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Bowl of Sorrow

Eating bowls of dying meat
                      sucking poison which taste sweet.
                    Gas filled bodies that retain their juice
                     a dead little dog that took abuse.
                   The death song plays for a mutilated boy
                      insane parents who receive no joy.
                    Black dogs bark at the funeral fires
                     death looks down and picks his desires.
                   The decapitated body of an unknown man
                       no one cried which was part of the plan.
                   A shot in the dark took the poor man down
                     crazy children laugh as they hear the sound.
                    'Blood in the gutter' whispered the man
                      slay your neighbor as fast as you can
                      No one hears this , no one understands
                     'Blood in the gutter' whispered the man.
                    A slash of the knife brought grandma down
                    the young boys laughed at the blood on the ground.
                  The blood stained clothes of a forgotten child
                    the man with the knife is running wild.
                   The meat in the gutter might be your own
                     for you are left for dead
                    and to the dogs you were thrown !
                                                                          © By Larry Hays

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Dream Cat

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A ONE WAY ROAD
          IN SEARCH OF A FANCIFUL DREAM ,
         ALONG THE WAY I ENCOUNTERED A CAT
           HIS FUR BRIGHTLY GREEN .
          I KNOW WHAT YOU SEEK SAID THE CAT
          HE SAID WITH A MENACING GRIN ,
         I WILL GIVE YOU THE DREAM , THE ONE YOU SEEK
          BUT IT WILL COST YOU IN THE END .
          WITH A PUZZLED LOOK I ACCEPTED HIS DEAL
          AND THE WORLD BEGAN TO CHANGE ,
          I ENTERED A DREAM BUT IT WASN'T MINE
          BUT IT WAS SOMETHING VERY STRANGE .
          I WAS WALKING AROUND UPSIDE DOWN
           BACK WHERE IT ALL BEGAN ,
          WHERE I MET THIS CAT WITH BRIGHT GREEN FUR
           A CAT WITH A MENACING GRIN !

Copyright © Larry Hays | Year Posted 2013

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Nightmare

NIGHTMARE


             On a stormy night I awoke from a dream
               to find that I wasn't there ,
              was I awake or still in my dream
                or should I even care !
               My thoughts were all gone for something was wrong
               for my room was upside down ,
              patterns of chaos infected my mind
                without making a sound .
             A hot hellish breeze blew through my house
               as devils danced in my head ,
              For something wicked came this way
                could it be under my bed  ?
              As sunlight poured into my room  
                I knew that I was alright ,
               or could it be that my mind was gone
                 taken during the night !

Copyright © Larry Hays | Year Posted 2013

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Death In Syria

Slaughter in Syria by the pound
                  The rebels take their place under ground
                  Shell shocked children in a school of fire
                 Assad revels in his twisted desire.
                  The armies of the Bear unleash their goods
              Assad  taking his anger to the neighborhoods.
                 A world in sorrow a place of death
                   the people of Syria take their last breath.
                 The world is a stage in a tyrannical flood
                  the smell of death the rivers of blood.
                The flight from horror is a fanciful dream
                 for the people of Syria nights filled with screams.
                 The leaders of tomorrow should now take heed
                 for the rebel in the streets are a different breed.
                 They die for their country they die for what's right
                  they cry out for their freedom to the Heavenly light.
                 What will be the outcome in a future so bleak ?
                   for peace and love is all they seek .

                                                By Larry Hays  
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Insanity

All my life's a circus
    where clowns still dance on my brain
    where elephants fly and tigers get high
     by now your surely insane.

    The retarded goat sippin a rootbeer float
    started belting out a familiar tune
    It had to do with his girlfriend Sue
     and a rather horny baboon.

    You're up on the tightrope and begin to fall
      as the ringmaster calls your name
     You hit the ground and look around
      and wake up on a plane.

     You land in the tent where the 
      circus freaks dwell
     but beware of what they might steal
      your hanging around upside down
      and fall mentally ill.

     Your friends are all gone
     and your left all alone
     for life has been a game
     You turn on the tube and watch something crude
     as you slowly go insane!

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Mystery

A friend of mine the other day
             stepped inside my brain
             No one has heard from my friend since
              A mystery that will remain.

             I opened up the cellar door
             to feel the surging heat
             I looked below and there behold
            was my missing friend at my feet.

            He beckoned me to follow him
             down a dark and dismal path
            I took the lead because of my greed
              and no sooner felt the wrath.

            The wrath I felt was my own wrath
             for I had fallen into my brain
             No one has heard from me since
              A mystery that will remain!

Copyright © Larry Hays | Year Posted 2013


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