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Never let a human tragedy go to waste

June 12, 2025September 4, 2025 ElRoyPoet

There once was a Congress so low,Whose actions left citizens cold.When human rights they did bash,Protesters were incited to smash—A warning that freedom’s not sold. If you want to protect immigrants from ICE, you need to know this number. Limerick … Continue reading Never let a human tragedy go to waste

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I’ll do my duty one day in may…

May 2, 2025August 24, 2025 ElRoyPoet

All of my life,You’ve heard me say:“I’ll get to it,One day in May.” And every year,The month goes by;Then June arrives,To make us sigh. Is it becauseMy progressive brainWon’t let it go—It’s wanting change? So here I sit,Dejected, too.Do I … Continue reading I’ll do my duty one day in may…

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Muslims, Jews and the rest of us: Live and let live.

May 10, 2024May 22, 2024 ElRoyPoet

“Why is it that if you’re Islamophobic, you can’t be anti-Semitic, and if you’re anti-Semitic, you can’t be Islamophobic? Why must you tolerate one and not the other? Why must you choose sides? I shouldn’t have to condone extremism; I … Continue reading Muslims, Jews and the rest of us: Live and let live.

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Protest: We don’t want war anymore

April 30, 2024June 3, 2024 ElRoyPoet

We should applaud our young people,For protesting Israel’s unholy war.We don’t hate Jews, we don’t hate Muslims,But pain and suffering, we do abhor. Whether we send soldiers or bombs,The inhumanity remains the same.Killing innocent civilians is a war crime,No matter … Continue reading Protest: We don’t want war anymore

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Agent Of Change

April 23, 2021May 2, 2025 ElRoyPoet

All of my life,You’ve heard me say:“I’ll get to it,One day in May.” And every year,The month goes by;Then June arrives,To make us sigh. Is it becauseMy progressive brainWon’t let it go—It’s wanting change? So here I sit,Dejected, too.Do I … Continue reading Agent Of Change

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Protest Lesson Learned

June 10, 2020June 12, 2025 ElRoyPoet

Protests devolve into riots;Thunderstorms spawn tornadoes.Don’t be inciting the snowflakes,And don’t be chasing storm troopers! By: ElRoyPoet © 2020 “(Our founders) created a document that built a representative democracy. Because the idea is: that our elected officials represent us, they … Continue reading Protest Lesson Learned

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Why Peaceful Protesters Turn Into Agitators

June 3, 2020June 12, 2025 ElRoyPoet

“Hysteria is an audiovisual contagion. You have to see and hear someone exhibiting symptoms in order to find yourself replicating those symptoms. See it enough, and it becomes you. This is hysteria’s essential and most terrifying threat: Anyone is susceptible.”  … Continue reading Why Peaceful Protesters Turn Into Agitators

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