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Duets---A Love Story
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Duets---A Love Story |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
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author's note: author takes no meaning of this and is a standerby and a durned good guy Falling asleep in a swing back spindly old chair No light penetrating my wispy unkempt long hair How long has it been since I bathed or even shaved My wife threatening to leave me but that I forgave I’ll spend hours in this chair I’ll sing to it I guess Cuz no one wants to hear my Janis Joplin duets Conservatism is bleak with banner held high I’m free with my love but my wife knows I’m shy Someone told me that they were getting real sleepy Durned those right-wingers trying to rub off on me I’ll sit here in this swing back spindly old chair Refuse to fall asleep; there’s Republicans out there There’s Noah and his Arky they came along two by two Why can’t my wife and I get along like they do? There’s a peace rally in the sky someday we’ll both die But right now the spindles are cutting into my thighs Durned old chair it creaks as I softly whimper a tune Mixed in a few others I’ll be slobbering real soon Bud is my buddy and hair pins my good friends They pinch me in places if dreams soon descend So please you don’t tell my wife that I am sleepy I might always be wrong but in this I need be Righter than a right-winger who loves Debra Winger And thinks that John Tesh is a hack of a singer I woke up in the morning my head was still spinning Spill the Wine on the turn style my wife wasn’t grinning You might all say that sleeping is sure a good thing But now in this big house I’m confined to the right wing Mopping the spillage and watching Grizzly Adams Thinking bout the lost boys died fighting ole Saddam I wave my banner high as my own kids hiss at me God Bless America where at least I know I’m free You might say that I stink and I sing like a cow And that you’re a liberal I’ve defamed you some how But I’m just a lover, daddy, and poet by trade And you’re just a chair in Red China you were made [This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (edited 04-28-2000).] |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
Me thinks you need to put the record player down slowly...and get some sleep!! LOL I can tell you've got alot on your mind right now Walt...as you've been very descriptive!!! Now kiss your wife...and get to bed!!!!  Open arms can be the most fragile in the world... |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
Well now... Ahem... I uh.... Wow! LOL walt...actually, this is a strange, (understatement) poem, BUT, you've also amnaged to lay down some fine groundwork morals here... I read a lot into this that you may or may not have intentioned. Either way, it tickles my tummy, but sits well with me!  |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow |
Walt, Can I go to sleep now?...LOL Honestly I love this, it shines with your talent as a poet. As for that chair I think it's time to get a new one before it swallows you whole...LOL |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
yuh i hope this wasnt bad timing with the vietnam poems and all maybe its just too silly but there is stuff there im trying to convey yuh from a standersby perspective mostly yuh...any ways thank yall for reading it and concentrating on it yuh The doctor said, "You're almost dead. Don't eat green bananas no more." The sick little monkey groaned and said, "But that's what I 1-2 the 3-4." from The Monkey--Shel Silverstein |
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Rex Allen McCoy Member Elite
since 2000-01-30
Posts 2863Sippin a Timmy's in London |
Keep writing Walt ... your poem reminds me of myself from time to time Rex}>{{{{o> |
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Mistikman Senior Member
since 2000-01-10
Posts 682San Jose, CA, USA |
LOL Excellent work walt ditto on what the people above me said |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
thanx guys i'll try not to lose faith |
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pen of passion Member
since 1999-08-11
Posts 234 |
Excellente Walt. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Walt I see someone who is hurt. I see the chair, does it sit at your puter? Bud I'm sure there's more to this than meets the eye, the ark and all, are we speaking of the forums here? |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
white dove yuh the swing back chair sits in front of my puter...lost dreamer said she was sleepy so i wrote a poem bout fallin asleep in front of the puter...but yuh i related it to myself im not exactly the person in the poem but i am different than my family in regards to my dedication to poetry and it does get me in trouble...i spend too much time in front of this thing!!!The doctor said, "You're almost dead. Don't eat green bananas no more." The sick little monkey groaned and said, "But that's what I 1-2 the 3-4." from The Monkey--Shel Silverstein |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Walt~ An amazing poem with talent that shines through Great read... Tracie~ Keep all the windows of your mind open Anne Rooks |
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lucky Senior Member
since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601Idaho |
I can relate to that..!!! I can feel a hiaku coming on but I'm lost for words... |
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WolfsMate Member
since 2000-01-14
Posts 121New York |
Another awesome verse Walt!! "You never have to worry...Never fear for I am near" |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
I dunno about John Tesh as a singer, but he's a durned good pianist... like you're a durned good... um...poet... yeah - that's what yer wife said.... Now, do you still respect me??? ..  |
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