Long Overdoses Poems

Clarence Goddard, Harvey Bell, Virgil Barnes and I met for coffee every day for close to forty years.
I was a school janitor...Virgil was a farmer...Harvey ran the lumber yard, and... Clarence managed Sears.

We always met...

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(This is all just my opinion,
what I glean from the internet,
Mainstream News, and my imagination – 
do your own research.  If there is any
truth in my observations, this write will
definitely not make me a...

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My head spinning  
My mind twisted,
Im caught up in a propeller 
While my body is being catapulted,
My life's a spin, so its your turn
Jumping jacks and back packs
My life a journey and my past...

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Death you hold a scythe over me
i have waited for you
there is no trepidation here
i am a paucity of patience
i welcome you
the engine is long tired, hurting
parts not available to replace
i do not wish to...

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And when it ends suddenly, unexpectedly,
You start to count.
First on the days, then the hours - then
Just counting until 100
Then
Beginning            again.

The dead find their...

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I’m in a state of absence but blissfully unaware
As for now seems like my only real prognosis
I'm not one for ignorance but now don't care
And I'm sure I have taken plenty of overdoses

For this brief...

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Remember when...
Getting high meant swinging on the playground, 
never connected to smoke from an exhale sound 

The worst thing you could get from the opposite sex were cooties, 
now we risk STD’s when pursuing sexual...

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I envision no romantic, grease-splattered engineer
Overseeing the direction of my particular train. 
It just follows the course of the tracks laid down 
Within the fractal flow of nature’s symmetry.
It curiously transports me from one sad...

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Despair,
Walk the city streets in the dark of night; you will find it there
As the number of homeless rises like a disease, does anyone even care?
Despair,
As a man has to face his family with the...

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Awoken by his exit from a dream of love so divine
Ghostly memories were left behind to forever haunt my mind
Gone was the one true love of my life, love can be so unkind
A loss I...

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One day my soul lied to me 
It claimed the Sun would always shine
The Moon would always glow
And Love would erase Hate forever
For years I believed this 
I breathed this, digested this
Everyday and every night
But...

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Law abiding citizens nurturing our safe community
we live in a universe of rules written by pencil pushers

Seeming offensive to some and boring to others
gives birth to an underground parallel world out there

Somewhat of a by-product...

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BASTED BRAIN
                     ........
Your BRAIN is a terrible thing to BASTE !!
    ...

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Another boring lost night.
Sipping on warm beers outside the local store.
Trying to stay outta the cops sight.

Cars gather stereos blasting in the 
parking lot.
Local kids gather telling stories 
and smoking pot.

Susan and Billy just got...

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A Cry From a Server  

We stand on our feet for 12 hours for you. 
We provide you with delicious sustenance. 
We support your industry and innovation at the cost of our physical health....

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We accept tornadoes here,
expect them, tick them off
as they pass by like demon dreidels.
Usually they are not a big deal
unless they are.
Spring culls its little lambs
in all sorts of ways.

The murder rate in Chicago
climbs ever...

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Januari brings the glow, that                           
Makes the beech and...

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DISAFFECTION

To any politician,
Tell someone who cares...
This is society's news I'm reading,
Disaffection and tales of lemmings,
To any politician, 
Tell someone who cares,
Homeless youth, street sleeping,
Drug overdoses away they're sweeping,
To any politician, 
Tell someone who cares,
School leavers,...

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So many people go out of their way to help our fellow human beings
The people who work at our food banks volunteer their time behind the scenes
Our healthcare workers help to keep us alive
The scientists...

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the fiber optic cables are swollen with grief
blood clots the airwaves
faces beyond despair stare from half a world away
newsprint is smudged with the tears it’s reporting

the world’s absurdity
nature’s cruelty
man’s depravity
all in high-resolution overdoses of reality

there...

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Life is like a rainbow
Take it slow
And enjoy the show
No need to rush
The end will be here soon enough
The day has begun
Try making it a good one
Soak up the sun
Relax and have lots of fun
Breathe...

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