Richard Jarboe Poems

Economic issues in these times
Are but ghosts of nickels and dimes
To print pretend money will set us free,
So I'll pretend to work for you,
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Walking over the span that's over sea and land,
I'll show her I'm no lower than the man,
Who told her he wanted to hold her hand.
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I just went to the Beat Museum
These poets are obviously dead,
These were sardonic, original men,
Not fit for anything else, than what they did.
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I like to listen to the news,
Every morning when I drive,
I believe the news stands for
N-ot E-veryone W-ill S-urvive.
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The pointless are careless,
The careless are fearless,
The fearless are clueless,
The clueless are pointless,
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jesse james was a legend
jesse james was a killer,
jesse james was shot in the back.
There's a time to wrap it up, a time to begin,
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Before I turn out the light,
Before the next nightmare begins,
I think of bones
The condition of my sins.
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They say she must have been no good,
She must have been a whore,
Or part of a drug gang,
She was working for.
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