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Month: August 2021

‘We’ll show you’ and other poems

By: Linda M. Crate we’ll show you i don’t belongto this world,i am a part of theone you are too afraidto take a chance on;i am part of a worldmuch better than this one— there’s love enoughfor everyone,and the planet…

The First Mistake

By: William T. Hathaway Establishment journalists and politicians are despairingly asking: Why did we fail in our well-meaning efforts to help the Afghan people? What were our mistakes? But they ignore their first mistake: creating the Taliban. The USA’s attempts…

The Undertaker Shop

By: donnarkevic After closing, a young black manknocks. You see, my businessincludes haven. You see,in the deep South, white farm ownerspurchase the prison time of jailed blackswho then work the plantations.Well, even after years, you see,most never get released. When…

Hotel Enigma!

By: #madmusings The young couple on honeymoonSmooching, petting walked into the lobbyThe receptionist flashed a smile soonHanded them the keys of the room,She was beautiful, fair, and chubby! As they proceeded to the hallwayThe newlywed couple laughed awayThe receptionist’s eyes…

Conviction

By: Bhoj Kumar Dhamala High morale, boosted status, and superbStyle of living makes one feel your better ¬–Off guise and you are in seventh heavenJust a delusion, you are out of it unless You realize who you are the surroundingGoes…

15 bagels and a brioche bun

By: Ivy Geren I’m sitting in a swirl of dreamsHalf-formed, half-dreamtStacked on top of each other like the crusts of a million barely-eaten sandwichesBut I’ve learned that the idea of a dream is always better than its realitySo I add…

Erotophobia

By: Rachel Chitofu Sometimes we learnfrom ameliorating televisionbroadcasts—maybe the sunsnarls morefatally in contrasted shadesof itselfand you look better today,now that your clothesare finally off.I am still a child and maybe that’s why I can’t goto college this fall.If he kisses…

Unconditional Love

By: Bill Kamen Killin’ time sippin’ whiskeyAt a bar on the boardwalk by the seathe jukebox keeps on playin’ visions of loveand it takes me back to when I first saw youswayin’ to the rhythm of the waveseyes as blue…