Harlan Simantel Poems

Leaders send daughters and sons
To a needless war.
Senators raise their salaries
and ignore the poor.
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Labor Day is nearly every day
for all of us who work.

We enjoy the fruit of others' labor -
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despised because of
Your Name
am i?
i prefer Your Sky
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i'm convinced
if i always try to see the truth
in personal matters
large or small
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david loved You
did his best
messed up
but passed life's test
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thank you
little shining star
for love and light
for who you are
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Abundant life that way?
The best way?
I never saw it, felt it -
Only dreamed of it.
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we elected you
with a mandate to DO!
out of iraq
turn nafta and cafta back
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you won that guy
but you lost me

without you
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truth stands quietly by
watching the fabricators of war
continually distort and lie
as their countless victims fight and die
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