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JerryPat2
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0 posted 2018-04-13 09:31 AM



Bad


stretched as far as I could toward the sky
giggling like a schoolgirl
as I fell
with a thud from grace
in the immoral clutches
of my Sunday School teacher
having bitten into the flesh of life
savored the saccharine
for sweetness had been laced with dread
walked down scary roads
entered into heretofore unknown
worlds lustful and bloody
tasting bright lights
quenching my thirst at
the Last Chance Lounge and Fleshpit
social order run amok
took my shoes off
rolled up my pants legs
and wallowed into the deep-end of the sewer
I attacked the world, both fist clenched
gritting my teeth
giving no quarter, asking for none
saw things which trouble me still
not such a nice place out there
but then
I wasn't looking for nice

old now
never ever thought this far ahead
when I thought at all
thought I'd be room temperature
long before now
just goes to show you
even bad
has a chance

©November 30, 2017 / Jerry Pat Bolton

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

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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere
1 posted 2018-04-13 10:46 AM


You just never know and it isn't over until it's over. ~L
JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
2 posted 2018-04-13 11:13 AM


Yep, you are so right, Lori. That is an old saying which has proven to be truthful. I appreciate your read and take on my thoughts.

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

Bluesy Socrateaser
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since 2002-11-07
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In The Mirror
3 posted 2018-04-13 12:00 PM


Probably didn't have many people following you Jerry, though some do wallow in hard times.

Others avoid it at all costs.

...just bein' Bluesy

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
4 posted 2018-04-13 01:08 PM


Yep you know whereof you speak, Blusey. "Others avoid it at all costs." I suppose I was cut from a different cloth, I ran toward trouble at breakneck speed, not the wises choice I will admit.

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

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