Shroomin' Daze
My frontal lobe sent me a message
telling me to recall
a cool October misty morn'
Man what a state of mind I was in
not a state or country or
some foreign land or swelling sea
In a dense moist foggy setting
vast grass, cows galore
heaves of manure too
Shrooms under cow chips
free to pick and bag
time to kick it
dry it, chew it
many friends giggled
I puked, saw GOD
thought I died
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The Torch
The torch, was passed
I said to you
The show, the cops
The 'STING'
The turnpike
The brief shower
Be true
I know you, you'll
Continue
Your wicked ways
While, I, lonely, still married
Lost in this maze
Just be my friend
I still want you so
The torch has been passed
A concert ago
The next one
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Darkness to Light
Darkness falls
Over the moonlit sky
Shadows of youthful
Moments invade my mind
In a barage of soulful heartbeats
Having little dreams of reality
Gods of mythology
Speak in jest
Trying to impress on me
While being thankful
To my higher power
Bearing witness to a serenities night
As I stair through my office window
I ponder what world peace
Would truly be like
To have, hold and squeeze the marrow
Out of you and me
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Rascals Final Run
We're going to miss you
my friend
I'm so sorry your life has come to an end
The way you'd run to the kitty cabinet
especially, when I slammed it
The little love bites
on our fingers and ears
we now cry only sorrowful tears
yet held you in our hearts
for nearly fifteen years
we'll always remember that famous cry
the pitter patter of your feet
ours lives will only be complete
at heavens gate
we will surely meet
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The Shoe
Chilling and gray
Locked down
Twenty-three hours a day
Stretched concrete
Twelve by eight
Windowless
Sheltered from society
A few for years for many
For some
Convicts for life
An inescapable nightmare
Tears apart mens' dreams
Of a better life
Doing nothing
But time for their crimes
Some admit guilt
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Play Ball
Called my pals today
asked them
Do you want to play?
What? they replied
the greatest game invented
I'd say
you know the one founded by
Abner Doubleday
we strolled
languidly
to the church yard
base paths were worn down to earth
paper plates
were bases
weighed down
with rocks
the boisterous siren
blew
we cussed at it
we carried on, with no supper
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A Hopeless Dream
Dreaming
Crying
You're leaving
I'm dying
If I can't stop this from happening
I can't wake from this nightmare
Will doing things I know to be right
Change your mind and get you to care
Will running away
Make this easier for me
Will sticking around
Make things harder
Than they have to be
I wish I had the right answers
To make my dreams come true
It's not being a part time friend
It includes me
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Elbow Benders
All walks of life, enter the arena
Sitting anonymously
For hours on end
Timeless
As pure grain in an hour glass
Overflow
Mindless thoughts of the disease
Alcohol obsessed
Bedeviled, satan posessed
Until one day a ray of light
Shined upon our soul
Climbing desperately
Detoxed
Out of the deep, dark, dreary hole
Into treatment
Some would grasp
One day at a time
most failed
Misery lives on
Elbows still bend
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Take a Brief Moment
Take a break
In the action of a simple day
Thank the one who loves us
Anyway
We talk and walk a good game
Love each other, no matter what
For he would and will do the same
It's all he loves
No matter what your name
Pause for a second, the reason we live
So much to offer
Our lives
As brief as they are
Our souls we must give
Give with your heart
Mind, body, and soul
Our bodies old and weary
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My Soul
My soul cries for love
But only tears reply
My soul cries for attention
But only lonliness answers the door
My soul cries for a friend
Only to be ignored
By a stranger
My soul cries for hope
But despair with lies
Deceive the truth
Which blinds hope
My soul cries for warmth
As an artic freeze
Surrounding my soul
Entices it with the dance of death
My soul defeated
No longer cries
Accepts what it can't change
Lies still
Waiting to die
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