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What’s My Name?
What’s my name? You may have seen it in the papers Saw the lines ’round my face and you read about my latest capers What’s my name? It’s on everybody’s lips Who’s hip, who’s tripped, who’s slipped, who’s got a … Continue reading
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Tagged expectations, identity, illusions, mass media, perceptions, success
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This Song
You won’t ever hear this song It won’t be finished ’til you’re long gone and you never liked country radio. It doesn’t matter, then, I guess, if what I say is more or less an echo of unspoken “told you … Continue reading
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Tagged disappointment, failure, illusions, relationships, songs, success
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No Useful Illusions
What useful illusions we once had are gone: that governments serve, that the lowliest pawns with slow forward motion may yet become kings. How quickly it seems that the simplest things become complicated and mired in deceit, and minor successes … Continue reading
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Tagged catastrophes, disasters, frustration, governments, Hurricane Katrina, illusions, New Orleans, recovery
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The Aftermath
Ain’t no use in looking back; your eyes will be fooled by the mirror. What seemed once to be so small, becomes too big and crystal clear Ain’t no use in laying blame; The line between who’s right and wrong … Continue reading
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Tagged catastrophes, disappointment, disasters, dreams, Hurricane Katrina, illusions, regret
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Hallows 2005
Tonight the veil between the worlds wears thin and feels as sheer as gossamer. To touch its fabric is to let the shadows in, to find one’s means of light only a crutch that guides us, just a mere footstep … Continue reading
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Tagged Halloween, illusions, intentions, paganism, power, ritual, Samhain
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Yesterday’s Angels
Baby’s got a hole in her shoe Tells me she’s not sure what to do All her watercolors have turned to blue Said she wanted a choice, but now there’s nothing left to choose Tells me that her well’s about … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, control, freedom, illusions, regret, relationships
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Not Much of Everything
What is belief except a means to reach beyond the limits safe within our grasp to learn from the unknown what it may teach? If in that fertile darkness, courage fails, as well as our illusions of defense, what is … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, daily poems, darkness, faith, illusions, light, living, substance
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