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Bullfrog’s Blues
Bullfrog’s Bluesby Michael DoyleIt seems Bullfrog doesn’t like sweltering heat,But he liked less, his man facedown on the street.The weight of decisions bringing life and deathOften takes away even a tough man’s breath. To hide his tears, he feigned a … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues, Breath, Bullfrog, Card, Coffin, Cough, Death, Decision, Die Hard, Guilt, Hard To Forgive, Heat, Joked, Left To LIve, Lessons, Life and Death, Loe, Orders, Poetry and Poems, Street, Tears
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The Guilt and Monstrosity of Luigi Mangione
The Guilt and Monstrosity of Luigi Mangioneby Michael DoyleNews wars say if it bleeds, it leadsIn this nation of monstrous misdeeds,It is really not all that deep,To focus on murder and death is cheap.It’s become symptomatic of modern society,To focus … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bleeds, Brutality, Cheap, Commodity, Criminal, Defend, Deny, Depose, Fray, Guilt, Guilty, Healthcare Industry, Hope and Optismism, Innocent Death, Laugh, Leads, Lionized, Luigi Mangione, Mean World Syndrome, Media, Meme, Mock, Modern Society, Modern Sociology, Monstrosity, Murder, Murder By Number, News, News Wars, Noble Deed, Norms, Not Guilty, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Pop Culture, Prophets, Purely Evil, Reform, reviews, Robin Hood, Same Breath, Shape, Social Media, Social Nihilism, Societal Vandalism, Substantive Meaning, System's Flaws, Thanatology, Unrepentant, Worth, Writing
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First Principles: It Is More Important That Innocence Be Protected Than It Is That Guilt Be Punished For Guilt and Crimes Are So Frequent In This World That They Cannot All Be Punished
“It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizen, Condemned, Evil, First Principles, Frequent, Good, Guilt, Guilt and Crimes, Idea, Immaterial, Important, Innocence, John Adams, Protect, Protection, Punish, Security, World
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Innocence Born
Innocence Bornby Michael DoyleA child is born into this world innocentDespite the ways that can make a life diffidentThere is no wrong this child has doneYet, hatred ends its love before it’s begunHowever the killers guilt is framedThere is no … Continue reading
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Tagged Adequate, Age, Begun, Born, Caused, Child, Child's Death, Community, Defend, Defense, Diffident, Done, Ended, Framed, Good, Good Reason, Good Soul, Guilt, Hatred, Immunity, Innocence, Killers, Killing Season, Know, Lies, Life, Love, Monstrosity of Man, Named, No Reason, No Wrong, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Rain, Restored Value, Spoken, Suffered, Wash Away, Ways, World
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Floodgate
Floodgateby Michael DoyleI know that my place is reservedBy grace, Heaven is now deservedFor a sinner who once did wrongI have changed, and now I belongWhile it is that all aroundThis wicked world is shakingI cling to the grace I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptance, Acquitted, Adversary, All Around, Belong, Change, Contary, Deceived, Deserve, Embrace, Enemy, Faced, Fear, Floodgate, Forgiven, Found, Friend, Given, Grace, Grace of God, Guilt, Heaven, Kingdom, Know, Life's Steps, Lord, Love, Meditate, Mirror, Mistaking, Overcome, Path, Patiently, Place, Poetry and Poems, Present, Received, Repentance, Reserved, Shaking, Shield, Sinner, Strength, Tears of Joy, Tenderly, the Word, Truth, Wait, Wicked World, Wrong
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First Principles: Honor, Justice, and Humanity, Forbid Us Tamely To Surrender That Freedom Which We Received From Our Gallant Ancestors
“Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding … Continue reading
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Tagged Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms, Endure, First Principles, Gallant Ancestors, Guilt, Hereditary Bondage, Honor, Humanity, Infamy, Justice, Posterity, Resign, Succeeding Generations, Surrender, Thomas Jefferson, Wrethedness
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First Principles: The Conditions Upon Which God Hath Given Liberty To Man Is Eternal Vigilance
“It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the … Continue reading
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Tagged Active, Common Fate, Conditions, Consequence, Crime, Eternal Vigilence, First Principles, God, Guilt, Indolent, John Philips Curan, Liberty, Man, Prey, Punishment, Rights, Servitude
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First Principles: Honor, Justice, and Humanity, Forbid Us Tamely To Surrender That Freedom Which We Received From Our Gallant Ancestors
“Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestor, First Principles, Freedom, Generations, Guilt, Honor, Humanity, Infamy, Justice, Posterity, Surrender, Thomas Jefferson
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Reflections On Dorian Gray, Part VII: Remembrances
Reflections On Dorian Gray, Part VII: Remembrancesby Michael DoyleThe plague burns through old London TownWhile God casts his eyes aside with a frownObsessed with frightening visions of Sibyle VaineDorian crumbles perched on the brink of going insaneRemembrances of her and … Continue reading
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Tagged Crumble, Dorian Gray, Eyes, Frown, God, Guilt, Insane, London, Morose, Obsess, Plague, Poetry and Poems, Rain, Reflections, Remembrance, Satan, Shame, Shine, Sibyle Vaine, Tears, True Love
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Thought For the Day: The Conditions Upon Which God Hath Given Liberty To Man Is Eternal Vigilance
“It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the … Continue reading
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Tagged Active, Break, Common, Condition, Condtion, Consequence, Crime, Eternal Vigilance, Fate, God, Guilt, Indolent, John Philpot Curran, Liberty, Man, Prey, Punishment, Rights, Servitude, Thought For the Day
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