Barry Van Allen Poems

Another old black woman passed away,
that happens almost every day,
- - - yet, this one lies in state,
- - - in the rotunda of the Capitol,
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When in the middle of the night,
you are upright in your bed,
over something that you may have said,
... forgive yourself a little.
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Those flowers often swear at me,
and think that I don't know,
pretending flowers sweetly say,
which way the wind will blow.
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I am truly scared for him,
I am not sure that I would vote for him,
I believe he needs experience,
but, ... this seems like his time.
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They gotta' blame somebody,
for all that doubt and hurt,
if the blame is laid for open gates,
look in the mirror first.
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Katie says that I am great at explaining things,
You have to know things to explain them,
... and that takes some real education,
unless your audience is stupid too,
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Within the rythymic rhyme,
there LIES a reason,
it is there between the lines,
but, lost within the seasons.
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My massive disappointment in the thing that has been done,
is only overshadowed by my knowing that you're the one,
You have hurt my trust in fairness,
You have bruised my ego too,
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Here's a ten,
there's a ten,
every one is giving ' tens'!
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Feelin' good today,
'cause I wanted it that way,
I made my mind up long ago,
not to let the world upset me!
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