Morgan Michaels Poems

'OK', says the tech, 'here comes the contrast'.
Unhappily, I feel it running in.
Think it'd be hot? Nope, cold.
Cold defines the vein, enters the highway of my blood.
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Posed now to swing
back to where it started-
back to its frilly beginning,
frost, gravity- everything, overcome,
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Who owns it,
the vegetable race?
the flower?
or the bee that pollinates?
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She sat on the bed quietly reading a letter
Inside the room was sweaty and dark. Outside
it was bright and hot. Hoping it would get better
she read on. The birds sang a negligible reel
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One answer only, please. (hint: answer #4 is correct)

1) History is a record of the best in human affairs
2) History is a record of the worst in human affairs
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-What happened to him?
-How should I know. It was a long ago.
-A memory. Awful. Is consciousness just memory going 'round and 'round?
-Memory and will.Erase memory, you still have will.
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I am the mighty chamomile.
Only to you lowly-
ach, it's hot!
rooted, immobile, here,
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1) The 'anything goes' need of elected officials to fund their re-election campaigns with big business money, bringing the possibility of 'influence peddling.'
2) The obsolete inability of Federal jurors to supervise and regulate state agencies that broker the well-being of their people.
3) The meddling of private interest in such agencies, opening the door for corruption.

Solutions
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Did you know that
Every idea you have
Is simply that? An idea
Encrusted with memories,
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