Joe Howell

Sunlight peeps thru closed curtains
like a sleepy child, nodding in - out
yet you sleep. the wave of pre-dawn
passion, renaming lost childhood dreams
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The sun, a glass marble shines on innocense.
I lie in short grass, looking into the future.

The moon- a shiny biscut covers the clouds.
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friends found in an old photo albam
so young, full of life, i remember
when the death bird sang, calling sorrow
calling your name
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the clock stops, it's 7 past sunrise
rain clouds gather in widow's veil
I am studdering your name, missing
you to a North Carolina town
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I awoke to the smell
of summer flowers.

My thoughts were clear
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Days End
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It's a silent time, when i pack it all in,
call it a night, walking to my bed
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Found that ole tune
on the radio today
though of you, it's been
so long-so long
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She worked in confortable shoes
with thick soles, polished in hearts
of lovers that beg not to be forgoten
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Silver grey hair
wrinkles like hiways on a map
a floral pattern on her dress
must have been made in 1932
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It was the summer that i turned 17
I wanted a 22 cal. rifle for my birthday
that was all i thought of, boy i shot a million
invisible rounds at everything from cans
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'We few. We happy few. We Band of Brothers.
For those who shed their blood with us today
shall always be our Brothers'
'William Shakespeare'
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wayward words spilling from heated lips
'you did's' floating in and out
'but if', pushing in every now and then
why not just pack up and leave
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Oh Death please come my way
do not tarry nor delay

Unplug this machine, breathing for me
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The other Sunday, I was feeling low,
felt like some where there was more for me.
I knew of a revival, going on at a church
down the road. So I drove down to lift up my soul.
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A glass of wine, and a dozen tears
await me at the end of the day
Now that the pot is broken
life made out of clay
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This darkness
in my
heart
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She carried in her heart,
the fire to start
another affair
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Darkness washes over me, like the evening tide
No one lying beside my-side.

Waves of pain, hurt from where you left
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He came thru the ER
then to our ward.

The police brought him in from the bus station,
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The Lady in the Car
It was snowing really hard
the night I was forced to leave home.
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