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I Love You Young One

I love you young one

Your little quirks and your laugh

Jokes at my expense

Being your father and friend

Is all I could have hoped for

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Cadavers Are Strewn

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Cadavers are strewn

Mutilated in his wake

And then there was one

Reality TV star

Chosen to lead our nation

A nation of fools

Lost in their own arrogance

We’re so gullible

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Crisis Averted

Crisis averted

Cruz has named Fiorina

This changes nothing

Desperations craziness

Will not Trump the Teflon Don

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Bridges Not Of Steel

Bridges not of steel

But built of trust and respect

Demolished by words

All that we say and do has

Consequences long after

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Structures Age With Time

Structures age with time

Flesh and blood or stone and wood

It does not matter

All things will turn to dust

Whether we like it or not

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~

False Security

False security

Fanaticism disguised

In propaganda

Confirming the masses fears

They so skillfully crafted

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Bitterest Of Pills

Bitterest of pills

I swallowed without consent

And now I’m choking.

 

With every day that passes

I pray for civility

Only to suffer

The pains of disappointment.

 

Will I ever learn…

I doubt that I ever will,

But there’s no harm in hoping.

 

Trying to temper

My passion for politics,

Where lies don’t matter,

Compassion signals weakness

And right and left never meet.

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Our Collective Soul

Our collective soul

Lies buried in the rubble

Of hate, greed and lies.

 

One day we will rise from ash

Like the fiery Phoenix.

 

Enlightened, wiser,

Perhaps we will see we’re one,

Made of flesh and bone.

 

How sad that we must suffer

Before we open our eyes.

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

It Was Funny Once

It was funny once,

But it isn’t funny now;

Personal attacks.

Congratulations! We are

The laughing-stock of the world.

Trying to look tough

We’ve made ourselves look foolish.

Racism and hate,

Islamophobia, greed,

We are an embarrassment.

This is uncalled for!

Leaders of the free world

Do not act this way.

Hop back into your clown

Cars and rejoin your circus.

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

It Isn’t My Place

It isn’t my place

To impose judgement on you

I am not perfect

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My flaws glisten in the sun

Like a mirror to my soul

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~