poem

JUST THE WAY THINGS GO

TELL ME WHAT I WANNA HEAR

NOT WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

LET ME MAKE THAT PERFECTLY CLEAR

THAT'S JUST THE WAY THINGS GO

Author's Notes/Comments: 

IS IT JUST ME OR DO YOU FIND THAT TO BE TRUE...

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THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

HOW DID THE ELEPHANT GET IN THE ROOM

HOW DID IT EVEN FIT THROUGH  THE DOOR

WELL I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO DO

BUT THERE'S SO MUCH TO EXPLORE

LIVE BACKWARDS

EVIL IS LIVE BACKWARDS

IT'S AS PLAIN AS DAY

WHY WOULD ANYONE

IN THEIR RIGHT MIND

WANT TO LIVE THAT WAY

EVERYTHING'S ROSEY

COMFY AND COZY

SAFE AND SOUND

EVERYTHING'S ROSEY

ALL AROUND

SO MANY FACTORS

 IF LIFE IS A STAGE

ARE WE PROPS OR ACTORS

I GUESS THAT DEPENDS

ON SO MANY FACTORS


WHEN YOU'RE ON A PAGE

DO YOU READ OR WRITE

HOW DO YOU ENGAGE

DO YOU SWALLOW OR BITE


WHICH DO YOU CHOOSE

TO WIN OR TO LOSE

OR JUST GIVE UP

CUZ YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH


 
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IT TAKES ALL KINDS

WHO FLEW THE COUP

WHEN THEY WEREN'T READY

AND RUFFLED SOME FEATHERS

WHEN THEY FELT UNSTEADY

 

WHO STAYED TOO LONG

AND BECAME TEDIOUS

DIDN'T BELONG

WITH ANY OF US

 

SOME SEEM TO KNOW

WHEN IT'S TIME TO GO

THEY JUST MOVE ON

AND SEEM SO STRONG

 

ONE THING SEEMS TRUE

IT TAKES ALL KINDS

TO SORT THINGS THROUGH

AND MAKE UP OUR MINDS

ALLEGORY

IN THE GLOAMING

THOUGHTS ARE ROAMING

FAR AND WIDE

SIDE TO SIDE

TWINKLING STARLIGHT

CAUSING DELIGHT

HEAVEN'S GLORY

ALLEGORY

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I WAS JUST STARTING TO WATCH AN EPISODE OF THE WALTONS AND THEY WERE LOOKING UP AT A STAR AND GRAMPS SAID THEY USED TO CALL IT THE GLOAMING AND I HAD TO STOP AND WRITE A POEM ABOUT THE GLOAMING....

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SO OUT OF WHACK

WHAT FILTER DO YOU LOOK THROUGH

ROSE COLORED OR BLACK

DO YOU LET THE LIGHT SHINE TRUE

OR SEE WHAT THEY LACK

MAYBE YOU PREFER SKY BLUE

OR SOME OTHER HACK

MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE

YOU'RE SO OUT OF WHACK   

PANORAMA

WHAT'S THE DRAMA

PANORAMA

UPS AND DOWNS AND

ALL AROUNDS THEN

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