Bill Grace Poems

Few marriages are made in heaven
These are among the harsh and hidden ways of life
So when you choose your life long friend and love
Remember that you also choose a business partner
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Candy given to comfort at take off
Spontaneous applause in landing
Our guides grand father murdered by Stalin's men
The vastness of her Western steppe experienced
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Sometimes, alone in the chapel - a silence that rings
And an opportunity to remember them.

More than their weapons, once feared,
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The surprise in being well retired
Are the things that are no longer discretionary
To help keep you on the planet:
The pills, the exercise, the nutritional care
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It was an English publication - 1932,
In the States a rough equivalent of 'Better Homes and Gardens'
But there was one strange twist as
It sang of one glorious enough to be:
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The bank offers an attractive interest rate
But charges for a counter check
Nickel and dime.
The airline offers an attractive fare
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If the great and intricate machine of government fails
The the great land of buy-buiy-buy will be no more
The pawns are in the stores
Backed by knights and bishops
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Milk and cookies end the day
A most strange way to welcome night
But night comes and sight is lost
The immediacy of cold and sweet
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I have heard the rumor
From one vastly more lettered than myself
That Mark Twain in his dotage
Had a circle of young women
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