Adam G House
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Uncle Sam
There was a manNamed Uncle Sam.He bucked a kingAnd claimed the land.Oversaw his family… Brotherhood of manTurned as Uncle SamSaw red for to sing,Trails of tears across the land.Educating the savages… Subjugating fellow manTrait’rous hypocrite Uncle SamDonned gray bling,Whip in white hand.In the name of Jesus… A black and blue man,Abolitionist Uncle SamStuck on postpartum Continue reading
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Are We Still The People?
My fellow Americans… The ones who would remind us of the Boston Massacre,and Washington’s winter soldiers,Who celebrate independence,Bucking despots ever bolder. Then light the fuse and swim in booze,Staring at the star-spangled sky,Always remembering to rememberAnother 4th of July. The ones who would sing songs of abolition,And swing low with amazing grace,Hoist up blue union Continue reading
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Maverick

Adam G. House The emperor has no clothes,throwing rocks from his glass house,atop his ivory towers,watching each quiet church mouse. Oppressing the subjects with his greedy dictates—self-serving proclamations for power.Thieving sleight of hand from behind his holy veil:sanctimonious stench, sheep-skinned wolf, thorny fading flower. The royal lighthouse goes dim,but the patriarch says it’s getting brighter.The Continue reading
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