tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22498230591953768242024-03-09T21:46:24.907-05:00Bubba's Place... seeing things a bit differently.Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.comBlogger1116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-25776073439566111722020-11-03T12:50:00.004-05:002020-11-03T12:50:33.270-05:00Fifty-Six<p>So here I am, at fifty-six<br />Fifty-six? Grandpa's age when I was a kid (No grandkids yet, and that's fine)<br /><br />As a kid, my birthday was<br />always overshadowed<br />by my (still) favorite holiday, Halloween<br /><br />Costumes and candy and<br />grinning Jack o' lanterns<br />were first and foremost on my agenda<br /><br />Only afterwards,<br />in the midst of a candy coma,<br />would I realize my birthday was nigh<br /><br />These days my birthday<br />is just one of those days<br />in the dull lull after Halloween<br /><br />(Though my wife gets me something,<br />and we usually go out for dinner)<br /><br />But fall is (at least for me)<br />naturally melancholy<br />A time of reflection<br /><br />I think of years past<br />and that ever-diminishing number<br />of years (days!) yet to come<br /><br />Dad had a heart attack at sixty-five<br />Just nine more years? (No, not me!<br />He survived to almost eighty)<br /><br />But I do think about it -<br />that terrifying time<br />when I will be no more<br /><br />That terror so real<br />we refuse to face it, <br />pretending there's more to come<br /><br />It would be comforting to believe<br />in some grand, eternal here-after<br />a sanctuary beyond death's reach<br /><br />But I see no evidence<br />of a great here-after<br />only graveyards and urns<br /><br />Of course, an omnipotent God<br />could easily conceal<br />such information from us<br /><br />And, himself (itself?), be<br />beyond our reckoning<br />like the infinite universe<br /><br />Still, I know the ways of Man<br />and can easily conceive that religion stemmed from that common terror<br /><br />But beyond giving solace<br />religions have been used<br />to control and extort<br /><br />As the late, great Neil Peart once<br />so pointedly put it, "I find no absolution<br />in my rational point of view."<br /><br />So here I am, at fifty-six<br />No wiser about the end<br />and closer to it than ever<br /></p>Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-80984649588557508802014-03-04T09:27:00.001-05:002014-03-04T09:27:21.931-05:00The Tale Wags The Dogma<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Who let that idiot get on camera?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Who gave that nut a microphone?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Who put that bigot up on the stage?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Who gave that mouse a megaphone?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Who let that idiot have a talk show?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Who gave that nut a chance to run?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Who put that bigot on the podium?</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Who gave that mouse an assault gun?</b></span></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-88933790214318083242014-03-03T09:47:00.002-05:002014-03-03T09:47:57.891-05:00Alpha-Omega<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Confidence bold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then hot and cold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Deep and profound<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But clowns around<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Without a clue<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then hip to you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Youth green and gold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But growing old<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tied safe and sound<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then came unwound<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Righteous and true</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But selfish too</span></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-85192314708593015752014-02-28T13:02:00.001-05:002014-02-28T13:03:33.772-05:00Missed Message<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Some people think poets walk with their heads in the
clouds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Drifting through life filled with fanciful notions, not
in reality<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Some people think poets wear their hearts on their
sleeves<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So easily swept away by some kind gesture, or a pretty
face<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Some people think poets get carried away with their
anger<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Raging against stuff beyond their control, even death
itself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Some people think poets swoon over things like the sun
rising<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Too ready to surrender all, too willing to let
themselves fall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Some people think poets live for wading through pools
of despair<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Wallowing in self-pity, wildly exaggerating their every
heartache<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But poets think people simply don’t understand life’s
mystery</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Despite how often, or how desperately, poets try to
explain it</span></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-89445909949419366962014-02-28T09:31:00.001-05:002014-02-28T09:31:10.507-05:00At A Loss<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I’m not sure where to go<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Not sure what I should do<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Just stuck here in limbo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Wasn’t there a man?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Isn’t there some plan?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What does this all mean?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I thought there’d come a day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When I would know the way<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But still no path is evident<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Who’s writing this story?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What is the key to glory?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">How will it all end?</span></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-18483784189836681952014-02-26T09:32:00.003-05:002014-02-26T09:32:12.997-05:00Decoding<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A pretense of poetry<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The world in a word<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Capture the instant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Crystallize emotion<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Painting big bridges<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In small brush strokes <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yet the secret remains<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We fill-in the rest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With our hearts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">And in our heads</span></span></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-73983752961025120102014-02-25T10:04:00.002-05:002014-02-25T10:04:40.871-05:00For The Want Of Art<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hitler nailed upon a swastika cross<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Arian martyr, mistaken messiah<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Vainglorious zealot, egomaniac<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Delusional occultist and mad man<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Set upon a chaotic, genocidal path<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When his youthful, artistic dreams<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Were quashed instead of nurtured<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">By narrow-minded, judgmental authority<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">That fatefully deemed him not worthy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">To follow his muse, to pursue beauty<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So, rejected and hurt, he turned away<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">To find another, terrible way to go</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And the whole world paid the price</span></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-73997172020384933212014-02-24T15:12:00.000-05:002014-02-24T15:16:08.541-05:00Random Tweets of Mine (https://twitter.com/BuddhaRolls)<div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Music is the best description I’ve ever heard of a soul.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">To know how much music matters, try to imagine life without it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The Creationist argument reminds me of when a kid asks the parent, “Why?” and the parent replies, “Because I SAY do, THAT’s why!”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Michigan is where God high-fived the Earth.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Though the sand may pass from top to bottom, it remains within the hourglass.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Anon-Hate: For when you’ve got no game, yet still lack the self-respect and good manners to say nothing at all</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ironically, nothing is timeless except time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Going with the flow doesn’t mean you can’t still make a big splash.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You put the SUPER in “superficial”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The glass is always full - full of water, air, or whatever’s in there.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">(Unless the glass is in the vacuum of space. Then all bets are off)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">There’s nothing I couldn’t accomplish if I had enough money and enough time… but mostly enough time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">WHAT you are is not WHO you are. WHAT is just one thing. There are many WHATs that make you YOU. You are not a WHAT. You are a WHO.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Often the only reason people are not happy is that they’re choosing to be otherwise.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Unfortunately, life does not come with an instruction manual.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Peace > Pride</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sails - Wind = FAIL</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Every day is a new ‘normal’</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The past can be an anchor; let go of that chain and sail forward.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Life is a serious game; be sure to play it well.</span></div>
