It’s a crime to be poor
It’s a crime to ask for …
It’s a crime to have more …
It’s a crime to lack money
It’s a crime to be a father
It’s a crime to be shoeless
It’s a crime to have less
It’s a crime to be rich
It’s a crime to say the truth
It’s a crime to live
It’s a crime to be hungry
It’s a crime to be homeless
It’s a crime to be jobless
It’s a crime to walk on the earth
It’s a crime to be human
It’s a crime not to pay tax
It’s a crime…
DFF Leonardo -- 2008
A moment
"I think, therefore I am"
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Wondering
Wondering without end
without money
without food
children in hyper
wife murmuring
no job
no medical insurance
school unfinished
falling asleep studying
waking up during the night
behind in child support
the gas unpaid
the car unpaid
the brakes in metal
the oil three times over
the stomach wanting to explode
where will the rent come from
the heart with a hollow as a tree
what will become of my family and me …
DFF Leonardo - 2006
without money
without food
children in hyper
wife murmuring
no job
no medical insurance
school unfinished
falling asleep studying
waking up during the night
behind in child support
the gas unpaid
the car unpaid
the brakes in metal
the oil three times over
the stomach wanting to explode
where will the rent come from
the heart with a hollow as a tree
what will become of my family and me …
DFF Leonardo - 2006
THIEF
bills bills bills to pay and pay tomorrow
weighting in my stomach like an arrow
today I have no money but only hope
looking as if a job is really within scope
today is yesterday but not as i hopped
yesterday is past like a road that slopped
i can not go back for it is gone forever
i could not pay and i can’t pay if i ever
the truth is that once a debtor is always
even when working all nights and all days
looking for a job is a job that never ends
being poor is me who everyone reprimands
overqualified unqualified or ignored again
no references no friends avoid or disdain
it is another world to face and to live in
my shoes and my hopes are getting thin
it reflects in the words at any interview
they say the application is still for review
the car with an empty tank and bald tires
payments overdue and taxes like briers
the food i eat makes me as if i will vomit
than am i better dead or being a hermit
even the sleep goes away in the night
my stomach is upset and is over tight
no i did not borrow not did i waste any
when i was in need it offered or lent to me
then child support is by law guaranteed
to make my children’s life better indeed
the children almost poor but real poor am i
i wish to provide and lead each to the sky
they have ihpods and really fashion glasses
things that a father objects without classes
depending on the market for work is bad
trying any business without money is sad
being laid off from work is just like others
than the government is against all fathers
trees without fruit and for heat only a twig
only death can take me from debt so big
my grave i don’t have neither it can i dig
By DFF Leonard - 2007
weighting in my stomach like an arrow
today I have no money but only hope
looking as if a job is really within scope
today is yesterday but not as i hopped
yesterday is past like a road that slopped
i can not go back for it is gone forever
i could not pay and i can’t pay if i ever
the truth is that once a debtor is always
even when working all nights and all days
looking for a job is a job that never ends
being poor is me who everyone reprimands
overqualified unqualified or ignored again
no references no friends avoid or disdain
it is another world to face and to live in
my shoes and my hopes are getting thin
it reflects in the words at any interview
they say the application is still for review
the car with an empty tank and bald tires
payments overdue and taxes like briers
the food i eat makes me as if i will vomit
than am i better dead or being a hermit
even the sleep goes away in the night
my stomach is upset and is over tight
no i did not borrow not did i waste any
when i was in need it offered or lent to me
then child support is by law guaranteed
to make my children’s life better indeed
the children almost poor but real poor am i
i wish to provide and lead each to the sky
they have ihpods and really fashion glasses
things that a father objects without classes
depending on the market for work is bad
trying any business without money is sad
being laid off from work is just like others
than the government is against all fathers
trees without fruit and for heat only a twig
only death can take me from debt so big
my grave i don’t have neither it can i dig
By DFF Leonard - 2007
Between Two
When it all starts
It is all fine
Without larks
Without brine
Only some can see
What others don’t know
Like a humming bee.
