I'm sure you've noticed throughout your life
There are definite rights and wrongs
As soon as you determine which is which
You'll be singing a happy song
It won't always hit you like a ton of bricks
When it does you surely will see
The error of your ways pretty damn quick
As you face the third degree
When I was young and learning the ropes
It soon became obvious to me
You can't really take things that aren't yours
It didn't take me long to see
So as of this day, my conscience is clear
Must say I've led a very clean life
Always travelled the straight and narrow
Listen up, it's very sound advice
In the depths of longing, where passions burn,
Resides a force, the devil's desire of fire.
With fiery eyes and a wicked grin,
He tempts and seduces, inviting you in.
His touch, like fire, ignites the soul's flame,
Unleashing cravings that bear no shame.
In whispered promises, he weaves his spell,
Drawing you closer to his tempting hell.
With every heartbeat, his manhood grows,
As temptation's tendrils, like wildfire's, blow.
He dances with your dreams, a devilish choreography,
Fanning desire's flames forevermore.
But beware his embrace, for it leads astray,
Into a realm where darkness sways.
Though enticing, this path is treacherous ground,
Where pleasure and pain are inextricably abound.
In the abyss of yearning, the devil waits,
His desires entwined with tempting fates.
Resist his call, hold firm to your soul ,
For the devil is desire, a All consuming fire.
5.0 grade-point on a 4.0 scale
Climbed Mt. Everest, the 'icy trail'
His summer job was 'Director of Sales'
This straight male applied early to Yale
Puerto Rican knockout with Eskimo mother
Non-binary female and transgender lover
Active in flash mobs, landed three months in jail
Now back on the streets, thanks to 'No Cash Bail'
Our 'Yalie' got rejected, 'Why' is the question
Since our flash-mobber got into Harvard
An accomplished bank-robber, else she'd have starved
While our erstwhile 'Yalie' cleaned rooms at the Westin
All's well that ends well, my folks always say
'Yalie's' gender-confused now ~ I think that I shall pray
I'm sure you've noticed throughout your life
There are definite rights and wrongs
As soon as you determine which is which
You'll be singing a happy song
It won't always hit you like a ton of bricks
When it does you surely will see
The error of your ways pretty damn quickly
As you face the third degree
When I was young and learning the ropes
It soon became obvious to me
You can't really take things that aren't yours
It didn't take me long to see
So as of this day, my conscience is clear
Must say I've led a very clean life
Always travelled the straight and narrow
Listen up, it's very sound advice
After ~ The Straight And Narrow ~ Lies The Truth
A ~ cross the Universe an alphabet of disambiguation homed in blue and black chatea~ U
C~aressing symbols letter signs and meaning pretends categories ordered logic reason~N
R~espite from uncertainty constricting reducing pressure measured flowing as a ventur~I
O~n the road from comprehension a channelled funnel oscillating Zeitgeist’s leitmoti~V
S~uggests that everyone and everything can be charted defined with logic’s abducte~E
T~he fact and matter of the Universe however yields understanding from us the arbite~R
I~n open quest of search beyond the prisons chaining beauty towards more pastel blis~S
C~ome therefore and find soft shadows pink and purple and live emotion emigrat~E
05th November 2016
I'm sure you've noticed throughout your life
There are definite rights and wrongs
As soon as you determine which is which
You'll be singing a happy song
It won't always hit you like a ton of bricks
When it does you surely will see
The error of your ways pretty damn quickly
As you face the third degree
When I was young and learning the ropes
It soon became obvious to me
You can't take things that aren't yours, my friends
It didn't take me long to see
So as of this day, my conscience is clear
Must say I've led a very clean life
Always travelled the straight and narrow
Listen up, it's very sound advice
© Jack Ellison 2015
I have
Been
Relegated
Condemned
To follow
The straight
And narrow
Path
Of Poetic
Minimalism
I shall not
Stray
From behaving
In this way
Its the straight
And narrow
All the way
From now on
For me
Straight Arrow
No more
Than a few
Words I can
Say
Its the new
Style
Of Poetry
DONT stray
I shall abide
Keep things
Straight
Narrow
Like
The Indians
Arrow
I shoot this
Poem
Over your way
Do not laugh
Nor should you
Play
From now on
Its the straight
And narrow
All the way
If you wish
Spaces
That’s ok too
As Long as
You know
Straight and
Narrow
Is still for
You
That’s the rule
So don’t be blue
If you cant beat them join them!!!!!!!!!!!!
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double spaces seems
to be fixed, however
if anyone needs help
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feel free to email
me, be happy to
assist.
I stand corrected, there still seems to be issues. However, it seems if you post
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and sometimes not.
~~*~~
Sorry it went down the way it did.
We were like two opponents fighting in a ring.
If I could take back everything I said,
I would have listened instead.
Standing here I face my cross road
What direction will I go?
Some say there is no reason to change
others say it's the only way.
With the decision on my shoulders now.
I’m not so sure I have the strength it takes.
To live life on the straight and narrow.
After all these years will be tough,
But I have to start somewhere,
in order to get off.
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