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Drugs
How the Snake Got Its Tail by: Richard Rensberry
The Pay Is High
I am leaving
by choice, opposing
forces that would keep me
like a moth fluttering
at the lights of San Francisco. Continue reading
Prejudice
They come
uninvited
with their woofers buzzing
sitting low in their seats
and smoking reefer
that entered the country
illegally. Continue reading
A Lesson To Be Learned
The permissive attitude toward marijuana use, though it may be exciting to many adults is no laughing manner when it comes to raising children (even though some may find it funny or entertaining after a joint or two).
The rampant abuse of pot among adults and teenagers has begun to filter down and impact a much younger population of children especially in our public schools. In a recent poll of sixth graders in a Los Angeles classroom, 100% of the kids raised their hands when asked if they had tried or knew of a classmate that had tried marijuana. Continue reading
Six Tongues
Sorry is the aftermath
of denial
Blame is a fault
lacking honesty
Alcohol is a weapon
not a crutch Continue reading
Neighborhood Watch
Out our front door
and to the left at the corner
on our block (neighborhood not cell)
sits a house that crack built.
It survives and thrives with a constant flow
of clientele, fresh
out of prison. Continue reading
Ashamed To Be A Democrat
The last truly democratic president from the Democratic Party to occupy the White House was John F. Kennedy. Continue reading
Our Medicine
The decibels of truth
have gone silent, her Angels
gagged by politics. The universities
have come to define us
as something that grows in a Petri dish. We are chemicals
to be chemically treated. Continue reading
Incorporeal Things
They crept
on stealth feet
two of them
like animals with a hammer Continue reading
