Its been a long day
I just want to go home
And relax
Kick my shoes off
Fall into bed
Only to rest
Not to sleep
Just to ease
The aches and pains
Maybe watch a movie
Eat a decent meal
Something for me
As a reward
For being so great
It... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 10 Views added 1 year ago
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Sometimes things just don’t
Go as good as you want.
In our imperfect world
That is to be expected.
There’s problems with this and
Problems with that.
It can be overbearing.
If you’re feeling like you just
Can’t take it no more.
Don’t give up.
Call... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 64 Views added 2 years ago
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A patient told the dentist, “To tell the truth,
I don’t like gas or needles, not since my youth”.
That’s when the dentist said,
“Here’s some Viagra instead,
To make something to hold when I pull that... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 10 Views added 2 years ago
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I live in this world.
It is beautiful to me.
I have many friends.
They say there’s more to see.
I really don’t care.
Some of them tease me.
They brag about their view.
They have hope for me.
Maybe someday I’ll see it too.
I don’t care.
... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 12 Views added 2 years ago
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I was blind
But now I see.
It has opened up
A whole new world to me.
This morning I am sitting
On a blanket in the sand.
Waiting for something
That’s supposed to be grand.
I have been told
That there will never be
Anything more beautiful
For me to... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 13 Views added 2 years ago
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There was a time many years ago
Our love for each other we did not know.
When we first met we were barely friends.
But now my love for you has no ends.
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I dream of making love to you each night.
And maybe one of these days I just might.
The... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 13 Views added 2 years ago
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When I first saw you I knew
That I just had to have you.
You were so very sweet and kind
I wished that you could be mine.
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I was married though you were free.
It seemed our love could never be.
I was older and you were young.
But I knew we could... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 8 Views added 2 years ago
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She was a lonely little girl and friends she had none
But she met a boy today who promised her lots of fun
Online she did meet him, he said his name was Stevie
Said that he was all alone and friends he wanted to be
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They laughed and played online,... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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I was sitting at home and all seemed to be fine
Then my girlfriend got angry and started to whine
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She said we don’t have any money and you don’t have a clue
And I’m tired of you sitting around like you do
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I tried to tell her I had something... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 12 Views added 2 years ago
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An old farmer that died had left all of his lands
To the wife that loved him but had delicate hands
She had to hire a man to help her along the way
It didn’t matter to her when he said he was gay
... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 14 Views added 2 years ago
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How did I get my life in such a big mess?
I look around me, nothing but emptiness.
Where oh where God did it all go wrong?
My wife once loved me, now she is gone.
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I tried so hard to be the best man I could be
But one day she wanted nothing to do... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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A wife asked her husband to go to the store.
Please buy just what I want and nothing more.
Just a carton of milk and if there’s avocados six.
I need the milk for tomorrow to put in my mix.
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The husband was back soon, didn’t take him long.
The wife... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 2 Views added 2 years ago
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A lot of people in Washington DC saw a UFO today.
I think that it’s true and I believe in what they say.
But I want them to know that before they set down,
If you’re looking for intelligence, you’re in the wrong... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 12 Views added 2 years ago
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There once was a man from Nantucket
Who had to fetch all his water in a bucket.
The road to the river was a hell of a long ways
And he had to do this for most of his days.
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Then he decided that he can’t do this no more
No one appreciates me doing... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 42 Views added 2 years ago
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From the ship’s deck we could all see over there
A man desperately waving his hands up in the air.
He was on a small island and had a long beard
He was jumping around and acting all weird.
I asked the Captain and what he had to say
Is the guy is a... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 9 Views added 2 years ago
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When I begin I am flying but my heart rate is normal.
As I close in on my destination the intensity is strong.
When it’s time to go my heart beats like never... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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A man riding his motorbike on a lone highway
Heard the voice of God speaking to him today.
God said since you been loyal, tell you what I’ll do
I’ll grant you one big wish, what can I get for you?
... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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When grandpa died I went home to check
if grandma was okay or a nervous wreck.
Grandma’s fine but I found out that when
he was making love he died there in the den.
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It was something I never thought I’d hear.
Both were past ninety up there in their... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 29 Views added 2 years ago
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It all started a while back don’t you know.
Three hundred and sixty-five days ago.
The end of the year is finally here.
Will the new year bring you more joy than fear?
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Twelve more months to fore fill your fantasies.
Fifty-two weeks to help your... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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Here I sit, I’m broken-hearted,
wish that we had never parted.
My smile has turned upside down
since you are no longer around.
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I wonder why you had to leave.
Something I still cannot conceive.
I tried so hard to make things... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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As I lay here feeling lonely, in pain,
I hear the lonely whistle of a train.
I’ll likely die laying here in the rain.
I was stupid and got shot in the brain.
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A scam by you I could never believe.
Thought I was in love, too blind to see.
Now you... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 11 Views added 2 years ago
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I got up this morning, I fell out of bed.
