John F. McCullagh Poems

tune Elvis' Heartbreak hotel (Chorus 1) [Chorus 2]
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Father Time stood undefeated.
Bonds came close, but Barry Cheated.
Roger Clemens had a career for the ages
but oft fell prey to roid based rages.
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For years we've consumed
far more than we grow-
preferring to reap
what we disdained to sow.
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He’d offered her his hand to dance
Politely, she’d declined.
“I have promised many others,
-perhaps another time.”
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Although we were told
that casualties would be high,
still we rose up,
answering the officer's whistle-
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There is a place on Goree isle-
It's call the house of slaves.
A port of call for slaver ships
whose crews no saint could save.
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A cup of cold branch water,
triple filtered, extra dry.
Bring it to a rolling boil-
in a moment you'll see why.
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Across the sea of time
In a cockleshell I float.
A sea of storms that threaten
my spar and tiny boat.
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I
The pale brunette
was asked to stand
and hear the verdict read.
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If all my life was perfect,
and all right with the world.
My pen would suffer from disuse.
My parchment not unfurled.
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