, adolescent and emerging adult

Yours truly (an amazingly,
gracefully, and markedly modest
passively aging baby boomer -...

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Human machine 

Human machine 

Waking, sleeping, talking, eating,
it’s overwhelming
Too much work to keep a heart beating...

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Lost

You asked me if I'm okay
I want to scream and shout no I'm destroying myself from the inside
...

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The Narcissist Inside

The Narcissist Inside

When you are proud of yourself, it’s fabricated.

When you are ashamed of yourself, you always will...

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Shattered

Shattered

W hy me?
H e asks?
O nly silence.
L ost, confused.
E asily discouraged....

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A MAN OF ASHES

A MAN OF ASHES

THEY CALL ME MAD
BECAUSE IN ASHES I BATHE,
LET NOT THE WORLD
RECOGNIZE MY FACE....

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Severe surge regarding thou...

Severe surge regarding thou shalt not kill violations

Fifth commandment breached regularly
epidemic of gun violence in America
bullets fly, scream...

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Rampant and endemic police...

Rampant and endemic police brutality...

flourishes against United States citizens of color
going on three years
post George Floyd...

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Det sista av mina nerver

Swedish poem

Det sista av mina nerver

Den gnagde pĂĄ mina nerver igen igĂĄr
Så av mig är det är inte mycket kvar
Mest ben och hĂĄr...

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Okay, mom

Okay, mom

I believe that good things will happen
Scratch those thoughts into my head
In life, and the...

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My nascent poetic tribute...

My nascent poetic tribute to black history month

more apropos and alternately titled:
praise to thee people
of variegated melanin color,...