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Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-69967531157396316742014-02-24T09:33:00.001-05:002014-02-24T09:33:05.629-05:00March Rain<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">And so we are reborn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Stepping out renewed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Cleansed from head to toe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">By cascading waters<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Not from a cold, holy fount<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">But in a blessed shower<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Gone in a vile lion<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">With pink-stained teeth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">And jagged sharp claws<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Come out a lamb<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">With snowy-white fleece<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Innocent of sin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Braced against the chill<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Of the dull, short-sighted world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Too often casting first-stones<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">From inside their paper fortresses<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Of self-righteous indignation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">At those of us who show flaws<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">And cast deep shadows upon</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">The hollow chasms within them</span></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-71282732624081855952014-02-21T10:08:00.001-05:002014-02-21T10:08:47.484-05:00Second Thoughts<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">I had a second thought<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Only for a second<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">But then I blinked<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">And it was gone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">But that’s the nature<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Of second thoughts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">They just appear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Then disappear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Perhaps it’s the work<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Of Satan lurking<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Nudging our brains<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Hinting at temptation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Or maybe it’s just us<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Foolishly reconsidering<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">The good advice from<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Our Guardian Angels<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Battle commences<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Good versus Evil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">And then it ends</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">In the blink of an eye</span></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-64710563984386229062014-02-19T10:01:00.003-05:002014-02-19T10:01:16.547-05:00Stuck In The Mud<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">To Say<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">No words<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Today<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">So here<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">I’ll stay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">But that’s<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Okay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">For then<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">I may<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Not stray<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Into<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">The fray<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">I pray<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Or nay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">So grey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">My feet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Of clay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Nothing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">To say<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">But that’s</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Okay</span></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-47196885175469374352014-02-18T09:32:00.001-05:002014-02-18T09:33:22.022-05:00Status Quo<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">The Status Quo<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">The ebb and flow<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Not what you’ve learned<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">But who you know<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Just stay in line<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Keep yours, leave mine<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Don’t try to win<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">And you’ll be fine<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Work hard each day<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Authority</span></b></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-73329213204927475842014-02-17T10:04:00.000-05:002014-02-17T10:04:06.720-05:00Steal This Poem<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">(I really don’t know ‘em)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">But I keep hoping that<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Someone steals my poem<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">I won’t complain one bit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">In fact, I’ll bless the day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">My words are good enough</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">To get stolen away</span></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-86299266085319971672014-02-14T09:48:00.002-05:002014-02-14T09:49:22.711-05:00Cue-pid<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 31.5pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">O valentine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">My valentine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Can I be yours?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Will you be mine?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">If you will not<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Well, that’s just fine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">I’ll give myself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">This valentine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">But if you just<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Give me a sign<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">I’ll jump for joy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">And pour the wine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Until you do<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">I’ll stand in line<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">O valentine</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My valentine</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span>
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Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-3914442801510557732014-02-12T09:46:00.003-05:002014-02-12T09:46:57.003-05:00Gratitude<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">I’m grateful for<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">Open hearts and open minds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">Compassion and love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">Friendships and family<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">Forgiveness and second chances<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">Music and natural beauty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">Sunrise and sunset<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">The birds and the bees<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">A cool breeze on a hot day</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #bf9000;">And lemonade</span></span></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-21898410088547176662014-02-11T09:19:00.000-05:002014-02-11T09:19:31.298-05:00Nullified<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Sitting in his recliner<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Head tilted back lazily<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Footrest extended fully<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Talking to himself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">His own best friend<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Though not by choice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Just the way it is now<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">The way it has to be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Mind lost in the TV<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Watching a filtered world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Or just mildly amused<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Passive but not aggressive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Alone but not alone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Once pride did