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Poet Introduction
I'm just a cowboy. I've got some stories to tell and some scores to settle.
Summer's Coming, I'll Miss the Cold and Gray
I told you I was an opposite
Fucking believe me already
It's not your fault
I'll take a little sun
Mostly cloudy though
Still rocks my schizophrenia
With no dog to protect me
How am I supposed to deal?
No, I'm not replacing my dog
To satisfy everyone's quick fix
I'll moan till I'm ready
Until then
Pass me the sunscreen
Summer
Maybe
Fucking believe me already
It's not your fault
I'll take a little sun
Mostly cloudy though
Still rocks my schizophrenia
With no dog to protect me
How am I supposed to deal?
No, I'm not replacing my dog
To satisfy everyone's quick fix
I'll moan till I'm ready
Until then
Pass me the sunscreen
Summer
Maybe
504 reads
15 Comments
Your Key Lime Kiss
We were on the verge of something
Leaning over into your world
A first kiss so telling
Mostly sweet
Just a tad tart
I knew she was mine
Leaning over into your world
A first kiss so telling
Mostly sweet
Just a tad tart
I knew she was mine
874 reads
8 Comments
Help From Where You Least Expect It
My dog is gone almost 4 weeks
The grief is easing a bit
My wife and I were devastated by the loss
We feel good about the life we afforded her
She had all our love and protection
Same as you would do for a child
Still the sadness lingers
Last night around 3am
My wife cooling down from a hot flash
Half asleep she said out loud
"I'm sorry Ginger"
Broke my heart a little more
I found this dog in the utility closet
Can't remember why we bought her
Gave her some air and put her in the living room ...
The grief is easing a bit
My wife and I were devastated by the loss
We feel good about the life we afforded her
She had all our love and protection
Same as you would do for a child
Still the sadness lingers
Last night around 3am
My wife cooling down from a hot flash
Half asleep she said out loud
"I'm sorry Ginger"
Broke my heart a little more
I found this dog in the utility closet
Can't remember why we bought her
Gave her some air and put her in the living room ...
653 reads
12 Comments
Outskirts
I'm not where you'd expect me to be
Everyplace but
In the cover of darkness
or in gentle disguise
Heathen in the side pews of the magnificent church
Godless taking the pipe organ serenade
Pious brethren
They take the wafers
I'm just a visitor
Appreciating the solace
Perhaps an alien
Hanging with that country music feel
No religion still
Starting to get the spiritual
Everyplace but
In the cover of darkness
or in gentle disguise
Heathen in the side pews of the magnificent church
Godless taking the pipe organ serenade
Pious brethren
They take the wafers
I'm just a visitor
Appreciating the solace
Perhaps an alien
Hanging with that country music feel
No religion still
Starting to get the spiritual
628 reads
8 Comments
I don't know anything about you
Yet I'm drawn to you
Listening to classical music
Arvo Part
In darkness there is light
Awakening
Listening to classical music
Arvo Part
In darkness there is light
Awakening
638 reads
10 Comments
Dreaming in Ginger
She comes to me in my dreams
Every other night
Ordinary stuff
Last night she was sniffing for her spot
to do some personal business
Can't tell it it makes me happy or sad
When I wake I look for her on the floor
Then I'm reminded that she's gone
Sleeping is then over for me
Day begins, no wagging tail, that sucks
Every other night
Ordinary stuff
Last night she was sniffing for her spot
to do some personal business
Can't tell it it makes me happy or sad
When I wake I look for her on the floor
Then I'm reminded that she's gone
Sleeping is then over for me
Day begins, no wagging tail, that sucks
636 reads
12 Comments
My Sweet Dog is Gone 10 Days Now
People who have lost pets get it
They know the vacancy in your heart
I pass the box that contains her ashes
Haven't had the will yet to look inside
Her ceremony is on Friday
Friends will gather to see her ashes spread
The park was her favorite place
Trying to climb a tree
or basking in the sunlight on the esplanade
I wrote her eulogy the other day
Kind of wrote itself
First line is :
Why Did She Have to Die ?
I'm gonna have a hard time at the end
The emotion will get to me
I've done...
They know the vacancy in your heart
I pass the box that contains her ashes
Haven't had the will yet to look inside
Her ceremony is on Friday
Friends will gather to see her ashes spread
The park was her favorite place
Trying to climb a tree
or basking in the sunlight on the esplanade
I wrote her eulogy the other day
Kind of wrote itself
First line is :
Why Did She Have to Die ?
I'm gonna have a hard time at the end
The emotion will get to me
I've done...
632 reads
14 Comments
Seeking
Solace
Light
Beauty
Missing her
Dedicating in her honor
Unconditional love
My heart remains shattered
Salty tears
The course it must take
Sad
Grateful
So much love
Light
Beauty
Missing her
Dedicating in her honor
Unconditional love
My heart remains shattered
Salty tears
The course it must take
Sad
Grateful
So much love
926 reads
20 Comments
R.I.P. Ginger
Words will never express
the love of my 16 year old pointer mix
or the sorrow I feel at her passing
She never cried
with the exception of her last day
this past Sunday
My wife and I looked at each other
and we knew we had to end her pain
We had the vet come to us
She was under sedation we gave her
until he could come later that evening
We vowed she would pass at home
instead of having to take her to an animal hospital
She never felt a thing
My beautiful girl
Tears rolling from eyes as I write this ...
the love of my 16 year old pointer mix
or the sorrow I feel at her passing
She never cried
with the exception of her last day
this past Sunday
My wife and I looked at each other
and we knew we had to end her pain
We had the vet come to us
She was under sedation we gave her
until he could come later that evening
We vowed she would pass at home
instead of having to take her to an animal hospital
She never felt a thing
My beautiful girl
Tears rolling from eyes as I write this ...
656 reads
Secular Wafers, Heathens all, Would that be a frigging bag of Doritos ?
Jeez
I don't know
Religion is confusing
I have enough issues without holy wars
French fries and gravy
My last supper of choice
I don't know
Religion is confusing
I have enough issues without holy wars
French fries and gravy
My last supper of choice
660 reads
12 Comments
Your Romantic
I'm your romantic
Breathing your love
Aura
Essence
Nuance
Running to you
Candy kisses
Flame
Locked in
Gaze
Smiles
Float
Breathing your love
Aura
Essence
Nuance
Running to you
Candy kisses
Flame
Locked in
Gaze
Smiles
Float
1079 reads
20 Comments
Tested
Had a 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag morning
My work days are like that
Fixing fuck ups
Selling product
Keeping the profit mojo flowing
It's easy sometimes to feel sorry for myself
It's even easier though to realize that's the way it is
My pay is pretty good
I earn it fixing chaos of others
A day without mayhem is like winning lotto
Not too many complaints though
As good as I think I am
I'm replaceable in a heartbeat
No robots though
Not yet anyway
My work days are like that
Fixing fuck ups
Selling product
Keeping the profit mojo flowing
It's easy sometimes to feel sorry for myself
It's even easier though to realize that's the way it is
My pay is pretty good
I earn it fixing chaos of others
A day without mayhem is like winning lotto
Not too many complaints though
As good as I think I am
I'm replaceable in a heartbeat
No robots though
Not yet anyway
588 reads
7 Comments
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