******************************************** Living in the gutter Can’t afford a place to stay Digging in the dumpsters As they throw the food away Taxes on the poorest have to struggle everyday If you have three jobs you’re lucky And so you just might say, “Yeah, yeah, yeah Ain’t that a bitch!” If you can’t afford to eat…
Month: January 2022
Facebook Blues
************************************ You write down all your hopes and dreams Your opinions and little schemes And send them off into the air But then find out nobody cares you post your story to your page You get some likes for what you’ve made A clever comment here and there But in the end you find that…
Starfish Memories
*********************************************** Feel the tangled melody of starfish dancing ‘cross the memory in the sky don’t ask why, I had no idea They called you Sweet remembrances deciding where we all reveal the nature of your smile all the while, then returning to the ocean depths Lights form familiar shapes advancing slowly to the rhythm of…
Into the Fire
*********************************************** Back in the last millennium I sang a young man’s song Didn’t matter much to me if I did right or wrong All the time before me was Forever waiting there Young as life’s adventure Wild, and free, and fair With two cents in my pocket And the clothes upon my back I made…
I Don’t Know
************************************************** Only thing, that I know Is I don’t know One damn thing When will people understand That we’re really all the same Each blindly searching hidden clues On how to play the game We think we have the answers We think we know the truth There’s always someone there To say ‘your wrong, and…
(1) Ashwood House
“A caution and a challenge!” Things happened pretty quickly between Lance and Donna after they met that magical night but when Donna saw the enormous stack of beer cans in Lance’s basement practice room she was concerned she was jumping into a relationship with another alcoholic. This absolutely could not happen! She asked around, “checking…