Jonathan Price 'KILROY WAS HERE'
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Kilroy was Here
I don’t believe I can
force any writing upon this pen;
Though I may try and watch the ink as it flows
the words are those I always know;
Drawn in easy well planned display
to reveal the heart in what it might say.
So as I wait in my solitude
the words to write which I allude;
Inspiration, hate, war, paverty, love, laughter and joy
tell all I was once here, remember me, KilRoy?
For the WWII Vets who fought for freedom and so many of those who followed for other wars, may peace find us soon.
Cry me a river cry me a river
Pry open a time thorough outlet of crime
Ring me no chimes I don't go to church
Fetch me those keys and set me free
Don't ask where the f**k i've been
I don't care to say, but ask in dismay
Where's our fallen heroes
Heroes of today tomorrow and yesteryear
Back in the day back in those nights 1956
Howdy doody howdy doody to you
Slogan was I like Ike ,Remember Ike
Ike for president Kilroy was here
Now days, yo mom yo pops buy me
Some nikes the air apparent throw in a
Zip gun or glock whichever
A leather no pleather a gold chain
What have you, Sing sing a song
Sing sing mo blues
cry me a river cry me a river
Cry me a river over you
There's a change a
Comin..
Such is the stuff of history,
butterfly wings and mystery
when the act of observation
affects the observee.
If Schrödinger's cat
comes up to bat
imagine that
fastball, curve or slider?
Kilroy was here
or maybe not
if you know the speed
you can't fix the spot.
Kings may come, kings may go,
I go on forever.
Letters in a constant flow,
Recording each endeavour.
On the walls and in the halls
You may find that I vex,
Waxing tall or shrinking small
And alternating sex.
Seas I ford, I go abroad
Heeding my vocation,
Evading eyes and compromise,
Resourceful, I claim all disguise,
Even bilocation!
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