Long Cash in your chips Poems

This Citizen Banker 
     safely in his compound doth attest,
sans donning his typical 
     gabbling and trumpeting ways, 
     while legally tendered, 
...

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I've traveled this celestial ball visiting many places of beauty and renown.
My world travels are over, but there is many an American city and town,
That I really pine to visit before I cease to function...

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The Face Cards (first version)


The table is set. Blood has been spilled

Rules have been finalized 

The devil is dealing the cards

They have been shuffled and dealt

I’ve been dealt a crappy hand

You knew it, you knew...

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There ain't nothin' a cowboy is prouder of than his faithful horse,
Except that is, maybe his hat and his pointy-toed boots of course!
In sleet, snow and rain he'll pull the old hat down over his...

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Just like dominoes, Afghanistan falls;
It was only a matter of time.
American soldiers cash in their chips 
And head home on a jet plane
After two decades in the trenches.
An unwinnable war is done,
So is any semblance...

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Well I think it's about time once again

To thank all my friends here on the Soup

To let you all know how much you mean to this old duffer

For brightening up each and every one of...

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I was gonna kick the bucket
When I turned on the TV
They were all in it for money
And there was none left for me

So I called up my accountant
Had me start a new web site
I sold...

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You don't have to wonder
  or think that its strange 
Fore time will continue to move
  so the seasons must change
First the of the nights
  then the change of the leaves
'Till we're...

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The pounds are just melting away

You might think I'd be a bit concerned

Well actaully I'm on a mission

To lose 30 pounds before the snow flies

There's no particular reason why 

I set that particular number as...

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Now why didn't I do this years ago
Lost a bunch and feel a hundred times better
Obsessed with eating? A resounding yes
Never followed any plan to the letter

Then one day fifteen months ago
The skies cleared and...

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Now why didn't I do this years ago
Lost a bunch and feel a hundred times better
Obsessed with eating? A resounding yes
Never followed any plan to the letter

Then one day fifteen months ago
The skies cleared and...

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Some like to say “give up the ghost”, 
To mean forever abandoning your post. 

The rowdy ones prefer to kick the bucket, 
Though that would surely make a racket. 

Many are said to bite the...

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The end of the tunnel's in view, oh my
The end of the tunnel's in view
Hair's turned white no teeth of my own
Beginning to shake in my shoes

The end of the tunnel's in view, oh my
Not...

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When I say things like my momma did
When she was eighty years old
“He's so handsome, I can't believe my ears”
It's time for a home I'm told!

The train's already left the station, no doubt
You're left standing...

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When I say things like my momma did
When she was eighty years old
“He's so handsome, I couldn't believe my ears”
It's time for a home I'm told!

The train's already left the station, no doubt
You're left standing...

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When I say things like my mom did
When she was eighty years old
“He's so handsome, I can't believe MY EARS”
It's time for a home I'm told!

The train's already left the station no doubt
You're left there...

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The name P-Soup is synonymous with love
What a wonderful way to describe it
In reality no other words say it better
Addictive is pretty good I'll admit

How could so many charming people
Gather in just one spot on...

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They shut off our power for about 3 hours
To make needed repairs they say
D'ya know how that affects our daily routine
Like our arm's been cut off half way

No heat, no lights, no computers, no telly
We...

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They shut off our power for about 3 hours
To make needed repairs they say
D'ya know how that affects our daily routine
Like our arm's been cut off half way

No heat, no lights, no computers, no telly
We...

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Money is a universal language. They say money talk bull crap walks
even the def hears it. You gotta pay the price to live nice.
Money can turn people cold as ice. I like my pockets fatter...

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Love conquers all
It's often been said
But recently more now than ever
It's so very obvious
Wherever I turn
Love enters my every endeavour

Always been in love
With the joy of love
Since Janice, my first ever crush
Grade two it was
Remember...

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Love conquers all
It's often been said
But recently more now than ever
It's so very obvious
Wherever I turn
Love enters my every endeavour

Always been in love
With the joy of love
Since Janice, my first ever crush
Grade two it was
Remember...

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Love conquers all
It's often been said
But recently more now than ever
It's so very obvious
Wherever I turn
Love enters my every endeavour

Always been in love
With the joy of love
Since Janice, my first ever crush
Grade one it was
Remember...

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Sometimes when life all gets you down
You try to smile but you still frown
You’ve tried your best at everything
You’ve taken the blows that life will bring

You’ve slowed down as weary as you may be
A little...

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This run of good days is going to end
bad times are coming just around the bend
cash in your chips, there ain’t no tomorrow
future holds only worry and sorrow.

Armageddon of our own creation
as we burn in...

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