Long Till the cows come home Poems

November 13th, 2021 - Happy eighty sixth birthday
to my long deceased mom...
Harriet Harris née Kuritsky

My mother succumbed to a terminal illness
two score minus three orbitz passed away
no matter she fought tooth and nail
to keep ovarian/uterine...

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Unquotable quotes – V

Constant dipping wears out the hardest bone.
Out of sight, out of bind.
Too many cooks spoil the school books.
Be a cuckoo and lay your eggs at the cuckold’s next door.
When lightning strikes, the...

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It seems an eternity, waiting 
for the cows to come home. 
They never will, and so why 
do I wait so long to take a hard look at myself?
Mirrored reflections caught in the bourbon glass,...

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“I just started choppin’!” he said
Chopped so long his hands were bare
Split open, blistered like a cherry pie
It was the day after Auschwitz
So mad at the world, at the Nazi’s, at God
“So I’m just gonna...

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When it comes to being  romantic
The French have it cut and dried
When they whisper je t'aime
You feel so good  inside
 
The italians  are no  slouch
When its their turn to say
Cara mia, ti voglio bene
It turns my...

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I've said it once
And I will say it again
That girls have always been a mystery
They are like buses
That won't come
Then suddenly you get three

They look so pretty
And very hard to resist
The prettier the girl
The sweeter...

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Well the cows came home
And now I don’t know what to do
Because I have been waiting for them
I thought something magical would happen
But they just kind of sauntered up (only the way a cow can...

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the only thing these days i do
is watch my reflection in a junkies spoon

turning away before i go too deep
yet crawling back as hell's urge hits me

i've watched more friends come and go
living fast while...

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There's no way to make this world a better place
'Cause there's a sickness that infects the human race
So I sit here on my porch and let it go
For they just killed Jesus, don't you know

The...

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JADE
by Rosemarie Rowley

	
I knew you fainthearted what side you were on
When you talked of social reality: not Jesus at the well
With the Samaritan woman, or the invisible loss of power
Which halts her speech and causes...

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It's a brand new day that lies ahead
Fame and fortune or heartaches instead

Each new day, it remains to be seen
Happy or sad or a place in between

You can't just leave it to fate every day
Your...

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