paul-r-mottWhisper

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Flares from a Dying SunStars shine on in a night sky so black / you can see the truth. / What is that light but an interruption
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Thoughts About a WomanIt's not often when a man meets a woman / Who makes him feel better than he'd feel on his own / This woman is a testament to motivations unknown
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Jelly Bean GuessesI remember the jelly bean jar / perched next to the owlish librarian / in my school when I was younger.
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Pearls Before--No, Only AfterWhen I look within my arms, there’s nobody there. / No head on this shoulder, it doesn’t seem fair / for the chauvinists and players to always have a girl.
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Sparks Into AshI sit alone in this connected world, / separated from the selfishness I see spreading / amongst everyone around me
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Ants Scurrying Across the FloorAnts crawl across this floor we’ve fallen on before / Crawling away from painful light meant for death / It takes time and height to view this bitter facsimile
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Morning LightTake me back to the cool summer mornings / Where the leaves fluttered with the breeze / Best friends, there was never a truer pair
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Common Man's PlightA child without water, / a rich man drinks his coffee. / A father unable to provide,
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Mrs. J, What Can I Say?It’s the damndest thing when attentions focused / on one thing beget the focus of another / Like the rooster crowing the sunlight
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The Heights of MadnessLife’s an upward struggle, and it makes it so much rougher / when the ladder you find yourself climbing is beset by lonely weather. / When every other rung is off doing other things,
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