Like sweet dough
A secret to keep
As to climb a hill
Like a big leap
You can not fail
That is love
Gentle and suave
A girl and a boy
Just can’t be coy.
By DFF Leonardo - 2006
It is all fine
Without larks
Without brine
Only some can see
What others don’t know
Like a humming bee.
Like sweet dough
A secret to keep
As to climb a hill
Like a big leap
You can not fail
That is love
Gentle and suave
A girl and a boy
Just can’t be coy.
By DFF Leonardo - 2006
THE CHOICE
So many spears,
A crown of thorns,
So many tears,
So many scorns.
Thus, all alone,
He did His job,
He got the throne
By His own throb.
Yes, eye for an eye
No longer true,
His example from high
To me and you.
He did command:
Pray to understand,
To choose and stand.
By DFF Leonardo -- 2006
A crown of thorns,
So many tears,
So many scorns.
Thus, all alone,
He did His job,
He got the throne
By His own throb.
Yes, eye for an eye
No longer true,
His example from high
To me and you.
He did command:
Pray to understand,
To choose and stand.
By DFF Leonardo -- 2006
A Talking Tree
I just wished to be with a friend,
As the rain fell almost without end,
But, the only company was the dark night
Disturbed by each passing car’s beams of light.
Each day presented its test.
Inside an old small car’s best,
But, the real painful test was yet to come,
When talking to those pious who did sleep at home.
Only a divorced man can see,
To be tested for temper and honesty,
How much it hurts to be treated like a tree,
Laughed at, mocked and falsely accused of dishonesty.
I can tell you why, if you let me explain.
There is nothing to explain, suffer the pain!
So, you broke the law, did not inspect your car.
It serves you well, negligence and luck can only go so far.
They say: It is a matter of managing your money well!
In reality, the truth about real misery, only some can tell.
The fat cats laugh at you, calling you lazy even when you cry.
Searching and searching, you can’t get a job, no matter how honest you try.
Understanding that men are not trees,
Only those who have been hungry and cold and without utilities.
While those who make the laws never lack basics, comforts, and amenities;
The system by euphemism, their business’ masters supply them with elections and luxuries.
By DFF Leonardo -- 2005
As the rain fell almost without end,
But, the only company was the dark night
Disturbed by each passing car’s beams of light.
Each day presented its test.
Inside an old small car’s best,
But, the real painful test was yet to come,
When talking to those pious who did sleep at home.
Only a divorced man can see,
To be tested for temper and honesty,
How much it hurts to be treated like a tree,
Laughed at, mocked and falsely accused of dishonesty.
I can tell you why, if you let me explain.
There is nothing to explain, suffer the pain!
So, you broke the law, did not inspect your car.
It serves you well, negligence and luck can only go so far.
They say: It is a matter of managing your money well!
In reality, the truth about real misery, only some can tell.
The fat cats laugh at you, calling you lazy even when you cry.
Searching and searching, you can’t get a job, no matter how honest you try.
Understanding that men are not trees,
Only those who have been hungry and cold and without utilities.
While those who make the laws never lack basics, comforts, and amenities;
The system by euphemism, their business’ masters supply them with elections and luxuries.
By DFF Leonardo -- 2005
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Obama is right, birthers are wrong.
Washington Post (From AP)
Hawaii law bars release of Obama birth info
By MARK NIESSE
The Associated Press
Saturday, January 22, 2011; 4:56 AM
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My comment:
Obama is right, birthers are wrong.
Are birthers in a euphemist-racist trip? It appears to be true. The issue would never have started if Barack Hussein Obama II had any resemblance to George W. Bush, Sara Palin, or Rush Limbaugh. According to Jocelyn Novak, in The Associated Press, they are all 10th level cousins.
Even if Obama had been born in Africa, as some claim, he could still be a US born citizen.
