Ah Fleety. where are you now
I've got a little black book with my poems in.
Got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb in.
When I'm a good dog, they sometimes throw me a bone in.
I got elastic bands keepin my shoes on.
Got those swollen hand blues.
Got thirteen channels of tulip on the T.V. to choose from.
I've got electric light.
And I've got second sight.
And amazing powers of observation.
And that is how I know
When I try to get through
On the telephone to you
There'll be nobody home.
I've got the obligatory Hendrix perm.
And the inevitable pinhole burns
All down the front of my favorite satin shirt.
I've got nicotine stains on my fingers.
I've got a silver spoon on a chain.
I've got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains.
I've got wild staring eyes.
And I've got a strong urge to fly.
But I got nowhere to fly to.
Ooooh, Babe when I pick up the phone
There's still nobody home.
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Previously on "Friday Poetry Corner: Isn't Life Strange ?"
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As it is friday...
Women and song now are all very fine
but there isn’t a lot to compare
to the various, glorious fruits of the vine
put in bottles, and just over there.
Savour the vintage of ’79
that’s the best in the world, and it shows.
(It’s really no better than cheap turpentine
with a vastly inferior nose.)
Saccharomyces seems quite anodyne
but sugar’s converting itself
to flavours God gave us to ensure when we dine
that we toast everybody: Your health!
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Friday Poetry Corner: Isn't Life Strange ?
Nations , religions , economies may come and go but the Friday Poetry corner remains eternal.
Dedicated to the Memory of our dear friend Fleet
Isn't Life strange ?
-A turn of the page
Can read like before
Can we ask for more ?
Each day passes by
How hard man will try
The sea will not wait
You know it makes me want to cry
Isn't Love strange ?
-A word we arrange
With no thought or care
- Maker of despair
Each breath that we breathe
With love we must weave
To make us as one
You know
it makes me
want
to cry
Isn't Time strange ?
A turn of the page
A book without light
Unless with love we write
To throw it away -
To lose just a day
The quicksand of Time
You know
it makes me
want
to cryLast edited by AlfredJPruffock; 8 January 2010, 09:32.
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