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Best Poems Written by Bill Smith

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At a Funeral

I can see myself at a funeral
And I can’t defend myself
I can hear the stories about me
As I watch my friends in stealth.

I could have been a better person
And I can’t change any past
I can see the truths around me
And I want to make them last

I want to see a tomorrow
And I can’t believe we’ll fail
I can see the history happening
And I feel a check in the mail.

I need to have been better
And I can’t cherish what is not
I can hear the past coming
And I love all not forgot

I can see myself in heaven
And I hear my mom and dad
I can know the world is waiting
Am I the one that saw the bad

I did see things I love
And I loved the things I saw
I can feel the love of everyone
And I write the scene I draw

I can be gone and not be here
And I miss the things going on
I can forget each day not remembered
But my love for you’s not gone

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Birds Don'T Care

When some hear too much
they add how they feel
down the dusty old grass path
we muddy what was real
Anxiety is one spot
Where we lay without a view
the headlights on the downer
be it seems a bit too true
Displeasure swirls as if a force
we can’t avoid its toil
Sometimes we don’t love ourselves
and the friends among the spoil
The weather seems to blow
new songs of hope and seed
we want back the crops we lost
and the gardens full of weeds
The birds don’t care one bit
about the bullshit that we spew
they’ve got a nest and mate for life
and they fly away on cue

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Put Away the Pears

I tried to have conversation
But they screamed me out of focus
They left me no attention span
By the use of hocus pocus

Oasis is double sag
We see them on display
We want to practice tasting them
Though these tits are not for play

They light up someone’s evening
And they can make someone’s day
But if you saw them all the time
They wouldn’t be that way

They’d just be legs or ankles
Or they’d be a calf or arm
But in our world they’ll always be
A big part of your charm

So please keep them under wraps
I’d rather star my gaze
Than be caught eying those babies up
In a woman’s boast or faze

And just then said the penis
It’s making my head some pain
Just take them out and scream and shout
There’s nothing else to gain.

So listen up you ladies
We don’t need to see your pears
They just make us dopey
Then you complain about our stares

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Funkbucket

I was gonna kick the bucket
When I turned on the TV
They were all in it for money
And there was none left for me

So I called up my accountant
Had me start a new web site
I sold them stuff they wanted
And it kept me up all night

Then I went all Egypt on them
And I just collected Dough
I became a master baker
And I watched the kitchen grow

When I thought I’d bought the farm
And I’d be forclosed on by summer
Who knew back in the spring
That by fall I’d have a hummer

Don’t rush to cash in your chips 
The casino’s up all night
Have some faith in god and self
The sunrise is soo bright

You can’t get used to dying
And your times a one shot game
Don’t predict your wins and losses
It’ll never be the same

To size up for the box 
Before the shoes are tried on
Doesn’t say much for the sox’s
Or the Genes when you are gone

So next time you think its over
Go to bed for another day
Hold your dreams close to your chest
And play your hand just one more way

And maybe your dream lover
Or the fans can see you dunk
When you play the game tomorrow 
And come out of your funk

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And God Only Loves Americans

When I go down to the night by sea
And eye myself the ocean
The sea tells me to sky my thoughts
And I came up with this notion

How many beings could house the stars?
God creating in other places
A million worlds and many souls
Engineering the many faces

One of them is peaceful
No wars or crime to grieve
He told us about it years ago
A snake and a chick named Eve

Another is aquatic
But on vessels some do thrive
It’s got whales that ate a Jonah
And an ark that took a drive

And on is not a planet
Its killers barred from travel
It’s always hot and it’s where you stay
Once the “Man” drops his gavel

We know he sent his son here
He could have been on tour
We may be on his list again 
Don’t make it like before

And maybe during all this creating
He said I have made enough souls
And sent them out for rehab
To help them reach their goals

With each body you inhabit
A vehicle to get you upstairs
You live another episode
A way he shows he cares

Now wouldn’t it be something
To be born some place way out
And see flashbacks in a conscience state
Of strange beings that are real no doubt

There goes all your questions
And what little we really knew
And how the world relates to life
That bigger than me and you

So next time you see a hoodlum
Ask yourself to see his plight
As an alien he was a preacher
It’s his soul that tests the night

And God only loves Americans
Nowhere else life could thrive
Like were all that he created 
In cruise control he’ll drive

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Thanksgiving

The Pilgrim told the Maitre d
I’ve had too much, no more for me
The food was great, the fruit was ripe
I’ll take a hit off of that pipe

“I’d like to dance”, said the Indian girl
The lad was shy and white as pearl
The fire lit the forest floor
The drums played late, they yelled for more

The elder pilgrim told the Chief
We love your land beyond belief
We mean well now and wish you health
But those that follow may want your wealth

The Chief sat back, eyes to the night
We know they’re coming but we are tight
Feast with us now, enjoy the living
This party will be known as the “First Thanksgiving”

They partied on like family close
The elders rose to give a toast
We thank you Lord for this fine day
We know tomorrow will be what may

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Confused

Terrorists in the name of god
Confused marriage at the altar
Throw a concert for liberals
Get oil for food or pretend to
Molest a child in a confessional
Stand by to watch genocide
Rebel for more government involvement 
Babies can’t defend themselves from mothers
It is better to steal than be addicted
Statistics are safe from steroids
Politically correct is acceptable
Unemployed by whom?
Need assistance? Call a cop
Live longer for golden years crap
Sports are games played for fun
Prayers are for the needy
Vote for change
Blow smoke for money
Act responsibly
Dress for the occasion
And always…always Lookout for yourself
You’re an accident waiting to happen upon democracy

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The Wonderful Grace

The Wonderful Grace

	

One is on a scheduled pace
While the other wanders off in space 
Organized is one that’s faced
With all the clutter caused in haste	

One that’s neat we’ll call her Grace
The other that’s not we’ll call the Ace
Grace is soft and much like lace	
While Ace has Grace all in his face

Ace must deal with all his waste
While Grace has everything in its place
But Ace knows he can’t stay on pace
And Grace knows Ace is  way off base

So Grace now deals with Aces case
By being patient, it’s not a race
And Ace now tries to keep his place
So he can cope with the wonderful Grace

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Casi

Her barely wings stretch out loud
With hopes of landing on a cloud
She eyes a launch her perch so proud
All aeries watch as if a crowd

A sanctuary set so sky
There is no land seen in her eye
Only twigs and leaves are why
She must go now or never try

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Crowd Control

So dense our roots fight for space
Our branches touch, our seeds spread
We are all reaching for sunshine
We interact with all that embrace us
The nests, the webs, the burrows
The perches, the dew, the winds
And all the babies
How come we get lonely?

Loneliness is a strange bird
The flock may be around you but you fly
Your direction is with them though alone
Arrive in private, embraced by all
Five year intervals embrace the blur
The heart beat of the years pounds increasingly
Young, old, strong frail, peak, ebb
It comes as it goes
And is gone as it came