Time Ravaged Poems

my life is weather-stained with years
a garden ravaged . . . 
since a child I have been collecting scars
s c a r s  that...

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...Now Des Moines is a fine heartland town,
not a Sodom on the Pacific,
as minds returned, realization came
and the people found it quite horrific.

They didn’t know...

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I was drifting north, looking out for work,
found myself in Iowa, in Des Moines,
a polka band was holding a concert,
they needed roadies, so I thought...

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And I am lost in a sea of sorrow,
The drums of time never cease to be;
Memories drop like pebbles in a well,
And I have...

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There's not time enough to say good bye. 
When you hear the news your going to die. 
That big C bastard has come to prey.
And...

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The second time I remember we meet. Looking at you upon my visit.
Rotted black encrusted feet. No longer lustrous and standing.
Nasal gastric tube in your...

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