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The Cruelty of My Pen

THE CRUELTY OF MY PEN
The mind can think one thing, but it is the pen that is in control
It commands all of my words, and all the lines of my story told
I can fume and tut, and say that is so unjust, like my pen cares
Then though it, merges into yet another story totally unawares
I know what is in my mind it truly has so far much more to say
Yet what is written here is all that you're going to get for today
Mysteries that unravel, from the plumes of my cigarette smoke
Thoughts of intrigues, to the imagination of the reader provoke
Yet, the pyre of my burning cigarette, the pen chooses to choke
Thus, holding back my imagination and feelings I need to evoke
If only this old computer could write down all that is in my mind
My poems would be astronomical, way to advanced for mankind
Indiana Shaw . . . : /

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