Short Furloughed Poems

Both
Sides
Stubborn
Not budging
Washington impasse
The government shutdown drags on
While the furloughed and unpaid federal workers suffer
When will the captains of complacency in Washington finally end this madness?


Date written and written: 01/21/2019...

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In the foothills of the Ozarks Arkansas
 Those mountains a calling, come and play the game
   From prison came Joe to see his ailing pa
    Furloughed from prison won notorious fame

    Frances met him  in their secret rendezvous
  Sweet blonde Frances Standridge, eyes of baby blue
 Her lover the sly fox of Chigger hollow
Taught her teenage virtue a newfound shallow 

For and in Honor of Dr Rams Contest...

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Listen to poem:

Promises Made Out of Sight
David J Walker
 
The projection on the wall of 
Solid imagination 
The illumination 
of what might be
tomorrow
 
a day of sorrow
a day of borrowed joy
a day that employs 
furloughed friends on
borrowed time
 
I rise early in anticipation
Believing the moon will set
And the sun will rise 
As yesterday’s page turns 
Into tomorrow’s light
 
The illustrations are vague 
But such is the stuff of 
Promises made 
Out of sight...

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