THEODORE CARLTON III Poems

A game you play that has no rules,
has no pieces, has no tools.
A game with no strategy and no sort of plot,
A game you cant just close up and stop.
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SEE MY LIFE AINT BEEN NO PEACHES AND CREAM,
IM 21 YEARS OLD AND AINT NEVER HAD NO AMERICAN DREAM.
I'VE BEEN CHEWED UP AND SPIT OUT BY THIS COLD SOCIETY,
AND THEY WONDER WHY THERES SO MUCH ANGER BUILT UP INSIDE ME.
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WHEN YOU START A RELATIONSHIP ALOT OF THINGS CHANGE,
NOT SAYIN ITS A BAD THING JUST FEELS A LIL STRANGE.
BUT YOU GET USE TO IT AS TIME GOES ON,
WHEN YOU FINALLY GET THE FEELING THAT YOU BELONG.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL THEY CALLED IT PUPPY LOVE,
CUTE AS HELL TOGETHER LIKE A PAIR OF WHITE DOVES.
HAD LIL CHILDISH FIGHTS JUST BETWEEN ME AND U,
BUT IT WAS COOL CUZ THATS WHAT YOUNG COUPLES DO.
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WHERE DID U COME FROM, NOT BECAUSE I WANNA GO BUT IM GLAD U LEFT,
U'VE TAKEN SOMETHING FROM ME THAT I'VE HAD SAFELY KEPT.
MY HEART IS WHAT U'VE TAKEN AND LEFT NOT EVEN A TRACE,
NOT A BEAT NOT A BLOOD VESSAL, JUST A HEART SHAPED EMPTY SPACE
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Black is just another color,
Like white, yellow, or any other.
It amazes me how we still treat, disrespect, and discriminate against one another.
its 2011 we have far more to worry about than race,
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