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 May 2013 Higgs
Mike Hauser
Here I sit
In my basement
In my skivvies
Late at night
Ignoring family duties
Contemplating
What next to write
All I am now
Is skin and bones
No time for a bite
Can't think of when
I last shaved or bathed
Perhaps 2009?
Poetry
While fun for me
Has hung me out to dry
Since joining Hello Poetry
In the prime of my life
Could some one
On the outside
Tell me
Is it day or is it night
Have they dropped
The big one yet
I need a new subject
On which to write

I should think of
Something really nice to say
Thank you...Hello Poetry
For the life I live today
 May 2013 Higgs
Mike Hauser
Talked to my recruiter
Felt it was my duty sir

Raised my hand said yes I can
Be a great American

Sent me off to boot camp
Sargent treated me like crap

Never got to thank his Mom
The one who raised this hellish son

Made me a man sent me to war
Not knowing what I'm fighting for

Traveled to Afghanistan
To **** some guy named Taliban

Now I'm hunkered in a ditch
Missing Momma's fish and grits

Planes are flying over head
Pretty soon we'll all be dead

All it is that I can say
I'm to young and dumb to die this way

Then I got a good report
They have no need for me no more

Landing on the tarmac
Hello America it's me I'm back

Greeted by my two best friends
Nodding Bob and Stutter Jim

Even got my old job back
Who would have ever thought of that

Still in service to my country
Behind the counter at Burger King

All I have to say in close
Would you like some fries with those...
 May 2013 Higgs
Chuck
The End
 May 2013 Higgs
Chuck
"The End of laughter
And to lies." ~ The Doors

The end of another school year
The teachers and the children cheer
Much was taught, and much was learned
Many bridges were built and burned
Minds were shaped, and plans were laid
Friends were lost and memories fade
Kids grew up, and teachers grew young
The ladder of life was climbed rung by rung
The future is bright as the skies grow dark
Every graduate needs to make a mark
The kids come, and the kids go
They're the same, for all I know
"This is the end, beautiful friend, the end." ~ The Doors
Yet teachers see death around the bend.
"My only friend, the end." ~ The Doors
Watching my favorite band on vh1, contemplating the end of yet another school year. I had a humorous thought: I'm in school, but I'll never graduate. I'll only die. Haha
I love teaching, just the end of the year exhaustion speaking.
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