Ted Sheridan Poems

Of late___
The sunshine has been in limited supply
seems the rain is mostly forecast
Even the Vodka has lost its appeal to me
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I have a friend who lives in Washington
___the state not the District of Columbia
who felt tremendously removed from society
so much so that one day last month
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The safe places are all taken
The seats have all been sold
The crowd awaits its execution
Crime is on a roll
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I first saw her out of the corner of my eye
counting her money as she hopped on one foot.

The one legged lady in red said to me,
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So much of everything we eat, drink,
speak, hear, do or have done to us
is just a load of Bullshit?
I used to think myself better than most,
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It was a nebulously mundane sort of day on the Animal Farm....
A very pink pig was rooting in his pen of watery slop...
hoping to cool his fat ass from the heat of the sun
The chickens had all retreated to a favorite shady spot
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Tiptoeing in the cracks of societal scrutiny
I try to avoid confrontations with a majority of crazies
Crazies who would have me locked up in a sanitarium
Because I don't think the way they do......
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I used to go fishing everyday....
well practically everyday....
Me and my buddy Jeff
would fish either day or night
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Most of the time the more powerful a man is…
The more control he is compelled to exert over others…
But such a man is also more prone to behave as a little boy
I was reminded of this fact when
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Aunt Cedar knew she was dying a little bit here a little bit there
The doctors all gave their opinions in three minute briefs once a week
Her family had been there supporting her as she was injected
With needles filled with Death's drugs and an Angel's relief
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