Posted by Brad Osborne on May 19, 2021 · 11 Comments
Ahab had his whale,
And La Mancha its dragons…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 13, 2021 · 15 Comments
I have stayed silent,
When I should have spoke…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 28, 2021 · 17 Comments
What makes “you” and “me”,
Become the pronoun “we”…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 21, 2021 · 12 Comments
Reason born by enlightenment,
Tethered to an instinctual animal…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 18, 2021 · 14 Comments
Tears fall like liquid diamonds,
Into the palms of dirty hands…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 3, 2021 · 16 Comments
We are but a speck of ink,
On a billion pages of history…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 27, 2021 · 12 Comments
So, burn it to the ground,
If that is your great desire…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 18, 2021 · 9 Comments
As the sins of man sift through steady hands,
I sacrifice myself upon the bloody lands…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 9, 2021 · 15 Comments
The greatest philosophy,
Is to care for one another,
Possessive by apostrophe,
I, the keeper of my brother…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 2, 2021 · 11 Comments
You hang a sheepskin,
And I sport tattoos,
You dress to win,
I wear jeans of blue…
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