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  May 2015 Tex Dermott
Don Bouchard
(This poem posted in tribute to the life &memory; of Robin Williams...Rest in Peace)

Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
'Good-morning,' and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich - yes, richer than a king -
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.
(Edwin Arlington Robinson)
RobinWilliams RIP...sad this morning....
Tex Dermott May 2015
Living in a freedom does not always mean life will be easy. In times of hardship if one keeps their liberty they still have hope of reaching the stars.
Tex Dermott May 2015
Pink bubbles
Flow from the bathtub
All sizes
Yet the same
Soaring like mighty eagles
Then they just go POP!
Tex Dermott May 2015
A rose carved from ice slowly melts away. Imitations of nature vanish quickly, even when crafted by men of great talent. The superiority of mankind is rejected.
Tex Dermott May 2015
Bouncing
Blue eyes
On the highway

Frozen
By this
Strange majestic site

Moving
Closer in
A form shapes

A
Black cat
With blue eyes

Travels
The roads
During the moonlight

Funny
How mysteries
Can be solved
Tex Dermott May 2015
Cats
Of green
In my thoughts

Where
Their from
Is not known

What
Will happen
Is still undecided

Purple
Elephants trample
Through my thoughts

Colors
And animals
War within me

What
Future horrors
They will bring

Is
A complete
Mystery to me

My
Eyes open
I see reality

Only
A dream
An uncontrolled thought
Tex Dermott May 2015
Five days old
His father passed on
This great king
Left one son
A childhood taken

In his youth
The castle he fled
A circus
Took him in
Becoming an acrobat
The subjects were sad

Chaos Broke
The king’s uncle ruled
A tyrant
Who shed blood
People longed for the young king
But he was not found

News spread far
Guilt filled the young king
He returned
Took his crown
Putting his uncle in chains
Still his heart was sad

A decree
For an election
Was set forth
A new king
Chosen by the common man
A free nation born

He was free
Back to the circus
Once again
No more crown
To steal his true happiness
Peace is important
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