Could this life be Hell
Meant to test our mortal souls
Through torment and pain
Nothing is impossible
In the wisdom of God’s plan
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Category Archives: Poetry
Safe Port – A Haiku
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This life that we live
Sailing uncharted waters
Hoping for safe port
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Boarded Windows
Boarded windows,
Graffiti covered,
Paint peeling,
Chain link rusted,
Grass overgrown,
Strewn with litter,
Sidewalks cracked,
Shutters hanging,
Door unhinged,
Doorbell silent,
No one home,
For Sale sign,
Bank owned,
No ones buying,
House after house,
Block after block
City after city,
All the same,
Plant closed,
Jobs left,
Gone for good,
Overseas,
What to do
Same old question,
Same old answer,
No food,
No home,
No job,
No one cares.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Welcome to the New Main Street – A Tanka
Hope springs eternal
Just a phrase to so many
Whose hope has faded
Left destitute and alone
Welcome to the new Main Street
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Let’s Hear It For The Gipper
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An embarrassment lay before the trustees feet.
No courage, no diplomacy from the ivory seats.
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They bicker and fight at the masses expense,
Void of logic this makes absolutely no sense.
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Elected to do all the peoples good work,
To captain the ship with nary a perk.
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Not to be so, as their pockets belie,
They weakened the law and stole all the pie.
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Neither a sliver did they take nor merely a slice,
They keep going back many times more than twice.
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Still as cattle to the polls we can’t help but repeat,
As if we were held to the fire by our feet.
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When will the swarm awaken from their dream,
To see that this always has been part of the scheme.
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Divide up the nation into haves and have nots,
Feed those without means into the haves corporate plot.
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This countries demise may be its own wretched greed,
Blind or not caring for a citizenry in need.
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Many poor have been baited that less gives you more,
A theory disproved by many before.
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Even Greenspan did admit that “trickle down” was a farce,
The wealth it went up, but the trickle fell sparse.
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Thirty years on, on the brink of collapse,
Austerity it is as we watch prosperity lapse.
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But still the Gipper’s name is held up enshrined,
His legacy it ticks like a bomb out of time.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Equal is Equal – A Haiku
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Equal is equal
Only when convenient
Discrimination
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Dearest Child – A Tanka
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O’ dearest child
Though grown worries still persist
Like natural death
It is inevitable
Yet we are still unprepared
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
How Long Does Love Last
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How long does love last?
A question asked for eons,
Yet answers elude.
Wouldn’t it be best to ask,
How committed is your heart
To keep love alive?
For pondering loves demise
Will most certainly doom it to fail.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
A Gentle Caress – A Tanka
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A gentle caress
Awakens me from slumber
Like an angels touch
Sent down from Heaven above
To salvage this tortured soul
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Of Marriage Equality
This incessant fighting,
Selective equality,
Blatant discrimination,
Is this what America is about?
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Answer!, Those of you waving the constitution in our faces!
You cannot pick and choose when to hold it in high esteem,
You cannot pick and choose when and what to disregard.
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You say marriage equality is evil,
You say you are defending the children,
It will destroy conventional marriage,
Destroy the family.
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Nay I say!
The demise of the two parent family occurred long ago,
Half consumed by the flames of divorce.
I ask you, is not love of greater importance?
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Gay my friends, is not a disease,
It is not contagious,
It is not some choice made on a whim,
It is not a choice at all, but determined at birth.
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You heathens hide behind your religion,
You hide behind the robes of your God
So that you can carry on your campaign of bigotry feeling justified,
Distorting the word you so deeply cherish
To the detriment of your fellow man.
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Oh, but how funny it is!
How opinions change when they enter your life,
When they are your sons and daughters,
When they are your friends or next of kin.
Suddenly the world seems so much clearer
And that which you have taken exception to seems to disappear.
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Raise your voices dear friends!
Stand with your brothers and sisters,
Stand with your sons and daughters,
Stand with those having little voice.
We must be one if we are to be a great nation,
United…Equal…and Free!
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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