Robert Sheridan Poems

Reformatory discipline
Prisons maintained here,
there, and everywhere -
rural and in cities...
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Distinguishable thin white line
Drawn in the sand, 'I double
dare you to cross it! '; this
defines one's character, often
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Pertinent pachyderm
Applicable ungulate
Logical sensitivity
Appropriately thick-
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I've ex[per]ienced whatever it
is from one end to the other;
From one sur[face] and side
to the flippin' opp[osite] - oh
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The destitute/NY arrival their ruin
Without subsistence/No resurrection
Deprived of/Elementary emotions
Abandoned hope/Tormented souls
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Mass of smoke and dust
Obscures and darkens
Causes gloom and suspicion
Caused by absent-mindedness.
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The pure essence of it was play
My friends and I did it endlessly
On the streets and in the forest
Could see what was going on -
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Get tossed for failing to pay one's debts
You had to come up with the dough for
what you owed and your new situation
That was called terminal imprisonment.
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My initials are RLS and I've gotten into quite a mess
Because my ex-wife said, 'Get the hell outta here! '
She wouldn't give me half a chance, wouldn't give our romance a second glance
Then, with her blessings, burned our marriage to the ground.
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I have descended recently
Dropped suddenly - to a
much higher place, one
that I haven't been to in
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