REGIME CHANGE STORY
COUNTRYWIDE PTSD
SUCH INSANITY
I am here to confide it's countrywide
as whenever the British gather together
the first topic of their conversation
is almost always the inclement weather
whatever precipitates such predominant
drizzle discussion drenching debate
or downpour discourse
I do not know and cannot relate
soggy foggy or boggy it's one and the same
altho' it's plain we know where stays the rain in Spain
it has also been seen to land on England's pleasant green
yet after such falls mostly all goes down the drain
yet without its descent on the Emerald Isle
there'd be no rainbows to make me smile
but fleeting I do remember it well and can recall
out of three hundred and sixty-five it was the one day
when nothing liquid dripped down from the sky
and as a result last year summer was on a Monday
There was a man who was
A giant over his brothers.
He was a fighter not a lover,
Always in a brawl forevermore.
His name was Cain.
And countrywide was his fame.
Everyone knew his name.
Oh, that infamous Cain.
One day he shot the lawman,
And left his wife to mourn.
One son was but a lad.
The other was unborn.
The unborn son wanted vengeance all his life.
He grew to be a loner with no wife.
His constant companion was a gun.
He learned to shoot and always won.
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He took away Cain's life in a bar.
Legend traveled very far.
Every day he thinks of his dad.
The memories, they make him sad.
We all live in a stressful life,
It’s not like taking a drive.
We all have to suffer,
Some go without supper.
A lot of teens commit suicide,
You read about in papers countrywide.
‘cause schools have a homework overload,
Or did I miss something along the road?
We don’t have to take our own life’s,
We still do have our rights.
You’ll only end up with hospital bills.
What’s the use of cutting your wrists,
Rather hit a solid wall with your fist.
Come on you, life is a long journey,
Please take time and listen to me.
Take a break and see many wonders today,
Our heavenly Father will show you the way.
Take enough time to tranquillise,
Read the good book, you’ll find good advise.
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