tony haynes Poems

Believe is a word I pondered a while
Evil is in it and you can spell vile
Live is encompassed as is be & I
I’ve looked at believe and I found a lie
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An overcoat keeps our bodies under wraps & warm

Just a like a boat a mind afloat adapts in a storm
Our willingness to wear emotions on our sleeve
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“Fashionably Late”

I’m always fashionably late
Fifteen minutes or so
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Frequently asked questions
Like where do we go when we die?
And how do we know there’s a heaven?
Who are we? What are we & why?
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Can we talk?
Have one of those legitimate
Intimate conversations we envy
Like we used to have when we
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You are the four seasons
Of my life
Ultimate summer, fall, winter & spring
Reason I look for a glimmer of good
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Somebody told me
A lie
Never mind who it was
Earth is round and it does…
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Revenge is a double
Edge sword
“Vengeance is mine” sayeth the Lord
Either side can
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Unmoved, that rock
Neither speaks nor glistens
What does it do? That rock
Accommodates & listens
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I went to a funeral today

Fear died and we buried it six feet deep
Everyone cheered nobody cried
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