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Sep 2016 · 285
At Times
rac1 Sep 2016
At times i am crazy
and little do know
At times i am lazy
don't shovel the snow

At time I'm a genious
so clever and wise
At times the cleanest
Don't need a disguise

At times I'm too stupid
to know what to think
At times i make a bid
At times i shrink

At times I'm so capable
so able and strong
At times so stable
So calm through the storm

At times i can think
as the greatest of men
at times i shrink
at the mention of them

At times I'm so lonely
so sorry and mad
at times i am only
Alive-and I'm glad!
Sep 2016 · 158
Untitled
rac1 Sep 2016
People I know
Stories I hear
Pictures I see
And feelings I feel
How sad and crazy
How funny and calm
How loving and lonely
It all has become
Sep 2016 · 556
We are Muscle
rac1 Sep 2016
Times change,  life grows

People endure their pains

With each passing tear

Our strength increases

We are muscle
Sep 2016 · 313
It's a Dog's Day After All
rac1 Sep 2016
A dog crept up behind me the
other day and said,
"Please give me a drink or I'll
soon be dead;
my human has died-
he's incredibly dead,
and I've been left without
any bread."
"You've nothing to fear."
to the dog i said,
"There's plenty to drink,
down the street by the shed.
Just go over and get it
with nothing else said."
I must admit the dog lost all his dread
as he ran down the street
nodding his head.
Sep 2016 · 283
Justice
rac1 Sep 2016
Lightening strikes the alley cat
it strikes the saintly soul
it does no discriminating that
will justify the whole
why then, you may ask
should we look above
why do the task
if we're going to fall so hard
well then, let me tell you
why one should look out
our soul is the avenue
by which we move about
Sep 2016 · 170
Tell Me the Story
rac1 Sep 2016
They've been telling me the story
all my life
about the money and the glory
and the wife
I smiled, laughed and snickered
thinking all the time
when Frosty moves to Hell
this will all be mine!
Sep 2016 · 219
The Flowers and the Trees
rac1 Sep 2016
The flowers and the trees
have all grown up
some have gone and died
the wind and the breeze
rip down and up
trapped within the skies
the birds and the bees
have given up
it'll make you cry
the dog has the fleas
and the summer is up
yet people wonder why
rac1 Sep 2016
My dog was thinking about the world the other day she said
the other morning she almost lost her  head
seems she saw a squirrel running across the floor
She leapt up to chase it
but ran into the door
I said, "yes, but what's the meaning, what's all this for?"
She said, "wait, listen-there's more."
So I put up my legs & listened to her story
I must say, things got pretty gory
She talked of birds & rabbits
blood and guts
mindless fury
animal stories
Vietnam, West Side Story
Sep 2016 · 218
A Moment of Truth
rac1 Sep 2016
Yesterday I saw you by the river
I was calling out your name
when you turned to me I felt a quiver
from my toes up to my brain
It was ecstasy for a single moment-
Oh, what a lovely frame!
But a moment later
I wished I never knew your name
Aug 2016 · 265
The Clean Air
rac1 Aug 2016
Suicide might be the key
but I can't commit suicide
I'm me
Let me sit down
Let me see
Smell the sea?
It's beautiful
It's fresh
It's clean
and it's free!
rac1 Aug 2016
Little Kings on the shores of Jamaica
calling to the Lovers
on the sunny side
Up in darkness
through the little
Lite house
Every Joker
in all the emotion
sees his life
through his tanned
lotion.
No where
No time
the Lovers stood still
hoping & dreaming
& thinking still
the Joker called out
to the kings of Emotion
stop all the tanning!
they left with devotion.
No one cares for Jamacian Runners
in the evening
or under the covers
Sally or John
in the morning
or fog
let me alone-
alone with my Dog!
she understood all
the emotions
painfully singing
the song of sun lotion.
Lying awake under
the stars
in Hollywood's Mars
slick, shiny
consumption-he leaves
with some gumption
under his thumb
under his thumb.
The crowd wails
in earnest
the stupid-the learnest
call to the Mexican
Barber and Florist
flowers and towers
and mild cornflakes
off of the skin
the peeling begins.
Talking to Trees,
"Please, Please!"
No answer received
from the wood
with the leaves.
My mind says a bind-
abide by the rules
that's why they established
little red schools.
But alas at last
forever and now
Everyone knows you
and the plow has
made fertile the soil
while science decides
on poison and med
and movies, movies
cars, bars, stores
laws, draws, tans
land and refills
pools, tools, chairs
and no-cares
clothing and posing
for flickers of light
to record a moment
of no real delight.
Power-power is on!
Thank goodness for
Power-thankfully
thanking the man
with the charm.
Cleaning the stool
on which he sat
The Mexican Dancer
with the little
stray cat!

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