James McLain Poems

They cause
the most damage
to Democrats
by lying to themselves
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The sad fact is
people aren't smart enough for Democracy to flourish.

The democratic process is predicated upon individual
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It is a hot day and I hate their life.
Topless without looking at all the bimbos in the pool.
Irritation but not from that what you think,
the need to rearrange it bothers me constantly.
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Night is night when she comes
and where it is,
at the edge of it, they begin.
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She sleeps
at the top of a tree
in a world
filled with moss
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Do not be sad
I was one of the few born lucky I guess
grace now
freely released begins to leave me.
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I'm not ashamed of my mental illness
being born
with the genetic triggers.
If a reasonably normal childhood
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I have not died
so many times so that you can live
living your life you living mine just so
that you can again reject me.
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