Galleries
Its funny how mere images from the past
can come back and create galleries.
poem by Cokbod Lodwogo
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Commercial Lie
Where is the honor in telling us on live television
that we need this thing you are trying to sell
Why do you say this when you and I both know it is a lie
It is a commercial lie
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Television Footage
I've learned the harshest truth
No one really cares about anyone but themselves
There is so much television footage that
floods in like tsunami beaten shores
It made me turn off the TV
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With Poetry
With poetry
I have found a purpose
With poetry
things just seem easier
With poetry
words will dance the tango
With poetry
I can put meaning to my thoughts
With poetry
I can ramble on and on
With poetry
everything is easier
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Free Individual
I curse an education by an institute
I curse your religions because they are institutes
Mine is taught by my heart and referenced from a book
Your institutes are poison and follow traditions even if they are wrong
I stand alone because I choose to be a free individual
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Fear not fear...
Death is to fear
as flour is to bread.
It sits at its very core.
It's the foundation,
it's the cement.
It gives fear the strength
that is needed for it
to touch the world
like a religion.
Many people feed fear
to people as if it was a
meal that cannot be skipped
in the
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Unbreakable Box
I still long for you
though you are out of bounds
A ball struck too hard
because fate brought you to me
in a clear unbreakable box
I can see through the plexi glass
and I can hear your voice
sweet voice as well
This is all I can enjoy
I'm afraid
Unless fate brings me a tool to break open this box
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Respect's Disappearance
What troubles me
Is the lack of respect
Respect jumped off the bridge
10 years after Aretha Franklin's single
Hit the charts
It is almost as if
It was the last ditch effort
To keep it among us
Now it has vanished
With it
Our souls and patience
Everything that was once good
Is now just a distant memory
On a photograph
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MCs
Once upon a time linguists
of a youthful piece
of the black culture
rip through the airwaves
When real emcees touch
the brainwaves
Move morality forward
and bring a point of view
that the sun goes toward
Illuminates the soul
and opens up the mind
like a potato about to get loaded
I am loaded but let it drift away
in a soft somber sleep
The kind that sweet dreams take away
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The Door to Your Dreams
When times get rough
you gotta be tough
Things will fall a part
so you gotta be smart
Measure the distance
and live with persistence
Nothing is too far
Not even the farthest star
All you got to do is reach out
and take what is yours
to open up the right doors
The doors to your dreams
will give you great self esteem
They are locked until you find the key
it takes hard work to be what you want to be
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