Devils and Angels

The steel will of the Devil
With an Angels tender touch
These are qualities embued
in women and children
That confound we men
…So much…

poem by David Whalen
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Wonder

I wonder do you think of me
I wonder… as I wonder
About the past

I wonder why, between you and I
That that first kiss…
Had to be our last

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Two Lines Of Wisdom

Two short lines of wisdom
Just two short lines of advice:

You don’t need a parachute to skydive
But you do need a parachute to skydive twice

poem by David Whalen
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Sadness

Vague and spectral
as a dimming taper

Limned in darkness
Like a departing hearse

Into ash
Like burning paper

Life lived in
Dim shadow of verse

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Too Cold To Snow!

Trees sugarcoated
In snow all around
In air so cold
And desert dry…
That snow is become
only crystals on high
That ne’er touch
Nor kiss the ground

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On Happiness And Bacon

There's no real 'way' to
Happiness…Happiness is a
A way in itself

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There's only three things
Of import in the morning
Sleep, sex and…' BACON! ! '

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Just for today

For today..
Chase the shadows
away

For today…
Brush away
All the sorrow

For today…
Let your mind
Be at play

For today…
Forget there’s
A tomorrow.

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The Midas Touch

I thought that I’d like
Having the “Midas Touch’

But in truth there’s
nothing tougher

For everything
I touch, you see

Turns into a
#$*@#^ muffler

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Just Makes Sense

Get married real late in the morning
That way when things start going astray

There’ll be no real cause for mourning
Since you’ll not have wasted a whole day

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Like Slinkies

Some people are a lot like slinkies
Not good for much, always puttin’ on airs
But you just can’t keep from smiling’
When you see one tumble down the stairs

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