To know me is to know
My whole story to know
My story you must want to listen.
Once you’re ready to listen
I’ll explain my life to you right out of th e blue.
I hit a stump in the middle of life.
One that would make a grouch cry. ;
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Why would he cry, you might ask
Well listen and you’ll learn why I could
Make a grouch cry.
Why would I tell a story so blue?
Cause the story I tell you is true
The story I tell is so true
That I’ll have you crying too.
It was a warm day for October
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In a little town in Tennessee.
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My 3-year-old had been sick with cancer fot quite some time,
But today he seemed to be feeling better.
Or at least that’s what he said
When he looked deep into my eyes
And called me Mommy once m
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fte said he was feeling g reat
Decibels above twenty with waves reverberating,
Coming from the low tide.
Amplified freeing eleven.
Hands up in a signal fashion.
Crashes are the audible warning.
The militias all in a silent scream
Commander’s call to arms.
Kicked by the oceanic force.
Down with the high tide.
Voices repeating back every command.
The struggle strangles a cadence
Men at arms pause for a superior
Schools of applause swim by
While the waves fade out.
No pains, No heartaches.
He closed his eyes ope last time
And oh boy did I ever cry
The lord had took my baby
To that great other side.
A Cracked Word of Wisdom
R.I.P. Eli
By William Adams
It’s been said, that if one person hangs around or lives with another for a long period of
time. They will become like that person. So person A is smart, and pretty
Cool to hang out with, But person B is a Dumbass. So sm art person meets dumbass, and
hangs out and lives with them for a long time. The next thing they know they are a
dumbass. Then one day, that person will wake up and realize that they are in a house full
of dumbasses. People will come by and say is this the dumbass house? Or is this the
dumbass family? Then some may come to that person that at one time was smart, and say
“look what you did/’ You created more dumbasses, thanks a lot, you blew it. You were
smart, th e n m e tn p w ith a dumbass? And now look, you helped the spreadof dumbasses!-
So do yourself,, your friends, and others a favor, and stay away from those dumbasses, if
you do, that would be remarkable.
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Genesis Redux
by«Dharma Bum
The first man
Urban and wild
The hum of traffic
The music of the city
Rivers of asphalt
Canyons of concrete
This is the jungle
This is Eden
:Under skies.of wonder
We stand at the crossroads
With Infinity below our feet
As we wiggle our toes in a dream.
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