Raymond Farrell Poems

It is so-called freedom
Unfettered by responsibility
Devoid of set standards
Of virtually any kind
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You'd think
given the appalling state
of American schools
versus
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It was decades ago
But I vividly remember
The first, and last time
I was in Times Square, New York
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All along the trail
as they were force-marched
the twelve thousand Cherokee people
sang Christian hymns
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We live in a world
Where liars figure
And hence figures lie
Statistics Canada is a prime example
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The British should see themselves as lucky
Having done most of their dirty deeds on the sly
When there were no journalists with cameras
And no one to record or ask why
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There is a feeling of expectation
Preceding the first fall of snow
It builds after the first frost
Fall colors are swept from treetops
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Joe he went to college
He was a college boy
He spent four years at college
Much to mother's joy
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