Still Unknown
I still have no identity
Confused
Who I really want to be
If there were a place called
Lonliness arena
I would be playing there
Staying there
Perhaps in a pup tent
When I was eleven bravo
In the army infantry
Even a baker
A belly shaker
A candlestick maker
Not
Still uncertain of the future
If there is one
So you want to know
What I want to be
Even a poet
With no calamity
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Floor Technicians
A new job
A new title
Master of floors, a technician, they now call me
No matter the name
This is a tough game
Not appreciated very much
The work that we do
Floors trampled upon
Snow, ice and all the elements
Oh no please don't misconstrue
Thankful to have a job
We strip and we scrub
End of the day
Feels so good to soak
In that warm tub
Shine on crazy floor tech
shine on
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A Heartfelt Thanks
Don't be lookin' for a new miracle
I don't mean not to sound so, lyrical
I sing these songs, from my heart
To beg Gods' forgiveness
Make a fresh start
My life was not so tough
As I thought
Twas' young and dumb
Oh ' how I yearn to be old and smart
To live Gods' will as we were taught
Spreadin' his word
Peace and love
Then thankin' our heavenly father
From our heaven, above
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Wilbur
A friend in need
Your buddy, Charlotte
Spinning that web
Through the radiance
A time for fun
A time for sorrow
If not seeing you today
Perhaps tomorrow
I think of you often
Passing the few farms that remain
How can a writer, put a heart and soul
In a pigs' brain
Just a brief encounter with a past
Favorite childhood story
The love and laughter you saw
In your glory
Will last
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Feathered Pillow
Another smack
I start to bleed
As a child of ten
Is this what I need
I can't wait
For the time to sleep
I know then
That it's safe to weep
Feathered pillow
Can't feel my pain
And for me, the hurt
I feel
Is hard to explain
I thought mommies
Were supposed to love
And not be vultures
That strike from above
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Counting Crows
They langour
Among the powered lines
Anticipating
Anxiously
Their next meal
Roadkill
The captain, some three odd pounds
With a butcher blade beak and
Onyx feathers
Caws and bellows his commands
Swoops
First dibs on a crushed rabbit
Fills his belly
Caws twice again
Satisfied
Leftovers are for his troops
The captain returns to his post
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Change Your Heart
You can be as evil
As you wanna be
Can't you see
You don't bother me
You have problems
So do we
We, who have seen pain
In the eyes of a child, untouched
You still have a chance
Before being burnt
By lifes' final dance
Change your heart
Make that fresh start
Begin to see clearly
A new blessed destiny
Change your soul
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Eliminate Congress
Are you freaking kidding, me
A free bailout, to the rich and greedy
So to hell with, the poor and needy
A credit debauchle
From your pockets and mine
While the super rich
Steal and spend
When, oh lord will all this madness
Come to an end
Never I say
This greed from high end business, politicians
Will never go away
This message from a simple man, a janitor
Depressed again
Another day
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The Mudslingers
What kind of message
Are you sending?
The partys' are alike
No friendships mending
How can the youth back a candidate
Who turns on their party
Speek to the poor
They too, want to eat hearty
For the innocent and meek
Will someday speek
You will not understand
They are the ones' who'll run this land
Resolve these problems
Where they now stand
Protect our own nation
If you possibly can
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Blind Faith
Sightless eyes
blinded by darkness
enshrouded with fear
escorted by a voiceless scream
and ears that can't hear
The soul with a mourning heart
cries out with pain
as it's voyage for love
ends in vain
Unknown to me, of why I'm alone
I search for my family
the door is unlocked
but no one is home
Forevermore I ask, 'Why me? '
only an echo replies
and I'm led to nowhere
by sightless eyes
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