2024, Remembering the 80's, Extended Version, lyrics
...Barbie, Atari, He-man
Batman, She-Ra, Ronald Reagan
Lower student loans, and landline phones
The Dark Crystal and around 5.2 billion people
Andre the Giant’s Honeycomb commercial
Rainbow Brit...
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Categories:
popple, fun, funny, memory, nostalgia,
Form: Lyric
Middle Child Syndrome
...When I was 4 1/2 years old,
as abrupt as a spanking,
my once reliable mother brought home
a hospital surprise
with an alien face and
a blood-darkened eerie belly clip
that was to suddenly...
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Categories:
popple, absence, childhood, me, memory,
Form: Prose
The Canopy and Economy
...Sun and traffic - day economy.
Six a.m. drive to plywood mill. Too tired
to be angry. Each day a step
toward death. What is being accomplished? The
small satisfactions
within each day. Book cons...
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Categories:
popple, baby, day, history, jobs,
Form: Verse
My Demon
...I`m your demon The nightmare that makes you scream No escaping me
Close your eyes and dream A puff of smoke A gust of wind Tie me off
Let me in I`m your demon...
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Categories:
popple, dark, day, me,
Form: Verse
Redbuck's Kingdom
...Three Popple logs still lie where they fell,
a log triangle; an overgrown dell.
One newly fallen and two not so new,
dissolving repose; beginning anew.
A leaf carpet, yellow, oranges and brown,
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Categories:
popple, animals, nature, seasons,
Form: Rhyme