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Rex Allen McCoy
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since 2000-01-30

Posts 2863
Sippin a Timmy's in London

0 posted 2013-02-27 06:54 PM

~~~
Tis a gladness found in sadness
mostly pleasure
wince of pain
From an odor round the barroom
none the boys could e'er explain
Like a billowed line of washin'
after gentle fallen rain
Tis the wail of spring befallin'
on a barfly
oh ... the shame
~
Lo
there's homework
I'm the tender
to a list of things that broke
Ere the boss be sharing surely
words no poet ever spoke
Lazy good for nothing boozer
paint the fence and fix the gate
You want a pint ... you must be kidding
Plow the forty ... 'fore it's late
~
Down the misty path of memories
thoughts of Kelsey's brew appears
In a vision almost godly
round a table rests my peers
And no memory tarries longer
forceful
clearer
sweeter
stronger
than ol' Kelsey pouring liquor at the bar
I sheds a tear
~
Summer sadness tans bare shoulders
to replace the winter's shun
And the kids each day
they greet me ... Morning Dad
YOUR IT ... then run
Lord
I never knew that Heaven
'twas the place beyond my wall
Till I heard my children laugh
while toasting mallows in the fall
~
Though breath of Heaven
washed the aftertaste
of Kelsey's from my life
And forever I'll be holding ... dear
new memories
with my wife
I am angered at the sign
that hangs atop ol' Kelsey's door
. . . NO BARFLIES . . .
. . . CASH RESPECTED . . .
~
Sure
His wife now runs the bar
~~~

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2013-02-27 07:20 PM

Hah! Ain't dat da way it goes? No barflies? What kinda joint is that anyway? Cash? Everything has gone to hell in a hand basket . . .

~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways . . . ~*~

Sunshine

Administrator

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2013-02-27 07:28 PM

Oh Rex, you did it! Thank you for comin' thru the gate!

quote:

Lord
I never knew that Heaven
'twas the place beyond my wall
Till I heard my children laugh
while toasting mallows in the fall

and your last lines...were the cheese on the apple pie!

Victoria

Member Ascendant

since 2000-08-12

Posts 5869

3 posted 2013-02-27 07:32 PM

I wish you could see me singing along with this poem...great rhythm...a fun read Rex.

~Victoria

I was adored once too.
William Shakespeare

MGROVES

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since 2004-02-01

Posts 3802
california

4 posted 2013-02-27 07:40 PM

nicely done.

My spirit will rise
above the sea~
There will be no drowning
of my soul or me~

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2013-02-28 02:14 AM

Great ending, Rex.
Ida

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

6 posted 2013-03-01 02:18 AM

kinda thought this might be an Obama poem by the title

enjoyed it

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

7 posted 2013-03-01 04:58 AM

Enjoyed reading this, dear Rex. So vivid and with a powerful message.

Margherita

"Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love."
(Rumi)

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