Dry tears dull her cheeks
No more left has she to cry
All has been taken
Her life, joy and only child
Squandered by a tyrant’s hand
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Our inaction screams
Falling upon bloody ears
Looking like cowards
We cower in our corner
Pompous in isolation
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Lay your head down child
Know that you are our future
Your shoulders hunching
Punishment for excesses
We were too weak to curtail
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Blinded by incessant greed,
You care not how it is acquired.
Crushing the lowly ant beneath designer wingtips
Screams for mercy go unheeded muffled in their death.
Prodded from birth a loss shall not be suffered,
Now so ingrained is it that you know no other way.
Color green, dreams of dollars, pounds, yen, your consummate brides,
You see nothing else, you see no inequity, no poverty.
Devoured by loathing, oblivious to anything but self
You despise those you view as vagrants, leeches, sycophants,
Treating them as rubbish though you know not their stories.
No time do you have for the common good,
Nor anyone or anything but your deepest desire.
Leaving all else to ride the wave of your deadly hate
While you strive to romance your lover…greed.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Inspirational Quote: From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate – Socrates
Jem Farmer the Boi Poet – Poetry Prompt – Three on Friday – 23 August 2013
Stacks puff their gray smoke
Debris like a beaver’s dam
Fish…belly up float
Stink of capitalism
Passed as unfettered progress
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Closing tired eyes
Crickets sing their blissful song
Calling me to dream
A tale written just for me
By the artist in my mind
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~~ Dominic R. DIFrancesco ~~
Anger cultivates adversaries
And corrupts the heart and soul.
Intolerance grows like a clinging vine from this poison.
Are we so bold as to think ourselves above another,
The epitome of a self-righteous god?
Enemies will sprout from every dispute if this be true,
Of this I am confident.
Correct thinking and love are our allies,
Understanding this, is a sign of wisdom.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
* This quote is from Mahatma Gandhi.
We Drink Because We’re Poets – Thursday Poetry Prompt #17 – Messages
Emotions cast out
Like a net upon the sea
Unexpectedly
Take on a life of their own
Spiraling out of control
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
To lay in the tall grass
Soaking up summer sun,
I recall a time so much simpler than today,
Carefree, up at dawn, out, exploring,
Seeking out new worlds, new adventures.
Calls for lunch went unheeded,
There just wasn’t the time.
Mother knew, mother always knew
This was part of the plan.
Friends and imagination consumed,
My world for the taking,
King, conqueror, soldier
How I long for those days.
Today kings become tyrants,
Conquerors commit genocide
And soldiers really die.
Games of youth were just silly fun,
There were no consequences,
There was no death, no tyranny.
At the end of the day we’d shake hands,
Smile and run home for dinner,
Dreaming of tomorrow,
Dreaming of our next conquest
From the safety of our beds.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
To sit in judgement
Of what lives in other’s minds
Is best left to God
For without omnipotence
Who am I to throw a stone
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Anger taints the mind
Blocking mirrors reflection
Disguised perfection
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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