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The Thought Process

The Thought Process
David J Walker

I never thought it would be like this
I never thought it would be
I never thought
Much 
About much at all 
I never thought Life 
would ever stop
I never thought about it
Coming to an end 
	And getting off
This uncomfortable passenger bus 
That brought us
And dropped us off 
At a greasy spoon diner that double
As a post office with no boxes 
And a one-street town with  
One eternal yellow traffic light
perpetually blinking 
caution
	caution
		caution
When we were looking for 
Passion
	passion
		passion 
In Efficacious Fashion  
That sublimates the scenery 
As it passes 
From town to 
	dissolute town 

I never thought it would be like this
I never thought it would be 
I never thought about us 
Coming and going 
One by one 
As the day is done for
Another son 
of the 20th century 
Who ran the gauntlet beside us
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February 11, 2022 at 7:07 AM
Excellent poem David. Well written :)
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February 11, 2022 at 10:18 AM
Thank you Heidi Much appreciated!
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