Jeremy Rodgers Poems

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1.
Back-Alley Street

In back-alley street
where every alley meets
in every corner of the world
everybody's popping pills.
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2.
Sign Language

Love is sign language,
it's not what you say,
or what you give,
it's how you act
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3.
Darkness

Darkness falls down like a net
smothering those who've lost their breath
taking away their fading time
covering up their daylight
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4.
Like Sister Charlotte

She was starving,
she was dying
stuck inside a nunnery
they wouldn't allow her
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5.
Castle Of Greed

Kings sitting on top thrones of ivory
sheep with chunks of flesh missing
wool piled high in forgotten storerooms
overcome with greed but more by controlling them
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6.
Almost

She said, 'Won't you love me? '
I said, 'Give me a chance.'
She said, 'Love me even more.'
I said, 'Then take my hand.'
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7.
Yellow Feathers

Yellow feathers,
a white dove
on the telephone line.
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8.
Javalinas

Javalinas,
wild boars
in the shadows
by the door
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9.
He Knows The Hearts Of People

He knew what was in them
He knew they loved sin
His own chosen
burned babies to the Devil
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10.
What Are We Doing?

What are we doing, wasting our life?
or is it even our life to waste?
These are the battlegrounds, my friends
or are you even my friends?
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