Dorsey Baker Poems

The nature of human nature
is nothing nice
count up
the cost and pay the price
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Misfits don't fit in,
so much confusion
down deep within,
sorrowful heart
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Barbecued
chicken wing
sticky and sweet
corn bread
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Aint got no front porch; but I've got a back one-aint got no
swimming pool; but I'd like one- would be rich; but I'm too
wealthy, would be sick; but I'm too healthy- would be a root,
but I'm just a head, and I'm just trying to stay alive until life
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Gunfighter, living by the law of the gun, a law that says-when the bullet hit the body, the blood starts to run-
Gunfighter, riding rough, from sunrise to sunset, you're living by the law of the gun, and your mind and your heart, they won't-let you forget.
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Baby you say you like riding on the sea
when the water is rough, say you've got enough
courage, more than enough-
Baby you say that your ship is strong,
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Your singing is beautiful; to your friends and family- they
don't mind
if you miss a note
or mess up the melody.
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Baby-every time you think- you're thinking
dirty and low down, baby if you don't pull yourself
out of that-dirty water, then you're gonna drown.
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sudden
arise anger
of guilt
exposing and exploding
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He pours his
Coffee into her cup.
She asks
For cream and sugar.
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