John Sensele Poems

I defy the irascibility of gravity
I nullify the irritability of depravity
When pins of the world spin from right to wrong
And the pendulum of credit swings to vagaries of the strong
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Echoes of empire
Freckles and heckles on pyre
Groan and moan for truth
To redress stresses swinging uncouth
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The dribbled dead teetering on a thread
Wondering whether to don a dread
Shred shame or shiver in the rancid river
Where by volition despite fever they quiver
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An invisible hand switched off my light
My path fell into a frenzy flight
My hands and glands groped for a way
To restore normalcy if my neurons could pray
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Janet slapped fate on the jetset planet
No cash, no hash, no bash for the internet
Where love leapt out, greed your feet swept
Distended dreams in stranded streams crept and wept
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Social distance support, soothsayers say
Or else covid juggles your clay
Fast you argue, fast you go
Cadaver not braver in a covid cargo.
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Ire in hearts, fire in Minneapolis
Trump tweets invectives, shoot thugs he says
George Floyd chokes to death at the hands of police
Business as usual, trigger happy policy stays.
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At Nkana shopping mall, an emaciated hand outstretched
Hunger and thirst aren't far fetched
Alms from a compassionate Samaritan parachuted into her hand
The blind woman wonders if she belongs to this land.
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I meandered from blunder to blunder
A tortuous and treacherous trek
Feelings in my heart began to thunder
Roaring in my mind without a break
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Three years in college I spend
My brain I beat, my back I bend
Employment I can't get
Pain and strain paint a missed target
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