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Two Types of Difficulty

Is it harder to be a single mom

Made pregnant at eleven

Or to be a single mom

When you’re a childless man at 87?

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The Elites

Who once was an ideologue

Now bears a predacious heart,

A prerequisite for leadership

In politics and art.

Who once fantasized

Is yoked by sponsors unseen,

Separate from the audience

Who now seem unclean.

Who once dreamed of changing

Now for sameness votes,

Repelling their friends,

Trapped within their own moats.

Who is no longer meek

Now learns how and why

The meek inherit nothing

If the elites never die.

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Economics 101

I was almost bankrupt

But rather than admit defeat

I missed a few car payments

And boom! I’m back on my feet!

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Wardrobe Malfunction

Yesterday I was responsible:

Got dressed, and went to work.

Just ’cause I mixed the order up

Doesn’t mean I’m a jerk…

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The Rest Is How To Playjurize Wikipedia Without Getting Cot

Ten persent of school

Is lurning how to get along.

Forty-two persent

Is lurning that you spelled stuph rong.

Maybe five persent

Is how to fill your plate and cup.

The other eighty-five persent

Is how to add things up.

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Invertebrates and “Whatever You Want”ers Beware

Whether people treat you badly

Or whether they treat you fine

Is directly correlated

To your possession of a spine.

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Wrong

A hero stood and spoke the truth,

Was called unwise, uncool, uncouth,

Was thrown out by the ruling men

But in the streets he spoke again.

His home was burned, his name was mocked,

His faith was tested, his world was rocked.

He was left penniless in shame

But when he spoke, he spoke the same.

He watched as liars took control,

Saw how untruths extract their toll.

The Earth collapsed beneath a word,

While the truth was spoken, yet unheard.

Left with no ground to stand upon,

When everything he loved was gone,

The Earth was ash, but still he stood;

He was the only one who would.

But from the ash a flower grew,

A cloud allowed the sunshine through,

A bird sang out a cheerful song

And the hero saw that he was wrong:

Life was good, so broken-hearted

The hero silently departed.

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How My Dates End

Thanks for dinner!

I had lots of fun.

Here’s my number:

911

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Close Calls and My Unintentional Confession That I’m A Wimp Who Doesn’t Know What “Staying Up Late” Means

Some days I stay up too late…

Like right now. (It’s 11:38)

Thanks to my late bedtimes

I’ve kept up with daily rhymes

And not yet inspired your hate.

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Hail to the Chief(s)

Today the 49ers lost

And Trump was not impeached,

White men still have power

And whales still get beached.

Meanwhile in Kansas City

The fans are seeing red

And cheerful songs from joyful throngs

Are filling smiling heads.

One man’s rent is $1006

And one is $3688.

At least a team of Native Americans

Won for the Golden State!

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