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When You Ain'T Got Nothin

Chasing my thirst into the desert at night, Otis Redding was right…. “You don’t miss the water till the well runs dry” And marrying the wrong woman for the second time, Smokey Robinson was right…. “You better shop around” Writing my pen empty with the same old words, Cat Stevens was right…. “The first cut truly is the deepest” And living in Macon because I thought it was safe, Charlie Daniels was right…. “The devil did come down to Georgia” Losing my religion only to seek God again, Robert Plant was right…. “You can’t buy a stairway to heaven” And when I’m alone and desperate and have nowhere left to turn, Bob Dylan was the most righteous of all…. “When you ain’t got nothin, you got nothin to lose” (Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)

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Date: 3/14/2018 9:06:00 PM
A truly delightful unchained melody style poem. Had me chuckling. Love it, Kurt. Really well done.
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