Long Parke Poems

Haunted by memories too painful to keep. They taunt you while you’re awake, 
suffocating you when you sleep.  Lost in a place that was once ‘Common Ground’ 
as vivid colors fade, they bleed into...

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So!  You think you're ready to ’Bowl’ with the ‘Big Dogs?’
You think you got what it takes to hang?
This is no place to be if you are ’Weak of Lung’ 
or suffering from a...

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How many times will I make the same mistakes before I ever learn?
How many times am I going to dance too close to the flames before
I finally realize that eventually they will burn?
I knew what...

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Thoughts of you are always on my mind.  I keep them safe, in a place that only I can 
find.  I keep them along with the memories that we can never share, memories...

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Bag Whores to my left.  Bag Whores to my right.
Bag Whores beating at my door, morning, noon and night.  They know you got IT, 
and they’re looking for another free high.  
They...

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Then, he'll tell you how sweet they are, and how much they liked his wife's Beef 
Stew.   Awww shucks, them boys love it so much they had a second helping, Hot 
Diggity Dog...

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Written for anybody who has had to listen to a Yipper Yapper:

Yippin’ and yappin’ all day long
Always right, while everybody else is wrong. 
 Thinking you know it all,  about everything there is, ...

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Please do not feel sorrow when someone asks about me,
or when you hear someone mention my name.
My wish for you is to feel joy in remembering me, 
and to somehow free yourself from this grip...

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He said. She said. It’s always the same. 
Who will try to apologize? Who will take the blame?
Who can hurt who the worst? Who can call the worst name?
Who will give up? Who will give...

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Good God Man!
What are you people thinking?
If you can’t drive that can any better then that,
You better give it to me.
It’s enough to make me want to start drinking.

Stupid Bimbo.
Your bulb isn't too bright…
Maybe if...

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I am a wolf, I’m meant to be free.  
Not locked in a cage or chained to a tree
I am born to live in the wild, but please,
Don’t let this be cause for alarm.
I...

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I went up the Kiwi to see the tree
It was Mike Parke I went to see
We had a chat and put the world to rights
And yes we established im too old to fight

Sat up their...

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My name is Loreen Parke and I’m from  Detroit City.  
I’m quick.    My Mom calls me   ‘Slick’     
My  friends say I’m Witty. ...

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It is with great sadness we say goodbye.
To a truly smashing real good guy.
His name is Mike Parke who was our boss
The whole of 202 now feel lost.

He leaves behind his good lady.
The one we...

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You can look, but what do you really see?
Even without boundaries, are you truly free?
Thoughts of a love that you never knew
Dreams that never had a chance to come true.

Broken wings that have forgotten how...

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