John F. McCullagh Poems

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311.
One Taken, One Left

They were brothers born a year apart,
the elder just nineteen.
Folks said they were inseparable-
Unbeatable as a team..
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312.
Twenty One Steps

Despite the wind and driving rain,
At their posts they must remain.
In woolen garb and white glove dress,
Twenty one steps, no more no less.
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313.
Homecoming

Grandfather built, with his own hands
The house we children called our home.
A fine expanse of stone and brick,
a castle that was ours alone.
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314.
Chapel Of Love

She was likely in a drunken daze
when she wed, unknowingly.
A Vegas drive in chapel
Was the spot they did the deed.
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315.
Again

It had been some years
since you and I
had shared any stage and time
but here we are
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316.
50 Years On

Twelve thirty five
three shots ring out.
The Presidents been hit.
He's dying, no doubt.
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317.
When Sleeping Beauty Died

Her parents weren't there to cry
The day that sleeping beauty died.
First Dad, then Mother, slipped away
as their comatose daughter slept each day.
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318.
In The Moment

In the empty stands
Our champion sat.
Sans fans
and sans applause.
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319.
The Temptation

We have many faces
but we are all the same:
the drudges of existence,
the drones in life's great game.
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320.
Half-Life: A Prophecy

They died; they all died, without a moan;
their final passage writ in stone.
Dark shadows here and there you see
where Jews passed to eternity.
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