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  June 2022     9 months ago

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One Thousand On The Road

I watched one thousand people walk along a darkened road –
A road which, leading nowhere, passed nearby my poor abode.
All steady and without a sound they moved as by one mind.
I waited by my door to ask them what they thought to find.

 
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The Worker

He’d a spark in his eye and a bounce in his stride
As he walked down the road with a bag at his side.
He was seventeen years on the day he left home
To find happiness henceforth the wide world to roam.

 
“Fare-thee-well my dear mother, someday...

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A Dissonance

I am full of love, my friend,
I am so full of love.

For I love my fellow people
And I love the stars above
And each soft and furry critter
And the sinless birds that twitter
And the whole of this creation
And each free and warless nation.
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Person

I am not a person
For a person is a person
Of complete and single character
Unique but comprehensible
Who sees the world and judges
With a clarity of principle
All clear of doubt and terror
Of a universe in peril
Since the worries of the...

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The Outlaw

The dust that lined the desert floor was cracking from the heat,
Where rats and toads were scared to go and lizards burnt their feet,
A thousand leagues from blade of grass or cloud to block the sun,
The outlaw walked relentless with a hand...

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