Dorsey Baker Poems

baby you are dead weight
and I just can't get you
off the ground
dead weight
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it's time to open the envelope
and take a peek
it's the daily mail
always coming on time
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mister skin n bones his knees
buckles as he limps up the stairs
short trembling steps
it takes a very long time
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beauty gives and beauty
takes back
so fickle is
the thing that beauty is
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the man is innocent
until proven otherwise
when truth becomes truth
and lies become lies
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old bones rub against one another
cause pain
late at night when it's dark
bring rain
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a handsome young man
went into a store
to buy a hat
some were too big
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a beautiful young maid
worked for rich folks
cooking and cleaning their house
she would wash all their dirty clothes
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a young boy walked out
into the street
determined to prove himself
he would have a gunfight
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Real love real good
So satisfying
Just like it should
Real love real good
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