A Wing and a Prayer (You Know What They Say pt II)

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

0 posted 2012-05-10 01:40 PM

A Wing and a Prayer

Here's round two, just for you, if you thought it wasn't true...
When I told you ol' Bob here was dead.
Cause if it walks like a duck, smells like it's out of luck...
And there's more meat on a chicken's forehead.

Sure, he was smooth as silk, but now it's just spilt milk...
The road to hell is paved with good intention...
'Twas all coming up roses, but right under your noses
The cure was lost to the price of no prevention.

Still, it ain't time well spent, trying to reinvent
The wheel from this side of the tracks.
A horse of the same color, just pour me another;
It's motivation, not inspiration that lacks!

It's the devil you know, after all, like a fly on the wall...
The story changes each time that you spin it.
It's what you say, not do; Just ask Bob, he'll tell you;
You can't win the game unless you're in it!

And Jack's a dull boy, with no time to enjoy
The world at the edge of his feet.
It's the price that you pay, building Rome in a day
For a different drummer with the same ol' worn out beat.

Early to bed, early to rise, it's funny how time flies...
And absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Wham Bam! Thank you mam, now don't be such a ham,
Who'd buy the cow while getting their milk free?

Foot bleeding, gun in hand, great balls of fire, be damned!
It's near enough to drive one to drinking.
Just add one more chief to this Indian's grief...
Before sailing, I know my ship was sinking.

Still, no future in the past; he who laughs loudest laughs last,
For all that the devil may care.
There's a moral you know? Easy come, easy go...
We all live but on a wing and a prayer.

Michael Anderson

Startime1955
Senior Member

since 2012-04-22

Posts 1072
Alberta, Canada

1 posted 2012-05-10 02:53 PM

I laugh...I cry...I say OH MY...I really enjoyed reading this poem...

*may our dreams ever be magical*

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2012-05-10 03:16 PM

I'm breathing hard like I just walk a mile backward, Michael. Damn! This poem is on speed.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

3 posted 2012-05-10 11:48 PM

Um, I'd read part I and I tried to think of more and I couldn't.

Your poetry always amazes me.

It's so lovely to be able to share the blue page with you again Michael.

JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

4 posted 2012-05-21 02:09 PM

Holy smokin' catfish...
I don't think you miss one.
I thought I knew what they say, but
I can see I was out in left field with that thought.

Enjoyed, Michael!!

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

5 posted 2012-06-04 02:10 PM

There's no such thing as worn out words and phrases when you pick up your pen!! For you don't just breathe life into them... you put wings on their feet (no pun intended... thinking Mercury here, not iambic! LOL)

Loved every line!!!

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