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Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:28 pm

my downtrodden friends
yes the soup kitchen for me
christmas on the streets
It always happens when you least expect it. AC
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Christmas on the streets,
polished trumpet in my hand:
sally army band.
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Thu Dec 24, 2009 7:22 am

sally army band
warm tones of a small brass band
fresh snow in the air.
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Fresh snow in the air.
I sneezed without controlling:
powder everywhere.
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powder everywhere
and disguarded bath towels,
she would not be late.
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She would not be late
Her son would be born on time
A Merry Christmas
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Sat Dec 26, 2009 10:55 am

A Merry Christmas
Oranggunung, my friend.
And Happy New Year!
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
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Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:50 pm

And Happy New Year
humbug and hub hub all done
now time to move on
It always happens when you least expect it. AC
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Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:25 pm

Now time to move on
I hear the tick tock clock
try to run faster.
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'Try to run faster!'
So said my athletic son.
Still New Years Day comes.
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Still New Years Day comes.
blow away cobwebs of past
let the new year in.
It always happens when you least expect it. AC
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let the new year in
the taste of twilight lingers
on my lover's lips.
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on my lover's lips
the taste of port
in a storm
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Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:37 am

in a storm
locks pressed by the wind
chasing downfeathers
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Thu Dec 31, 2009 5:26 pm

chasing downfeathers
and scattering seed with speed
The gander's grander.
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Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:02 pm

The gander's grander,
after Christmas day dinner.
- safe for a while more.
War does not determine who is right - only who is left. (Bertrand Russell)
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Safe for a while more
I retreat to normal life,
soothe the battered bank.



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Soothe the battered bank
forward now full steam ahead
into the new year
It always happens when you least expect it. AC
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Into the new year
where strange fortunes await me.
Should I hope... or fear?
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Should I hope. . . or fear?
Relentless, a tick tock clock;
time is running out.
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Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:06 pm

time is running out
watching the clock, tick, tick ,tock
must not miss the train
It always happens when you least expect it. AC
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Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:11 am

Must not miss the train
of thought other poets ride;
open up my mind.
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open up my mind
look see feel express all thoughts
with paper and pen
It always happens when you least expect it. AC
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with paper and pen,
I pour out my heart
and bare my soul.
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Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:27 pm

and bare my soul
but in my nightgown running
to look at the stars
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