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Poems of Power

Shopping

Excuses are in season

Let me buy

Oh just one reason

To let me by

This act of treason



The feast

The oppressor’s feast

Of jewels for plates

And diamonds for forks

I stand in line

They have slain the beast

Its my turn next

But alas I see

Only one morsel left

And many behind me




Thrones

His throne of gold

His whip of steel

Red velvet cloak

And Regal appeal

Have all been made

By the blood and sweat

Of people like us

Sitting on thrones

Made of plastic



Egg Rolls

The egg rolls I carry

Weigh much more now

For I am hungry

So are my friends

There are two rolls

And three of us

I’m hungry for four

They will not starve

They can eat next morning




Moral Compass

The sinister sea

Bends and twists

Roars and laughs

Leaves us mangled

Wooden shards everywhere

We have been pierced

I look at my compass

Its working fine

Alas it doesn’t tell

How to escape storms

I’m on my own




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