reside<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Now a static wall inside<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Built to protect both sides<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">And there he hides<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Just the way it is now</span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">The way it has to be</span></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-91385525422743411402014-02-10T10:49:00.001-05:002014-02-10T10:49:32.239-05:00Your Gravity<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 31.5pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Your gravity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">That evil thing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Ever-present<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Always ready<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">To pull you down<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Always ready<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">To keep you down<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Always ready<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">To stop you from<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Rising back up<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">But overcome<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Your gravity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">And you triumph</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Victorious</span></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-3025324341387516622014-02-07T17:02:00.002-05:002014-02-07T17:02:46.142-05:00I Never<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Never jumped out of a plane, never ate a rattlesnake<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Never won a big lottery, never threw a birthday cake<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Never snorkeled on a reef, never washed out with the
tide<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Never proved that God exists and, as yet, have never
died</span>Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-55686220664681935922014-02-07T10:59:00.000-05:002014-02-07T11:00:12.600-05:00Elementary<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>I would rather train<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>A stable of elephants<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Than try to explain<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>The Table of Elements<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>This strange arrangement<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>So methodical<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>A change in raiment <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Periodical<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Thus, our human curse<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>This fantastic pox<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Puts the universe<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>In a plastic box<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Losing random grace<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Natural order<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Choosing human race<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Obsessive sorter<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Seems logical, but<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>We don’t understand<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>With eyes and hearts shut</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>We change what God planned</b></span></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-9156794071782923752014-02-06T10:22:00.001-05:002014-02-06T10:24:19.912-05:00Plainly Pretending Prose<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; tab-stops: 31.5pt;">
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Peter Piper picked a peck
of plain peppers</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Then he prepared them for
pickling</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Particularly because one
cannot pick<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">A peck of already-pickled
peppers</span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-14774481363577866322014-02-06T09:52:00.003-05:002014-02-06T09:52:35.177-05:00Tiles<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; tab-stops: 31.5pt;">
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">A howling wolf<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">An angel sipping soup from<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">A spoon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">An Arctic ice floe rainbow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">A morning mountain range<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">An alien’s face<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">A caterpillar wearing <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">An oddly- decorative bow</span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249823059195376824.post-18210751705998314882014-02-05T10:15:00.001-05:002014-02-05T10:16:13.136-05:00Can’t You See Me Fly?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Rising above the crowd</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Not a rocket, nor a bird</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">An amazing phenomenon</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">An inexplicable miracle</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Me, arms outstretched</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Slowly gaining altitude</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Persisting and intent</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">On sharing my true joy</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Yet the crowd doesn’t see</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Does not react to me</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Surely I’m not invisible?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">And I cry out in rage</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">“You’re all idiots!”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">As I hover and glide</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">An unnoticed miracle</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Flying over their heads</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I
sang her a song<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And
she sang along<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Gung-ho,
I hung on<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We
smoked a long bong<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">That
was engineered wrong<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It
wrung-out my lungs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Like
King Kong<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Playing
ping-pong<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Bang!
Ding! Clang!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dang! That stung!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I
drank some Tang<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Then
walked my dog, Fang<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dung
was flung<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It
clung to Fang’s bung<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I
left to go hang<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">With
my young gang<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The
bell was rung<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But
I’d forgotten to bring<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My
signet ring<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I
felt a deep pang<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Clinging,
stinging shame<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And
now, once again<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I’m
called upon to sing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Of
the unsung heroes</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">With
hidden angel wings</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">At
a loss for<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Words
can build or they can<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Demolish
old temples and denounce old<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Gods
and men are both imperfect<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Beings
evolve at the slowest rate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Possible
doesn’t always mean<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Practical
men can still find themselves<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">At
a loss for</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Today
is the Chinese New Year<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It
is the Year of the Horse<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">(Wooden
Horse, to be specific)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The
horse denotes consumerism<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">An
increase in commercial activity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But
it can also be a sign of waste<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">People born in the Year of the Horse are
popular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cheerful, skilful with money, and
perceptive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Quick-witted, charming. good with their
hands<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But
they can also be impatient and hot-blooded<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes
they talk too much, and don’t listen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">As
with most things, what they need is balance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Horses
are noble and wise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Gregarious
and well-liked<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Though
prone to lustfulness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Happy
Year of the Horse<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">(Wooden
Horse, to be specific)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">May
we all prosper, cautiously</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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