Ted Sheridan Poems

A recent study of our worldly intelligence quota
reported; we the people are becoming dumber
and it is in direct correlation with the size and growth
of our governments. In other words, the larger the body
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In so much that her legs are as long and beautiful
as the far reaching and graceful grasses of an African plain.
There in the midst, lying quiet and waiting; stillness is the virtue
of a hungry lioness and her pride.
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It is hard to remember when life has disappointed us
and we feel worn down and dejected….that
It never hurts to have the Big Guy on your side;
sometime we forget to praise him
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Ask and you won't get an answer, not after today that is
Because Angie is leaving for her vacation and going out west
Where Velveeta can cut loose with a few of the local boys
And kick up her heels some... line dancing all night long
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My headphones covered my ears and effectively screened all of my calls
Answering instead all questions as to Mick Jagger’s longevity and fame
I was drinking up the sunshine and tomato juice cocktail simultaneously
Though one required wearing dark glasses and the other only a plastic cup
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My wife and I went to the nursery to look at the many mums
Even though she claims to dislike them all
Almost as much as begonias
But mums are to fall what pansies are to winter
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The clouds which of late have all but forgotten
What rain is and where it comes from
Spit some strange mixture or form of precipitated pollution
On our freshly washed and clean car
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Casting his artificial lure out on the surface of the water
The man envisions the depths of his surroundings and his being
Looking beneath the obvious ripples and turmoil of fishing
He reads the undercurrents and eddies of catching
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It is raining today and it is one of those rainy days where you either forget
that it is raining out of doors or you are surprised by the deluge of water
beating against the outside walls of your afforded protective covering
At the present it is the later which gives me pause and lets me off the hook
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Explain to me in a voice I can comprehend
Preferably a human one
The kind of man you are
Because I see a beast of a controller
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