Bill Grace Poems

Few marriages are made in heaven
These are among the harsh and hidden ways of life
So when you choose your life long friend and love
Remember that you also choose a business partner
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Candy given to comfort at take off
Spontaneous applause in landing
Our guides grand father murdered by Stalin's men
The vastness of her Western steppe experienced
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Sometimes, alone in the chapel - a silence that rings
And an opportunity to remember them.

More than their weapons, once feared,
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The cat did not understand
Our revulsion at her trophy
That the victim had a personality
As fully developed as the huntress
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Life is barriers
The present President of the United States
knows this.
It is never easy to break through.
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Pioneers always suffer
They are the ones who believe
but do not know.
The ones who tamed a land
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The bank offers an attractive interest rate
But charges for a counter check
Nickel and dime.
The airline offers an attractive fare
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Milk and cookies end the day
A most strange way to welcome night
But night comes and sight is lost
The immediacy of cold and sweet
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I have heard the rumor
From one vastly more lettered than myself
That Mark Twain in his dotage
Had a circle of young women
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