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Which face of Justin Trudeau –
Will we see tomorrow?
Blackface?
Brownface?
Redfaced?
Whitefaced?
He might as well go –
For the whole rainbow
09.19.19
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Notes to this poem…
Justin Trudeau’s now red-faced –
For having once donned
Blackface and brownface
09.18.19
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Notes to this poem…
It it weren’t for
The ethnic minorities –
Some Caucasian folks –
Prejudiced to them would be
Discriminated against
08.09.19
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Notes to this poem…
Having to win a small lottery –
To get a ticket to play the big lottery –
Love in Nova Scotia for me –
As an Asian male visible minority –
Compared to the Caucasian majority
04.29.18 – 05.13.18
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Notes to this poem…
Running through life with
Shoes heavier than most wear –
I’m faster than most –
Repeated triumphs over
Tragedies keep me happy
05.03.18 – 05.05.18
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Notes to this poem…
When people look through you as
If you were a ghost –
Come back to haunt them!
10.14.17
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Notes to this poem…
Going to airport –
For two weeks with one suitcase –
On a street I see –
A lady going around –
With her life in one suitcase
09.27.16
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Notes to this poem…
Give me a ladder –
Don’t need no elevator –
Nor escalator –
To get myself to the top –
I like a climbing challenge
09.27.16
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Notes to this poem…
He played Für Elise
For 20 minutes on a
Public piano –
Summoning Beethoven’s ghost
To haunt Halifax-Dartmouth
09.16.17
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Notes to this poem…
Do not forget me –
After I’m gone cause I’ll make
You remember me –
And more than ever before –
Whether you like it or not
09.16.17
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Notes to this poem…
Karma said I could
Do its job this time –
To right a wrong in my world
09.08.17
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Notes to this poem…
I wish that
Nova Scotian women –
Would give me a tenth
Of a chance –
They give to local men –
When it came to romance
10.08.16
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