For a child born overseas to a US citizen, becoming a US citizen is very simple. The US citizen abroad, upon becoming a parent, has up to two years to declare the child’s birth at the local US embassy—probably a US consulate too. All it takes is for the US parent to take all hospital or maternity certification from where the child was born, accompanied by other requested documents. When it is all processed the child receives a consular birth certificate of US citizenship. It is a federal document.
Based on birth declaration alone, Obama would have been a US born citizen, because his mother was an American. However, according to Hawaii vital records, Obama was born in Hawaii. http://hawaii.gov/health/vital-records/obama.html If such official evidence is not enough for the birthers, than they may have either an ignorance problem or racism is running in their minds.
If citizenship was any different, than the thousands of children born to US soldiers overseas would not have the same rights as their siblings born in US soil. Also, that means the children of US diplomats as well, and the children of US citizens working abroad.
When the founding fathers put the clause of US birth being a requirement for presidency, it was to exclude immigrants from ruling our country. It was for our protection. Now, birthers are taking the letter of the law into an extreme. The birthers are wrong.
Obama on the other hand, is being smart, even if he is not being insulted. Other presidents have made their records public, such as health records. If Obama would show or authorize his birth certificate to be disclosed, that would be the end of the case. His opposition probably would not look bad; but by ignoring his enemies, the President is letting them torching themselves with their own fire. In that case Obama makes since, even as a liberal.
In the name of nationalism and zealous citizenship, birthers are doing a disservice to the United States. For, their actions imply that our President is not legally in office. Of course political rivalry brings dirty tricks, and lots of false propaganda; but, Obama’s citizenship being questioned just identifies who the birthers really are. Research and be honest folks, it saves embarrassment.
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Next week: What hypnotism really is, and is not.
Hawaii law bars release of Obama birth info
By MARK NIESSE
The Associated Press
Saturday, January 22, 2011; 4:56 AM
----------------------------------------------
My comment:
Obama is right, birthers are wrong.
Are birthers in a euphemist-racist trip? It appears to be true. The issue would never have started if Barack Hussein Obama II had any resemblance to George W. Bush, Sara Palin, or Rush Limbaugh. According to Jocelyn Novak, in The Associated Press, they are all 10th level cousins.
Even if Obama had been born in Africa, as some claim, he could still be a US born citizen.
For a child born overseas to a US citizen, becoming a US citizen is very simple. The US citizen abroad, upon becoming a parent, has up to two years to declare the child’s birth at the local US embassy—probably a US consulate too. All it takes is for the US parent to take all hospital or maternity certification from where the child was born, accompanied by other requested documents. When it is all processed the child receives a consular birth certificate of US citizenship. It is a federal document.
Based on birth declaration alone, Obama would have been a US born citizen, because his mother was an American. However, according to Hawaii vital records, Obama was born in Hawaii. http://hawaii.gov/health/vital-records/obama.html If such official evidence is not enough for the birthers, than they may have either an ignorance problem or racism is running in their minds.
If citizenship was any different, than the thousands of children born to US soldiers overseas would not have the same rights as their siblings born in US soil. Also, that means the children of US diplomats as well, and the children of US citizens working abroad.
When the founding fathers put the clause of US birth being a requirement for presidency, it was to exclude immigrants from ruling our country. It was for our protection. Now, birthers are taking the letter of the law into an extreme. The birthers are wrong.
Obama on the other hand, is being smart, even if he is not being insulted. Other presidents have made their records public, such as health records. If Obama would show or authorize his birth certificate to be disclosed, that would be the end of the case. His opposition probably would not look bad; but by ignoring his enemies, the President is letting them torching themselves with their own fire. In that case Obama makes since, even as a liberal.
In the name of nationalism and zealous citizenship, birthers are doing a disservice to the United States. For, their actions imply that our President is not legally in office. Of course political rivalry brings dirty tricks, and lots of false propaganda; but, Obama’s citizenship being questioned just identifies who the birthers really are. Research and be honest folks, it saves embarrassment.
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Next week: What hypnotism really is, and is not.
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