Randy McClave Poems

Deacon John is the church's deacon
A light in the church's beacon,
The man that many Christians look upon
From day one.
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Did you ever hate someone
Just because a friend or a family member did,
Did you ever wished that they were gone
As you happily prayed for their existence you could forever rid.
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In the cracked concrete a blade of grass was growing
Unto the world it's wonder it was showing,
It pushed itself up through the concrete from the earth below
Now proving to the world in awe that it too would grow.
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Gossip lives when it's spread by evil doers
Those who keep their minds and their thoughts in the sewers,
And it spreads like a contaminant and a viral disease
With every gulp of air that the gossiper will wheeze.
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I pity the poor waitress
Wearing her short pants or a dress,
As she must always be pleasant and also wear a smile
Even when she's treated with humility and/ or guile.
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19 children dead
What more could be said,
19 children gunned down
Their lifeless bodies fell to the ground.
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Could you imagine if you never stood for gun control
Could you imagine if you told your child this will never happen to them,
Could you imagine if you promised that from the bottom of your soul
Could you imagine if then in their memory you sang them a hymn.
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She asked me why that I cheated
And why her I didn't prefer,
She asked me that while I was standing and not seated
And why couldn't I be with just her.
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Outside they are sniffling and sneezing
Outside they are coughing and freezing,
Because if inside I'd be teary eyed and chocking
Because they would be smoking.
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To a very fancy party I was once sent and invitation
And once I went as a proud parent to my child's graduation,
I was told not to wear a ball cap or shorts or an insulting tie
Of course, I most certainly did comply.
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