4 IT ALL

And we laugh

talkin' bout' how she couldn't

ever find no brillo pads

2 scrub her

dirty dishes

laughin' on

bout' how I couldn't

keep no bakin' soda

2 keep my fridge

so fresh

& so clean

and we cry

tears rollin' down

our cheeks cuz

we couldn't even keep

empty soda cans 2 give

2 the weary, old, man

who stirs with his arms

a smorgasborg of nastiness

in search of cans 2 collect

as a matter of fact

we had 2 stop buying

anything contained in those

aluminum cans

C ,we can laugh about it now

though it isn't really funny

we can share a joke or 2

about our past

b/cuz our past, our history

these experiences

only makes us understand it all

only makes us stronger

4 it all

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Written 1/16/03
This is dedicated to Stacy Thomas(we was cracking up!)( no pun intended, really)and all the others that been through it all! Keep Movin' forward!

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let me say again and again the same words from the core of my heart that..love the logics expressed in this poem with a good idea.. I went through few of your poems and loved them too..you are good poet and hope you never stop writing and add more poems.. this poem is good and love it..hope you like my poems too.. and let me know if they also touch your heart.. I am basically a peace wisher poet with 6 books published... I am a peace dreamer, love-based peace promoter... hope you be with me... let me share here one of my own famous say with you... ( a friendly smile is the best weapon of war to fight with..afzal shauq

Afzal Shauq's picture

let me say again and again the same words from the core of my heart that..love the logics expressed in this poem with a good idea.. I went through few of your poems and loved them too..you are good poet and hope you never stop writing and add more poems.. this poem is good and love it..hope you like my poems too.. and let me know if they also touch your heart.. I am basically a peace wisher poet with 6 books published... I am a peace dreamer, love-based peace promoter... hope you be with me... let me share here one of my own famous say with you... ( a friendly smile is the best weapon of war to fight with..afzal shauq