John W Flournoy Poems

I have removed my poems from PoemHunter after seeing, or rather hearing, one of my poems read by a mechanical reader in one of the many videos PoemHunter has posted to make money (not a bad thing) from the talents of poets who post here.

Should I want my poem read on the internet, I would prefer to have it done in my own voice and not by a mechanical monstrosity with no understanding of the English language.
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The hungry
Send prayers heavenward
with their empty eyes
their belies pray too;
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