I fell to the floor and I hit my head.
I bent over to clean the blood on the floor,
I hit my head again, this time on the door.
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I figured I better get out of that room,
before something else happens,... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 2 Views added 2 years ago
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As I was on the couch, watching TV,
minding my own business,
I was snatched up
and placed in a container.
As I laid there,
wondering what was going on,
water began to fill the container.
I couldn’t get away.
My legs wouldn’t... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 1 View added 2 years ago
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From the first day we met,
I knew we’d be friends.
But even I never imagined how good.
Though we were different,
we just got along.
We had so many things different.
We had so many things the same.
The balance of things so... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 36 Views added 2 years ago
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I didn’t exist, but now I do.
A shot in the dark made me appear.
I was nothing but grew into something.
I am safe here, I am happy.
I have a good supply of food and water.
Here I grew into a complete person,
but my time here is short.
I must begin... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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When I was young not much more than a lad
I never appreciated all that I had.
My parents always seemed to live in the past
But when I turn eighteen I’d be free at last.
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I wanted to leave now but I was no fool
I needed an education, I needed... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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I have felt on my face the ocean breeze
I have felt the air before a big freeze
When the wind blows at all on a hot humid day
That moment in time seems perfectly okay
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When Mother Nature is jaded and gets the urge
Upon this Earth a cyclone she... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 8 Views added 2 years ago
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I was very naughty this year
So I don’t expect to see you here.
I also wanted to let you know
That even though you won’t... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 10 Views added 2 years ago
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Bikers riding by saw a woman about to leap
In a river, off a bridge, that was so very deep.
The leader went over, asked her what was wrong.
She said I am about to jump, my life is not too long.
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Well this woman was pretty, just as pretty as can be.... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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I went hunting yesterday and I shot my first turkey,
but the folks in frozen foods, all seemed scared of me.
Maybe it was just because I was carrying that big... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 2 Views added 2 years ago
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I was walking with my wife in the cool mountain air,
when all of a sudden, there she was.
A flash from the past.
My heart skipped a beat.
I squeezed my wife’s hand.
How I recognized her, I don’t know,
but it was... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 6 Views added 2 years ago
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I need to warn you about a scam going around.
It’s going on at every grocery store in town.
As you load your car with your grocery bags,
2 college girls show up with Windex and rags.
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They’ll press their breasts up against the glass.
The shorts... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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As I near my final destination,
I feel a fire burning in me,
something I’ve never felt before.
It feels as hot as melting steel.
It’s like the fire has consumed me.
Nothing can be done about that now.
The mission must be completed.
My mind is... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 2 Views added 2 years ago
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I anxiously wait to begin,
shivers over my whole body.
My fate may depend on this.
I must decide wisely.
The first step is critical,
and must be cautious and true.
There could be many obstacles,
but if I watch and listen carefully,
I should survive.... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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It was such a long time since I saw you,
although I did think of you so often.
But the distance between us was too great
and the times I did speak with you so few.
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I never thought in a million years’ time
that I would not ever see you again.
That... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 12 Views added 2 years ago
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Ponder this for awhile
If you think giving is out of style
It is if you give to benefit yourself
And not for the good of someone else
If you give from the heart with compassion
Others will know it’s still in fashion
You don’t have to be wealthy to... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 1 View added 2 years ago
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I look out the window and I start to pine
For the girl that I know will never be mine.
She loves another and will be married soon.
The wedding may be as soon as next June.
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She has a really cute smile and a lovely face.
But if she marries she’ll be... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 11 Views added 2 years ago
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What happens to us when we die
Paradise in Heaven or to Hell to fry
Will our previous life warrant a new soul
Or will we just die and lay in a hole
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Buddhists say there are beginnings but no end
Rebirth depends on how your life had been
Your... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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We got married when we were so young.
We laughed and loved and had lots of fun.
And then one day, just out of the blue
You told me that you found someone new.
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I gave you my heart for all of my life.
Now you say you don’t want to be my wife.
What... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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I just came to fart, but I got much more.
Now I have a mess to clean up on the floor.
To look at it you would not think
That it would be such a big stink.
The smell makes me want to hold my nose,
But it needs cleaning up, so here it goes.
I know... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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I was sitting at my computer quiet and alone
Not bothering anyone, just minding my own
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Then a fly started buzzing around my head
I tried to shoo it away, Leave me alone I said
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It continued to pester me, even flew into my ear
For that I... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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There are many definitions
of what a hero could be
And from my sister’s description
that hero could be me
You see my sister needed a kidney
back in nineteen ninety-five
And if it wasn’t for me donating
she wouldn’t be... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 2 Views added 2 years ago
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Two sailors were in the water
because their ship went down.
There was nothing but water
for miles and miles around.
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As they floated on their raft
with only the waves to hear
One sailor said that he wished
this ocean was made of beer.
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Lightning... – by John W Jackson Jr. | 7 Views added 2 years ago
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