Long Ill gotten gains Poems

AFTER GARGANO CRIME FAMILY OF MADISON WISCONSIN BLEW UP MY FACE WITH A CAR BOMB MY LIFE WAS THREATENED THEY BEGAN TO EXTORT MY LIVELY HOOD IMPERSONATE ME PAYING WISCONSIN CITY OFFICIALS TO FRAME DISABLED...

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Of Fate And The Choosing Between Scylla and Charybdis
(From Continued Greek Heroes And Mythology Series)
Part Two....
referenced, 
*Scylla and Charybdis, *Homer, *Iliad and The Odyssey, *Hades, *Heaven

Of Fate And The Choosing Between Scylla and Charybdis
(From Continued...

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POTD 21 November 2017

So professional in his lies - So ruthless in his ambition
Feeding lies to the simple folk - convincing in his deception
Telling them they live on toxic farm land - succeeds in striking...

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A New Light, Bright Rays That Are Sent To Heal

New light, brighter rays bequeathed to heal
those deep aching fears, terrors of the night,
those wicked world uses to sweet joy kill
in its evil nature uses to...

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IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY: LXXIX -  Bang! Bang! Who Shot Me Down like an Un-licensed Dog !

IF ever I had a country, a country certainly 
not subject to the whistle of a...

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I'm barely crawling toward my grave
And lucky to have come this far! 
A life lived mostly not a knave, 
Or specimen in someone's jar.

It's not so easy to stay clear
Of folks who'd label us at...

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If ever I had to have a country victim of pedophily-LXXXV

(Note : Fresh disclosures from the Catholic Church on the subject
made public by protesting Mothers of infants victims of pedophily
at the hands of the Clergy...

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His heart is with the winds
that set his spirit free,
enduring breeze that sets the sails
and guides him out to sea.

Sea rover fair with eyes as blue
as ocean’s deepest depth,
he hails the morning mist
and keenly sets...

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"War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing."  "There has never been a good war nor a bad peace."  Quotations which held true for two separate generations.  Nations declare war to increase...

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It was a time of change for the islanders
a time of letting go
a time of ending things
a time of confusion
a time of saying no
a time when love died

It was a time of change for the...

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As a nation, Malaysia is but a mere 28 million strong..
Diverse as she is, we as citizens sing together her national song...
Entitled Negara Ku or My Country, we all arise to pay homage as we...

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???•?A CROSSOVER FOR ALL?•???
 
A synagogue strange sight did unfold,
A congregation diverse, young and old.
The pastor preached with passion, a fire in his soul,
As the crazy folks gathered, their sins to unload.4

The alter was adorned...

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This is the latest news about some enterprising individuals...
Making their reputations with a big bang while others slumber..

Presumably amateurs for they dabbled with fire crackers...
Theirs was an outrageous act of crime that was no laughing...

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And Into Eternity We Were Destined, Paired

I dreamt of the romantic silken bed we shared
As night's heaving soft-breath matched your beauty divine
And into eternity we were destined, paired
To eat love's sensual feast, forever entwined.

Among the...

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what has changed... 
these problems remain... 
African people starve, 

They cry out for aid... 
they create aids... 
children starve, children die, 
children born...this vicious cycle 

...many minds hearts torn... 

Where is the politicians? 
Where is...

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What am I? I am nothing!
What colour is the sky? What colour is the sea.
Are they  seeming the same colours as you and me see
I think the sky is silver with a lining?
But to...

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As I walked down Mulberry Street, my pack and the shoes on my feet.
I see a nickel, penny a dime an empty bottle of wine.
Fletcher the old drunk, smelling a bit of a skunk still...

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A country in Africa's kaleidoscope of culture,
Unique and blessed, with natural and human riches to nurture.
Roles blur, names defy convention's might,
Husbands are "Baby," sons are "Daddy," in this whimsical sight.

Saturdays are sacred for weddings' joyful...

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sheets of light from times that’ve passed &
(patterns of events 
that try to circumvent)
clichés dancing ‘pon the looking glass 
(original overcast clouds 
placing bets upon the rent)
where places drift along the sea 
(introverted romantic something...

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International sport is a God given gift,
football unites us like nothing else did, 
nations unite singing songs to uplift,
they ooh and they ahh as they feel excited 

Religion divides us, politics lies, 
sport unlike music...

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DIRTY HANDS 
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS



Little boys playing with mud and silty sands
Will return to their houses with dirty hands
Mom will scold them, but knows what to do
A little soap and water, they’ll look like new
Soap...

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The birthday

The old man is grumpy the women sit in the kitchen
talking about him, “to think he drove all that way without a break.”
Don’t they know driving is simpler than walking?
The women in the kitchen...

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...But his lust for life remained unfulfilled,
’till one day he ran into One-Eyed Bill,
Leader of a group of rough-hewn men,
Grant decided to throw in with them,
They roved the territory, on the prowl,
For ill-gotten gains won...

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The Corporate 

Where did you get your ill gotten gains?

From broken backs and forgotten pains?

And will your wealth wash out the bloodstains 
From the blue collars of those that came 
To work for your pennies...

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The dedication of this journalist gem
Whose writing, brought down
Drug dealing men
 
Eire's Sunday Tribune
And Sunday's Business Post
Newspapers of note, for in them she wrote
 
But it was the criminal world
And her writings so splendent
That craved...

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