Free Birds 06 08 21 nj
Early in the morning before the light
fades into the heavy overcast sky
that dim gray that cries for some hot coffee
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some birds calling pass overhead
I cannot see them in the low clouds
they don’t care how early it is
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one other car further off down the road
a reason only they know
it’s quiet but I’m in no mood to wonder why
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The air is clean washed without effort
unfair to me that I cannot match that
the scrubbed by the night ocean sky
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Drive to work now
another day so here it goes
those birds are free to fly
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06 01 2021 nj Beasts Stories
Stories of ancient beasts
a mix of three in one
or flying terrible clutching claws
– eyeballs act like guns
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scary yes and therein lies
therein lies the rub
helpless mortals must defeat
here, have a two foot club
–
the mortal one is near defeat
Binochans arm their decks
Mintorans climb the castle walls
Above flies the Pterodrech
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Not a chance, there’s no way now
to battle with such foes
the light is dim and the fires die
earth rumbles from within
–
And from the clouds, a lightning bolt
shrieks the night to day
There on the hill not far away
a seven-headed Brae
–
but it has come as once your friend
it knows from what is on
Told to hide beneath the slab
but ready just in case
–
You stand with club in shaking hand
The Yinnshee Ghosts arise
the battlefield shakes the ground
and then to our surprise
–
From your good life the flowers spring
The allies save the day
then ask they not for some return,
best, honor you the king.
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05 31 2021 Make a mess
nj
“Let’s keep ‘em down with Chaos
and then we’ll rise above”
except that never works
but makes a mess of everything
–
no you cannot keep ‘em down
firstly, that’s a crime
you don’t say you don’t see
but you will do the time
–
and time you will
and then get ill
and still blaming someone else
you want to kill
–
so last you come and
oh so sorry you’re
only kidding
or that’s your story
–
the strain too much
yourself to bare
gone to somewhere new
that you won’t share
–
why not watch out
for number one
without a single care
but then, no does for you
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Everybody Falls 05240210 nj
the canyon walls
the ones inside me
that pressure closes in
–
the river rises
right after a rain
it gets busy just sayin’
–
take a breath
your gonna need it
I say to myself
–
climb the canyon walls?
forget it
everybody falls
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Better 05 24 21 nj
The spring eternal
train of thought
the railroad lines
are crossed
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The hope does spring
but hope really needs
some reasons
for it to work
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the train is coming
everyone knows
let’s not go there
right now
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emergency brakes
the train wheels squeal
and loud with lurch
we pray in church
–
and hope for better meals.
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And I Can’t Tell 05 24 21 nj
And I can’t tell
the limit reached
the gap is breached
and still will stand with pride
–
Old Joseph Quincy Wickersham
and Pegleg Willie cried
a song for farthings
birds in flight
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A song for a tuppence
in the night
to twillig borogroves delight.
Feed the pigeons alright it will.
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Song for a penny
in strange noon light
the sky going green
stay out of sight
–
when fog passes
things will be alright
whens it going too well
it can be a fright.
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The handrail 05 20 2021 nj
ancient men who fought great battles against
invading tribes
wiped out their villages
claimed the lands
for themselves
–
now wear suit and tie on the streets
and look out of
huge coated glass windows
over the city below
–
down there
where people make their way
have their car stolen
get pushed down
on the streets
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Once a magnificent warrior
holds on the handrail
there is a ramp for the
handicapped
–
another bus a thousand cars
and the overcast glare
don’t care if they
make us a little more
Uncomfortable-
–
a little deaf on the left ear
I stay here for a while
until I get thirsty
then the ten thirty
takes me back to the steps.
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Silence is There nj 05 25 21
Hello Silence are you there?
I guess you’ve left -there’s nothing there.
And then some noise like mashy guitars
and in between the silence cries
and washes up – upon the shore
