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Sit with me for a minute
Sit with me for a minute Let us catch our breath before the parade of life starts up again Before the crowd comes back between us and all their noise drowns out the beating of our hearts Before we take off one set of masks and replace them with another let us share a naked… Read more
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A Song Without A Melody
Lyrics to a song without a melody Music to a song that never was We all go down fighting for a cause A time for observation and compulsion Of dragging the show back up to the stage Of giving up on getting clean And drinking my way down to New Orleans You can run but… Read more
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a different path
There is no escaping from problems that we let grow until they are too big to solve without hurting someone. There is no solution to a puzzle that keeps growing as each generation adds another pile of pieces. Some questions don’t have answers that are either right or wrong. Some battles are lost in the… Read more
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True Love
Thirty-one years ago today I made the “walk down the aisle” that binds one person’s life to another in the eyes of whatever authority sanctions such things in their society. I can’t say it was the happiest day of my life, as ceremonial events ain’t my schtick, but I can say without hesitation that the… Read more
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Our Flag Was Still There
They raised a flag at the construction site across the street. You are not supposed to leave the flag up in the rain or at night without it being lit but I don’t blame them for their ignorance. There’s a lot of that going around. And it is an inspiring sight to see. It is… Read more
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The Spires
They built their spires to reach the sky And pierce it if they could To give us a peek into the home of our gods But gods do a better job of hiding their faces Than just about anyone does Read more
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