How legitimate can contributions,
Of a poet made can be?
If comparisons are made to another poet,
Who spoke from a time...
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The best way to keep a happiness achieved,
Is to remember...
How it was obtained.
Since many who envy it,
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I would never admit,
Without going into a series of conferences...
That I consider myself a pioneer.
Oh...
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I am up and feeling blessed.
Thankful I am to witness another Christmas.
And honored to have lived to experience Kwanzaa.
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Shakespeare wasn't the first writer,
Playwrite or poet...
Defamed for his insights.
Or criticized for his distaste,
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There is nothing wrong,
With someone acquiring a taste...
For chopped liver.
Smothered in olive oil,
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I doubt seriously,
If anyone dances with glee...
To know someone has received a retribution,
Done for the doing of their misdeeds.
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Your mind reminds me of a hummingbird.
Quick to flip back and forth from any subject.
Never known to land on anything concrete.
And flighty!
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You want to know 'if'
And just how much you are respected?
Pretend to forget,
Someone's routine...
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When I stopped lieing to myself,
Many years ago in my late 20's...
I was on my way,
To an entirely different point of view of life.
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