Richard Jarboe Poems

To alter the downward spiral of humanity
Take a hard look at the lucky penny.
If there is any truth to this myth,
Collect your pennies and toss them as a gift.
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What you see comes from,
What you can't see.
The coarse and the fine
Reduced to time.
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Upheaval can take millions of years to start,
Then mountains pile up and tear sea beds apart,
And when land crashes into land,
Things disappear in the sand.
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Where else would music come from
If not from the soul
Hell, I can't read this riggamaroll
When you sing the blues
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It's the hardest part of the day,
Saying good bye to you,
Over and over again,
Saying good bye to you.
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Above are layers of atmosphere, stratosphere,
Below layers of topsoil, rock and clay,
People in layers rich and poor,
Cities built on top of cities, on top of cities.
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I am the Hydrocarbon Cat,
And you are my Copy Cat,
I am on display,
And part of your dismay.
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I feel like Billy the Kid,
I broke the law, but not clear what I did,
So now I'm hiding in a hole,
Hey, there's so many laws, I can't remember them all.
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In the USA,
They want to put dead guy pictures on cigarette packs.
With that brilliant logic in mind, I say put dead guy stickers on:
car windshields(dead guys in wrecks)
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I helped a baby bird live,
I found him on the ground,
Almost dead,
Most profound.
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