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Before the Blacktop Ends

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Before The Blacktop Ends
David J Walker

The world wends 
	And extends 
A mile or two before
The blacktop ends 
It ends in dust 

	It ends in rust
Transcends the trust of 
Casuistic treasures

It measures miles 
It humors trials 
And tempers time 
And fills the files
	With pleasures
	Only pleasures

And clings to things
	Familiar
Before the blacktop ends

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Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 6/26/2022 5:25:00 AM

We won’t have to worry about these things in the afterlife. My late husband had a deep voice like you. His son sounds like him and is working on doing voice overs. You would make an excellent announcer. I enjoyed this David. Blessings xxoo