Claude H Oliver II Poems

We who live each day
Are subject to the sway
Of these two parties
In each and every way
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We live but know not why
We can extend life
Experience life, see others die
But to answer why –
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If man comes from woman
Does it not stand to reason
That woman - not man - was created first?
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I do not long for that which has been.
That which has been merely reminds me
that it no longer is,
that it was not what it should or even could
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She speaks to his heart
He may be deaf to all
But he will hear her
He may be raging
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Men see women's thighs
They undress them with their eyes
They see the sacred triangle
As a place of wealth
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She was
Stripped from mother’s
Arms – sold on the altar
Of profit – never to be
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He hung
There, a flaming
Barbecue unfit to
Eat – a meal of hatred well cooked
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* God is Love = Love is God
From this equation flows all
Love requires no prerequisites
No membership no fees or dues
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Corn bread and collard greens
Fried catfish and hot sauce
Smothered pork chops
Fish and grits
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