Short Thing In Itself Poems

one of the best banjo players that ever lived
we have to thank God for all that he'd give
a gift from God his life he lived
a heritage from his life we live
a happy heritage from the world that we lived
but tunes from a man that made us grin
a prodigy most scientist would begin
a gift from God i would throw in
lightening fingers i have heard him called
compared to jimmy hindrex 
i wonder why at all
the music he gave us one and all
a thing by itself
that will never fall....

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todays breeze
brought ravens
sailing overhead

soaring dimensions
enjoying themselves
in a manner that spoke

volumes as to their being
the most intelligent of birds
with respect self critical thinking

imaginative problem solving skills
that for them are also  forms of play
within an animal kingdom far brighter

than some exploiters would have us believe
because the raven needs not measuring scales
to judge by as they assess any thing against itself


stans sand...

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