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Wicked Sense
[verse]Cold outside on a sunny frozen day.I’m told it’s going to stay that way,at least until I warmup to the idea of beingjust a man, just a man. [chorus]Got no future.I wish for no more lifeless nights.Days are short now.Winter … Continue reading
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Tagged becoming, melancholy, patience, seasons, time, winter
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More True Than True
[verse]I have someone whomight solve all my problemswho might save my soulwithout costing me arm, leghand or broken jawwho guarantees success. For generationsfor half my little pilgrimagefor consciousness’s half-lifeI’ve entrusted my tremblingto one who says, ‘Be notafraid of who we … Continue reading
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Who She’s Going to Be
My daughter long lostto deadly domestic warfareand decades of strifecalled me Dad the other day.And I could live anotherhundred years to find outwho she’s going to be. All the years I lostto separated fatherhoodher being all alonemy being a lost … Continue reading
Unpossessed
[verse]Waves on rocks on noone’s beachsearching gulls don’t landforms of life not my ownstand and crawl in the foamproperty all freefor the dogs and the gods. I am left here unpossessedby what I once lovedto be a servant towhat I … Continue reading
Weak Time
[verse 1]Weak time doesn’t have a brain or backbonetrackless like a polar bear without a homeput your foot down, where will you bewhen you wake up? [verse 2]Childhood, all the hours in heaven and then someold age, stuck between your … Continue reading
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Tagged cosmology, experience, humanity, maturity, perspective, time, universe
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Most and Hide
Clouds do not hidebirds are not buriedchildren are not adults untilthey master the drama of deceptionthe deception of drama. Most people wear sunglassesmost people have tinted windowsmost people hide from most peoplethat they know or don’t know. A lot of … Continue reading
Stubborn So
You know I am stubbornand so is my tongue.My gains grow like clouds thenare sadly for you sunginto streets of rain. You know I am stubbornand so is my righteousness.I lie and I lie thereinto next year next to youwanting … Continue reading
When Then Is Always
The first word in a sentencemight come out at the end.The first inkling of a dream stateformulated itself before lunch. Best bet sunsetonce labor takes its breakonce thirst takes two sipsonce long is too long but notsharp enough to cut … Continue reading
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Tagged chance, fruitfulness, happening, pregnancy, productivity, readiness, time
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Covid Train
(after the old blues song Mystery Train) Covid Train, sixteen coaches longCovid Train, sixteen coaches longSome said it was nothingcouldn’t have been more wrong. This train we’re riding ain’t going anywhereThis train we’re riding ain’t going anywhereCan’t see the sunshinecannot … Continue reading
Just Justice
[verse]Big and littlish, rich and poorlywhat do you want other than your due?Do you want a dab of extrabutter on your bread? Whether male or maybe femalecan you pull some strings to make it happen?Mention daddy’s name and magicallymake it … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, equality, fairness, greed, justice, narcissism, selfishness, society
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