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Cap Lock Escape

he's no musician
those aren't love songs he wrote
they're computer program notes
I slipped away in the nanosecond
it took him to blink

he doesn't know what hit him
maybe a floppy disk
falling from the sky
then again, it could've been
a hard drive

someone needs to hit his system reset button
it ain't me
some other girl can pickup
his dropped parity bit
or worry if everything she says
is word perfect

I've been through his disk drive wringer
probed by his oscilloscope
and had my best chips blown

now I'm sitting by my abacus
a smile on my lips
he can count me out
no modem's attached to my phone

drop me a line in pencil or ink
when you're powered down
then we can backspace delete
alt control home

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I Lay In My Bed

I lay in my bed, I can't sleep
I'm counting sheep and losing sleep

The phone rings, I hear the tone
I let it ring, there's no one home

I sit in my car and stare and stare
I don't turn the key, I don't get nowhere

The mail is lying on the desk
more comes each day, I lay it with the rest

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Hell On Church Street Ii

Lunch time
and i haven't got a dime
Freezing rain
and the furnace is down again
Old Toyota
just went up in flames

He never asks me what I want 
He just sends curses
one by one
So I stand
fist clenched hand
raised toward the sky
Saying
what else can you show me

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Hell On Church Street

let me die

let the dusty world
spin without me

let the sun, moon and stars shine on
without my eyes to see

let me down
into the cold ground

let me rest
my heart and mind can not go on

let me rest

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Folding Chairs

folding chairs
folding clothes
climb the stairs
the garden hose
needs rewound

writing tablets
writing checks
feed the cat
the kids have yet
to come home

washing machine
washing dishes
fix my hair
send best wishes
to the newly-weds

cleaning rags
cleaning rugs
clean the house
making love
while planning
a new kitchen

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All I Want

All I really, really want...
is a platinum gold star
and a shiny race car
and a couple of bags full of cash
and a great big house where I can splash
in the pool with a swim up bar
with a couple of zillion friends who are
a life of laughs that never ends
and faith that's strong and never bends
and a man who can make me believe
in love and hope and sweet night dreams
and that's about it.

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Poet Laureate

Being pre-menopausal
last night
when I woke up
at three-twenty-four
and picked his book
off the floor
moaned and groaned
and gnashed my teeth
and bit my lip
and said, good grief
are we suppose
to read this junk

Have you ever
heard the word
brief or fun
or light or airy
And laid the book
back on the floor
and shut the light
and said, no more
I'd rather be asleep

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Bon Voyage

they sat in a booth
near the door
spoke of ships and docks and stevedores
bays and decks and rails
and how to secure things
as not to fall
and though they spoke
of everyday life
it sounded glamourous
not full of strife

eating sausage, eggs and drinking tea
one looked quite the saltly dog to me
red shirt, black vest, gray beard and all
went on discussing tomorrow's chore
as I paid the check and heard no more
and returned to my life as I slid through the door

but my thoughts remained
with the one from Maine
and the salty ace
whose charming accent I never did place

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Serving His God

I saw the old priest all in black
walking to the small town church
on a chilly late October morn, bent against the wind
the mountains a backdrop to his back

a flock of birds flew over the trees
red and gold and green
and I thought to myself, what a life
what other road could this man have chose
to fill his dreams

I don't serve god, don't serve anyone
just live alone, what a life
just memories, I have no dreams
don't worry about god, don't worry about my soul
don't worry if the world is sick or old or cold
don't call no one brother, don't get down on my knees
don't raise my eyes to heaven, don't worry about anyone's needs
what other road could I have chose
to fill my dreams

the old man unlocks the door
alone with his god he genuflects to the floor
it's no the business it used to be
in his younger days or the days of old
what of his god, what of those souls
what of a world that goes from colder to cold
something's gone wrong, it's in the air
it's been there a while, no one cares
maybe it's god's turn my friend
to come back and show himself again
he's been riding the belief wave long enough
maybe he needs to come and show his stuff
to show he really cares
to show he's out there
and as he always says to himself
"they are mere mortals, what could you expect"
how can he still expect us to believe
how can he expect us on our knees
in a world that's weary, sad and sick
it's time to come back and do more tricks

the old man still prays
will be down on his knees
until his grave
he sees a world
worried and sick
he's lived long enough
to know it's tricks
he knows man will go many ways
until he's put down in his grave
"have mercy on us all"
the old man prays

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Silly Ol' Man In the Moon

There was an old man he lived in the moon
He was so bored he had nothing to do
One day he peeked over the edge
Lost his balance and fell off that ledge
He fell and tumbled and came down hard
And landed right there in my back yard
I went to see if he was okay
Helped him up, waited to hear what he'd say
He said, "Funny me landing in you yard.
You're the one whose heart's so hard.
You scowl and laugh at my light.
You're afraid to go out in the moonlight
and stand in it in some lover's arms.
You know it wouldn't really do you much harm.
I think it's what you may need
and now if you'll excuse me, I have to leave."
I stood, watched as he walked away
pondering all the words he did say
and I thought about them day and night
and decided he may just be right.
But the only thing he forgot to say to me
How to find a lover who's in love with me