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John Yaws
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since 1999-10-09
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0 posted 2000-10-20 09:05 PM



I sit out on the front porch-
And I sadly reminisce,
And wonder how, a plan like ours
Could ever go amiss.

How all the money that I saved-
Could just go up in smoke,
And all my dreams for you and me…
Could now seem like a joke.

I think about when we were young,
And thought we were in love.
Time served to prove how wrong we were,
As push turned into shove.

So passing years, and traveled miles-
More surely than a school…
Teach us lessons about life,
And prove that we are fools.

Only fools will build their dreams-
Upon life’s shifting sand.
On things as flighty as the vows
By woman, or a man.

I look back on my classes-
On mistakes which I have made…
I guess if learning is the goal,
I made a passing grade.

© Copyright 2000 John R. Yaws - All Rights Reserved
Denise
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1 posted 2000-10-20 09:19 PM


Hey, I think we attended the same school!! Very well written, John!

Denise

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EXCELLENT!!   -SEA
Marge Tindal
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3 posted 2000-10-21 10:35 PM


Slinger~
Hmmmmm !
You fared better than most -
Me ?  I think I'll go back to school !

Enjoy your writes always !
~*Marge*~


~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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