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Pitching In

Near a house by the lake
on a dock by the shore,
a young lad would fish
for his family now poor.

He goes to the golf course
and wade's the cold lake,
to find the lost golf balls
then sell off his take.

He'll shovel your driveway
when snow's finally here,
and clean out your gutters
when rain's finally near.

He'll mow all the lawns
he can fit in a day,
he's seen on some farms
when their taking in hay.

And when night time comes
and he kneels by his bed,
he thanks God for work
while bowing his head.

He prays that our troops
will win these new wars,
then his two brothers
can help with the chores.

We all need his outlook
when money gets thin,
he's out there trying
he's out there to win.

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Sailor Sam

On a darkened ocean night
in solitude so great,
where waves are crashing into rocks
and endless waters wait.

Sometimes when you look out there
you'll swear you've seen some light,
it's probably just old sailor Sam
he's fishing out tonight.

Sailor Sam is quite a man
he's been around sometime,
to fish along the ocean floors
and profit in his find.

But the people of the town close by
have never seen his face,
or hardly mention of his boat
which they can hardly place.

Sailor Sam will fish the sea
the darkness he won't fear,
he's Sailor Sam the fisherman
he's been a hundred years.

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Bummed Out Baby Boomer

My skin is all wrinkled
my muscles are jello,
I'll tell you right now
I'm one bummed out fellow.

My joints are all achy
my eye sight is shot,
it feels like my head
is clogged full of snot.

My lungs are all blackened
from decades of smoke,
I'm not in good shape
and I look like a joke.

I used to be able
to run a fast mile,
now every ten feet
I rest for a while.

I need a new kidney
a heart that beats right,
I need a new bladder
that last's through the night.

My teeth are all gone
and my ears give me pain,
I don't have the sense
to get out of the rain.

Just some complaints
from a speck on the earth,
that life is not easy
for what that is worth.

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The Listening Post

If I listen close
I can hear the gasp,
another soldier
the sound his last.

If I listen close
I can hear the cries,
another soldier
lost his eyes.

If I listen close
I can hear the thud,
another brave heart
the bloody mud.

If I listen close
I can hear the hiss,
the bullet's whine
the bullet's kiss.

If I listen close
I can hear the tears,
a young man lost
his mother's fears.

If I listen close
I can hear the young,
I want my Daddy
leaves their tongue.

If I listen close
I can hear the crack.
of twenty one guns
echoing back.

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Street Cursed

Your stillness captures
the silence of raptures,
their code of ethics
a bond unbroken.
Left standing alone
still and unchangeable,
unwanted, spaded,
shamed and masqueraded.
Desperate for peace,
tearing up the old lease,
dealt so long ago.
Fueled new thoughts of madness
never ending dought,
death, love, and sadness.
Old friends not wanting amends
holding old pains like newborns.
Male and female
painted and tainted,
roaming the streets
not wanting to eat.
Dark wantings instead
gathering with like kind,
sins twisted mind,
deep rooted for all time.
Gray matter drools out conversation
drop by drop,
thought by thought.
Striking kin minds
wanting kin understanding.
Like J walkers cheating corners,
or do corners shun them,
not caring or sharing
one ounce of it's red light safety.
But stays jaundice and anticipating,
speechless and soundless,
judging, warning for all time.

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Please Won'T You Come With Me

I'm looking for my home
I've walked a million miles,
I've lost a thousand loves
and cried a hundred smile.

Please won't you come with me
I will kiss your face,
we can find our love somewhere
we can find the place.

Don't you remember me
I'm the one who's bad,
for taking what you gave me
for what I never had.

Please won't you come with me
I will hold your hand,
we can see the road together
we can see the land.

A heavy rain is falling
it's not too far behind,
like some friends I used to know
the rain is never kind.

Please won't you come with me
I will kiss your tears,
we can share our hopes together
we can share our fears.

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Leave Your Darkness Behind

What do you see when you look at me
your eyes so wide and blank,
while I sit in the breezy sun free
you work in the deep dark dank.

Death for you is everywhere
and with you everyday,
life for you it's just not fair
I hope you find your way.

Now I've been close to death myself
and shivered in it's wake,
where life is on some mountain shelf
a distance I can't make.

But I looked up and all around
for hand holds I could climb,
so up I go and don't look down
for life is on my mind.

So don't look back upon your past
like something dark and dim,
you look ahead and make life last
if not for me...for him.

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Somewhere In This Town Tonight

Somewhere in this town tonight
there lives someone alone,
with darkened dreams of emptiness
to fill his empty home.

He cannot see the good in life
because his heart is blind,
and dwells about this uselessness
which hides inside his mind.

He finds fault in everyone 
and everything as well,
and builds his walls from him and you
to live his little hell.

He cries about the world at war
the hunger and the pain,
and cries for all this pity
which hides inside his brain.

So if you find yourself like him
and if you feel he's right,
keep this in mind about your friend
he hung himself tonight.

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Colors of Mind

When I see the color blue
I see water and the sky,
and when I see the color red
I see demons I despise.

When I see the color yellow
I throw caution to the wind,
and when I see the color gray
it shows the mood i'm in.

when I see the color black
I see darkness laced with death,
and when I see the color green
I see growth that gives me breath.

When I see the color white
I see page that needs my pen,
and when no color's in my life
it's time to say "The End"