Son Jealousy Poems

"A dressed day has disrobed into the depth of a drawer's nightstand." 

(Oh, how positively awesome that what can be sorted out in such an...

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And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper? ~ Genesis 4:9...

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No one dead is reaching out to you 
That's my voice that you hear when you're remembering all the opportunities you let go 
This is...

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Many of us envy 'accidents of birth'
    Yet they may not live up to 
  what we think they are worth

...

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With World War II finally over, the soldier returned home to Tennessee.
To his previous life and his young, loving wife
But what once was two now...

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God, you said to offer a lamb,
but your wish puts me in a jam.
Why kill a lamb? I am no brute,
I’ll sacrifice instead some fruit.

Like...

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Her mind is the remains of a diseased carcass
Jealous of even her own son and daughters
She goes by the title of mother 
Yet she abuses...

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Forgive my ignorance 
But I will state some facts
I hope you will correct me though
Since we met
We knew little of one another 
I even didn’t...

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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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I gaze into my sons' lives
  and see myself
One's a fitness trainer
  So was I at his stage
One's a finance man
  Ditto...

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There was a fiddler, back in eighty-three,
a young fellow who called himself Monty,
wasn’t much of a worker, that is no lie,
but oh, how fast his...

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*Image of David and Saul issued by Public Domain as it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before January 1, 1926.
Saul's Spite...

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Janet went down to the honky-tonk
for some line-dancing and some beer,
down to a joint called ‘Edna Mae’s,’
she always had a good time here.
Old Edna, tattooed,...

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An outsider required, to maintain relations
Reasons of difference, bonds of similarity
Joy felt, compensating for years of hollowness
Blood thickens, only through supplement.
Spoken lies laughed off, through...

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Bruce Wayne is not alone in hating Superman. The United States government is none too pleased with the last son of Krypton leveling large parts...

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