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Mr. Rogers

As I sit on the couch thinking of what makes me relevant

I think back and can’t remember what was the last thing I did excellent

I could take a page out of the worlds book and think of the successes of others 

Or I can relay my own success until I expose all of their vexes

Mr. Rogers came to my mind with a spurge of loathing but then I remembered how monumental his memory has come to b...

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A New Day

The reasons why one falls

are a wave of self-doubt

inflicted within one’s lord to call.

 

Apathy to give order to one’s rock

dignifies behind a black mask

and all it takes is one maybe two knocks.

 

To rid ourselves of one and two

has no righteous relevance

unlike time’s treatment of a Jew.

 

Many hold the one accountable

as a reaper of their own wine

with...

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Stories

The stories are told in such a fine grit

the echoes of eternity were infinitely lit, 

at certain paths there is a crossroad

you look for a crown to which I will righteously bestow.

 

The clutches of tomorrow were never in dismay

you write your riches to which no one ever flinches, 

please say to sorry that I was never there

let us hope that there will be a share.

 

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