Randy McClave Poems

I hate you more than anything else that I know
I hate you more than the freezing snow,
And if I were drunk because of you and alcohol
I'd wish that I'd fall on you to break your bones and my fall.
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I am strong
But, I am also tired,
I just want to be retired.
Years, I've worked
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They still call my house everyday
Even when they don't have anything to say,
My brother calls our mom to give her the weather from somewhere
Then my sister calls our mom as she might color her hair,
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"To Serve And Protect" is on the side of the car
Maybe it would be more useful on the side of a jelly jar,
To serve and to protect I thought would be for one and all
But, now I believe there is a different protocol.
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Beneath a soldiers grave I do lay
As I still wait for my judgment day,
And so do other soldiers who have died
Placed underground where many have cried;
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Blacks are not allowed in, I read it on the sign
But, if you are white, you can come in and dine,
Just sit down anywhere and order your food to eat
But, if you are interracial, please don't look for a seat.
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Before anymore vengeance or blood splatter
Let me just say this, “all lives matter”,
We all were created out of the very same mold
But, then we were colored with different dye, as I have been told,
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She pondered, "where is my curve",
That all men want to observe,
She then cursed as she stared into her mirror
That shape couldn't be found, so she sheds a tear.
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I walked into the Doctor's office and it is cold
Or, is it just me because I am getting old,
The room is large, but the patients are sparse
I guess for me, it is a laughable waiting farce.
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They say that suicide is painless
Forgotten like the days that are nameless,
They say that the pain it is never there
So, I wonder then, why should we really care.
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