THIS IS A POEM WRITTEN TO ESCAPE DOING SOMETHING ELSE
This is a poem written to escape doing something else
Perhaps in a way all my poems have been written to escape doing something else
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Is there time for a poem
In a world of other sounds?
Is there time for a poem
When songs cannot be heard?
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HOW CAN ALL THE YEARS OF NOT BEING THERE
How can all the years of not being there
Be equaled by a last moment success?
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EVERY DAY HAS ITS OWN STORY
Every day has its own story
What will be today
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I WROTE NOTHING TODAY
I wrote nothing today
I did not do my work
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DON'T LET MY SADNESS DECEIVE YOU
Don't let my sadness deceive you-
I am a happy man
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THE GREENS OF THESE TREES THESE LEAVES
The greens of these trees these leaves
The many shades of green-
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There is a poem of unbearable sadness
It is written by anyone who has lost a loved one-
It is a poem that lasts a lifetime
A poem of pain and longing
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A man walks slowly
When he has nowhere special to go-
A man walks slowly
And has the time to look around
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