Bill Grace Poems

The dog
With the roll
Of pig's treat in its mouth
Was so absurd
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Watching the young woman,
in the restaurant where you could leave
your cell phone at your table and expect
to find it when you came back,
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With the yapping Corgi puppy walked
Daughter safely an Oklahoma Indian reservation
Wife heating up hot shower pipes
I can at last do
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When Gabby Hayes is more than name,
When clean public rest rooms are not academic
When honor over victory is no longer the province of party
When you see the miracle of movement of every limb
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When Gabby Hayes is more than name,
When clean public rest rooms are not academic
When honor over victory is no longer the province of party
When this list is growing.
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The puppy protests he is wrapped around a tree
Constraint of leash the reason he is not free
But growl he will and carry on with me
As he only understands it is I who move
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Black Friday did not sell:
A warm coat against the bitter snows of Valley Forge
Morphine for Gettysburg and Shiloh wounded
A patch of breathable air at Belleau Wood
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The Lady had twenty three stores
Yet she wanted more
I was too busy being impressed
To notice she was oppressed
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Seated in the restaurant’s bar section
Early twenties they entered
He with nicely developing beard not yet full
She with breasts denying
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