Lost Chicago Poems

How incandescent she, glance for what he's trembling for.
The dillusional inside sparks brightest like never,
seedlings of hopes arouses fancy over.

Hours left by gossiping, some mornings...

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Solitude
Away from life's attitude
Not seeking gratitude
Not wishing  anyone to be around
Nor do I want found 
Rather watch as life drives on by
Get along I...

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It was a rainy,Spring , Chicago night.
     Being with you was always so very right.
     We sat...

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Caller Waller who was just about holding onto life
said that he didn't remember what had happened
when questioned by Police.Of course,that is understandable,
as the lad had...

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I pen now of days of ultimate charm……
Of walking at midnight with no fear of harm.
When days were heaven, not a living hell.
When riding downtown...

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9/22/1983

I drove your shining,Cadillac, Daddy!
The lead car to the cemetery.
A stuffed bear, your Borsalino,
In the August, back window,fino!

You, in the hearse, a few feet behind..
Tears...

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Was it her or was it him?
Was it the mixed signals of dixie,            ...

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Halfway through summer
  You delivered a bummer
Sold off all your big stars
  Nobody knows 
    who your new players are

Last...

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Ho-hum, another war lost
  We should have won
Our new partner for peace ~ the Taliban

Ho-hum, a new school year
  First semester's curriculum
 ...

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At one with life 
we watched ourselves unfold.
Seeds of thought 
that grew a time between us.
Creating space in which 
to watch our children grow
Floating on...

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As all the bright, bright city lights,
Extinguished one by one,
I watched in awe the city sights,
A day just had begun.

With my eyes closed, I feel...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Seen alotta things in Memphis
Humped alot of thangs down in New Orleans
Been around the block a time or 2
Alot of things that I should have...

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  ~Who  Was She~


The little...

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       CLOSING TIME AT THE PUB


The joy, the camaraderie, the smoke.
The great ale, my great friends in Chicago.
Old Town,...

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