Best Charges Poems

Seventy degrees in Canada in October
Think I've been drinking but I'm totally sober
Take it while we can
Cold weather's soon at hand
Enjoy! Enjoy! This sure charges one's motor


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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You are charged with a misdemeanor,
based on witnesses
who thought they head you saying you were leaving
even though you knew
you dinged this red truck's door.

I know they saw me like that
but that's because they could not hear
I was the driver ahead of them
holding out a $5...

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The great spirits began to dance their thanksgiving song
Grandmother Forest watched with pride and thoughtfulness
Auntie Running Bear had formed Brother Fire, and was seeking
Truth from her nephews’ spirit animals.

Wise Owl was there, summoning his power animal.
Hooting in the trees verified he had reached his inner...

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Life charges up and down hills so fast
One day you are biting your cousin
And they are laughing because you are two.
But not your cousin of course.

In a blink of a wild flower,
you are clunking around in Mommy’s heels.
Thinking you are “all that”
because tomorrow you start...

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There is something running deep
In my soul, I just can't keep
Tightly bottled up no more
It is tearing up the core
Of my whole hearted existence
Playing with the full resistance
Of the strings about to snap
When our sweet hearts overlap
Into one big loving touch
I can never get enough
This...

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she gave so much that her tank was running on empty

money worldly possession advice love and heart blood


	clothed and fed the homeless

	a kind word and a few coins

		
to every poor beggar in sight on the long windy road

of social mobility going the wrong way towards...

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Seventy degrees in Canada in October
You'd think I've been drinking but I'm totally sober
Take it while we can
Cold weather's soon at hand
Enjoy! Enjoy! This sure charges one's motor...

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If you are surrounded by criminals
It is very likely that you've become a criminal
Criminals are like worms in a rotten fish
No matter how thorough you wash the dishes
The stench remains; the stink is unbelievable
Corruption and money are part of the mess
Nepotism is at the heart...

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