David Whalen Poems

Better Now Than Then?
(stand naked in front of a full length mirror and try not to giggle or gag)

We were then:
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Ol’ gents on a bench (in the dark in the park)

Two grizzled ol’ gents
On a bench in the park
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Sometimes tis better
to not know the answers
Better to not know
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Why does life have a way of shrinking a man
Why age-wrinkled necks look like turtle skin
Why spend so much time in memory land
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There are not too many things
In this world
one can count on
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Look deep into the dragon's eyes
Fear not the sulphrous breath
Tis he who within… courage lies
Who needs have no fear of death
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September…

More an emotion
Than a month
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Hug your children
Tight tonight
Let them know you care
For could be come
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