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on this ledge I sit
feet dangling
for no support exist
I clambered up here
as a kid of 6
holding a cake
and making a wish
soon now at 42
the wish will come down and all
will be true
I believe
I am right
I will be paid
for all the nights
the snow [...]

Etches Penmen
June 25, 2022
AngerApathyEmotionsJoyPride

Aesop’s Politician

A Politician, shall we call him Perro?
puffed up with vanity,
met a citizen-voter one day, and,
to impress him spread his arms,
and began to tell of gorgeous tales,
of highways and tunnels,
of projects and plans,
of educational building more sublime,
than the wonders of the worlds,
he stood [...]

Thomas Poe
April 14, 2022
Minds on Other thoughtsAngerEmotionsPride

Yes, Jealous Anger

then I melt, then I boil, then the fire, breaks out and rising up it rules over me, spills out in spraying words, and ridiculous branding adage, loud musical projecting body movements, all sweat and swearing against the ‘not’,
Thomas Poe
January 24, 2022
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Some of the Poetry of Etches Penmen and Thomas Poe. Good Mates.