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The Flavors of Life

Sugar's sweet and it's a treat that just can't be
denied
good for eatin' but left unsweetened bananas
can be fried
Savored things like onion rings can be a little
tempting
eat it not what you ain't got and you'll be a little
empty
Lemon sour has the power to draw a puckered
face
a twenty layered chocolate cake will leave you
full for days
Ice cubes are good for things but not for taking
baths
coconuts can be hard to pick unless you're a
giraffe
Life is filled with seasonings like even salt and
pepper
seasons come and seasons go and always 
will forever

Copyright © Dave Washburn | Year Posted 2006



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Face of Summer

Nursery rhymes with silly lines make children laugh in summer time
bubbles blown from little sticks seem to pop so lickety-split
Lady Bugs in flower beds talk in shades of black and red
a froggy turns to baritone from a Lilly pad where he's at home
clouds adrift like cotton candy cross the sky with blue a-plenty
while oh so well that Summer sun takes a bow when he is done
then sells his song to an Autumn moon turning to a season new

Copyright © Dave Washburn | Year Posted 2006

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Sometimes

Sometimes the wind blows sometimes there's rain
somtimes there are people who don't know your name
Sometimes coincidence is all that you see 
when you walk down that path of curiosity
Sometimes people wish for things they don't have
sometimes there are people who just make you laugh
Once in a while the bells do not ring 
   at the church in the steeple on a quiet city street
        sometimes...sometimes...sometimes
            Ever wishing ever wanting sometimes
            looking for an answer of some kind
            Building sand castles on the shores
            of the sea
            As boats sail across the waters that be
                lost in a day dream... 
                   t's not what it seems sometimes
Candles are burning in the still of the night
lighting the way until they turn on the lights
Sometimes you'll be walking until heaven knows 
when
but you turn around and you walk back again
Sometimes your shadow follows too close
some people talk to you some people don't
The bells started ringing in the steeple today
I'll get up Sunday morning and I'll walk that way
        sometimes...sometimes...sometimes

Copyright © Dave Washburn | Year Posted 2006


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