Dave Dunn Poems

It was the lonely place
The only place
Though the man was not alone
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How many lies did she tell you
to gain a place in your heart?
Did she play you like all the others
sometimes it doesnt help you being smart
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I'm looking for my red hat
the one that's trimmed with white
I havent worn it recently
but I'll need it soon at night
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A new year dawns as many before,
will 2010 bring what we ask for?
A peaceful future that all can share
with the wealthy showing that they care?
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A passing glance
such a momentary chance
lead them both to spin and dance
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Long lost they lay beneath the ice
in which their skated feet had cut a slice
as once they pirouetted together in delight
on a sparkling winters moonlight night.
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Long runs the sap from the scars on these trees
cuts made by what we cannot yet perceive
was it the mischief of boys and their blades
or maybe the flint tools that bush men had made
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Bliss comes
Bliss goes
Another thorn
From a faded rose
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Port-au-Prince
a concrete mince
Grey dust still haunting that ghostly city,
settling on every surface, every cold still body....
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She seemed so decent,
she seemed so kind.
Only time told the truth of it
and quite nearly took my mind.
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