Long Close out Poems

IV
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Just suppose – a hierarchy rules this shadowland
Pulls the strings of governments, not walking hand in hand
Amend our constitutions, to suit their future plans
Throw Christians to the lions, as Lucifer demands

Just suppose – this world...

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       Gus got all of those who were allowed to attend 
and "available" settled in around his big oak table. 
He even put in an extra leaf to accomodate,...

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Butters Drippin’ From My Ears

Summer’s mostly over
I’ve not once mentioned Iowa corn.
It’s the symbol of the state
In which this rhymer’s born.

There are other places
That grows passable “sweet” corn.
I’ve eaten several others
But my druthers always torn.

In...

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Finally got home in the dead of a cold night 
With the Gators starting to pull away in this holiday fight 
It seems like this is the end to the day full of games 
That...

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It started with something  innocent 
Say hello with  sweet intent 
Have  a drink as maybe friends 
But you know that's about to change 

What's your name baby you're looking good
Let me in yeah I'll change...

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A RAINY DAY

A RAINY DAY, 
IS A REAL BEAUTIFUL DAY
AND THAT'S DEPENDING ON HOW YOU SEES IT.

IN FACT, A RAINY DAY
IS A DAY WHERE EVERYTHING THIRSTY
IS THOUGHT OF FIRST, BY GOD OF COURSE.

IN FACT, A...

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Close out your open book of love, life and the past. Go ahead laugh at your mistakes, you can’t change them.

The lessons are in the problems made, don't be enslaved by your pain, there’s nothing...

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“Race to the Pillow”

Thoughts of love seem to secure my heart in webs of roses pedals and candy hearts
The feeling of love my hide from my heart but the thoughts of love keep my eyes...

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Lonely Awaits

This gathering furl of past
Rising from love’s once moist heart
Now but dry sorrow
Lingering stubbornly
Where once its canvas
Of vibrant color
Rainbowed the future

Today only flaking memories small
Drift downward
Joining queues of bygone erosion
Where emotions of stalwart bedrock
Once...

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Those were the days,this the life I made
I drank too damn much and stayed away
Life so fast,wild and filled with pretty girls
Sexy bodies, pretty faces and long curls!

I smashed your memory into hard pieces
Sold my...

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Happy Endings 


A long day in the office is just a prelude
to the kaleidoscopic formations
gathered beneath store front close out sales
and pigeon feathers as I head for the station,
the five o’clock hopefully on time

Strolling down...

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The moon in all its fullness is sharing its light 
The trees tuck themselves in as if to sleep through the night 
Shadows run quietly to hide themselves from view 
The grass waiting to be...

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The days now, cold and gray
  December passed with less happiness in the fray
   while the quiet and solemn memory of Christmas slips away.
How long we prayed, hoped, and waited
  excited,...

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Imagine for a second
      that the entire Afghanistan affair 
were a baseball game between two arch rivals.
The United States Rainbow Eagles and the Taliban death stars
The eagles start the game...

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I look in the mirror and 
I see a girl that's scared to speak 
I see fear and disappointment in every word she speaks 
I see the untold tears 
That nobody wants to speak 
Wrong...

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Staring down your enemy, conquering your fear,
Shadowed by death, by cruelty and despair.
The sight before you; is the same as before,
Walking alone, down the same dark corridor.

The beauty of the world is reticent to your...

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As soon as I walk in, 
you walk right up to me;
And I know what I want, 
but you ask me what I need.
I know you're just doin' your job, 
and I'm just doin' mine,
but...

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The dawn approaches
And the night dies
The sun is lit
To the innocent eyes

The business man works
Or does he work at all?
The world may seem so big
Because we see us as so small

One influences another
And the chain...

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As this sphere spins within my hands,   
I can see and feel billions of people.   
They laugh and work and pray;   
Within and outside my steeples.  

..I've handcrafted...

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If you open your heart and close off your mind
Leave all preconceived notions behind

Shut your eyes and close out the light
Just let your soul drift like a thief in the night

Let it drift straight into...

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I ran out to see You this evening. 
To see the spectacular image that You painted just for me.
Every night it is something unique and designed with the greatest effects.
Splashes of love and compassion with...

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Why when we sleep do we close out the darkness,
Which comes creeping and crawling within?
Still it finds it's way into our conscious,
Which fades as the daylight grows dim.

We close ourselves off from the nighttime,
Behind curtains,...

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HOSTAGE OF ONE NIGHT

what is his name she asks
but i refuse to tax my mind
though the memory of him
hovers, the one who stole
my virginity, caused my shame

what is his name she asks
for in the beginning...

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I am trying to be bright
To laugh and smile
Like everything’s alright
I can no more fight
I am too jaded
Too strained
My nerves too stretched
To feel a damn thing

 Think I’ve gone numb
More from too much heat
Than from...

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