Long Give it your best shot Poems

Conversation with Omicron

I’m speaking with Omicron. Omicron is a well known antagonist of the health care system and frequently mentioned in political discussions. First, why did you come here?
	
	I didn’t “come here”. I was brought...

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I can see you in the reflection of the waters behind closed eyes…
You haven’t won this battle between us – I will not listen to your lies

Deliver us from the licking flames of uncertainty
Fire me...

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Sorry isn’t going to cover it
I miss you I must admit
Please believe in me for once
Still waiting for His response

Ooooh…ahhh…hmmm…
I’m still wrapped up in sorrow
I know there’s always tomorrow
Feed me your precious lies and lullabies
Oh...

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I lost my train of thought
I'll give it my best shot,
Giving it the strength I got

These tears and frivolous fears
I've fought for a thousand years

I've dreamt these frightening nightmares
I've shattered many mirrors with splinters
Just to...

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Don’t make fun of me
Don’t laugh at me
Don’t jeer at me
Don’t scream at me
Don’t cry out for me
Don’t call out my name
Don’t tell me that I’m lame
Don’t tell me lies…my High Spirit shies…
Away from the...

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Let me tell you this in pure honesty…
I’m far from simple…a fantasy in reality frankly
I ricocheted…I danced for you, baby…
Yeah, I ricocheted…like a horse shoe maybe!

I’m a cowboy without his horse

Give it your best shot
I...

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Believe in me…reflect on me…let’s push away the worries that want to screw 
up our night spent together…God has two hearts to fix, so we can be love birds 
that soar
I love it when you...

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I don’t mind being left behind, friend of mine
But at least I have no one to judge me
I don’t mind being by your side – maybe I’m not your kind
Apparently, I don’t cross your mind...

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I’m just a lost boy in the streets of Los Angeles…I am upset because I don’t get life and the purpose of it…then, I noticed that I lived for my family, friends and the Lord,
Who...

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Business is booming and there's no end in sight, Death came to a huge 
decision tonight.

He called in his partners Pain and Sorrow and said "we're holding auditions 
tomorrow."

"Auditions, Pain asked, what are you looking...

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Daughters  of today  with your purpose and beauty,
Know your worth and stand tall with pride and dignity.
You are more than what you see when you look in the mirror,
And years from now you...

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I hesitated once or twice
I can't pay the price
Take it by the grain of rice
You're my living sacrifice 

Oh oooh…
Ah oooh...

I hesitated once or twice
I can't pay the price
Take it by the grain of rice
You're...

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Do you worry a lot? I used to 
and I'm going to give this my best shot at getting this across to you. 
Worry Is Useless! Worry Is A Total Waste! 
Worry is the most...

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As I roll out of bed tomorrow
I’m gonna say goodbye sorrow
Fare thee well Mr. Cynicism
See you later Mr. Pessimism
Adios to Mr. Skepticism
Exit negativity, enter positivity
No procrastination and inactivity 
An idle mind is the devils workshop
That’s...

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You punctured me with words of painstaking poetry, but yet it was moving ~ ~ ~
You painted a picture of adoration and joy in my heart’s melody
Passion and happiness was never easy to get, but...

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Your so naive, You act like your so great
But you've got nothing of you to love when you point out everything you hate 
When you criticize my every move and you make me feel so...

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We all need some sort of loving…
Give me all you got
Give me your best shot
Dance to the rhythm of my heart
I can’t pretend this loneliness doesn’t exist
It don’t matter anymore
Weep no more, beloved…I loved you...

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"AWOL in The Ixnayed Days"


Pieces of me 
were stolen 
long before 
the war 
cluster f****d 
its way
into the 
world today

The peace of me
swallowed
in the coma 
that had settled
where the buried 
mines and bombs
in the silent...

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As time passes it swiftly moves forward without cost,
when it travels through your life it  seems as yesterday.
Morning comes and afternoon follows, thereafter, evening prompts.
The slow yet rapid moments come and go by everyday,
filled...

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Walks we took, across the bridge and down the ridge we'd climb
He'd catch himself to shorten steps, while I'd be stretching mine
With fields to plow, and milking cows, yet he always made the time
To make...

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Strings were played on the heart last eve, the voice on the phone made me really want to believe.

Well practiced verses, hooks oiled and sharp, here comes the chorus,

Come back to me, please.

Like a ball...

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SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE! (see for yourself what it is in this verse)
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Hey! Batter! Hey, hey batter!
Hey! Batter, swing!

There is the wind up. Here comes the pitch.
Fastball, slider, curve, but which is which?
Bases are loaded, it’s up to you…
Swing for the fences! Do what you do!
No one...

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Big Red
A big red mare she seemed to me of a pretty chestnut hue, 
so placid friendly without vice she took me in it's true. 
Old John Green said when he gave her up, 
"If...

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THE DUNNY BRUSH
It has been here since modern sewerage was begun
and each water closet usually has at least one.
But to get a participant to use it, can really be a chore.
Most folk will use the...

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