Charlie F. Kane Poems

Lord, if you could hear me now!
Just what would you think?
Would it come as no surprise to you,
Maybe you’ve already guessed
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What do you mean
When you say you would have me
If the circumstances were different?
Do you say this as drunken meaningless?
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The poet at 19 and 9 days
Has not entirely changed.
Still I fall into my old ways
Even though I should have aged.
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Songbird left lonely in summertime,
Even through death you still shine
Because there’s nothing left of you
But the recorded sound of your soul
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The rain pours down into the night
And the lonesome actor sighs
You know that he was never one to fool you.
And the crumbling powers march in the street
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I am reminded of you by certain songs,
I recall you once told me you liked them,
Back when we were still talking to each other.
I try to listen to other music now.
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I love your painted smile,
It reminds me you are human,
Not the idealized work of art
That I sometimes believe you are.
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It is summertime
And all the clouds run away,
In the summertime
The glare sears my eyes
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Queen Mary holds onto my memory
And resides inside my dreams,
A sad-eyed beauty of distant country.
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In the graveyard she lies wailing
Over the corpse of a man she never knew,
With moonlight and butterflies for company,
I only wish I could lay dead flowers too.
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