Paul Warren Poems

In a motel room he blew a man away
A shotgun to the face was the play
He said would it went all wrong
In a drug bust where mercy didn't belong
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I went looking for God
To comprehend the world
The wonders of everything
Made me think there is a plan
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All I know now is I'm against it
For me you see it will never fit
And just look at all of you
Sheep being told what to do
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Why did the DNA plan make me
The way I now appear to be
And why can the sky be so blue
As clouds float by me too
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What do I remember now
I see it again and wonder how
I did those things that were asked of us
And never thought to raise a fuss
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Tomoyuki Yamashita was a Japanese General
Who defeated the British in Malaya and Singapore
Against superior numbers he embarrassed the British Empire
When a larger army under General Arthur Percival surrendered to him
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Let the dead stay dead
Look to the living instead
For the promise of everyday
Is to not waste away
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They visit him every night
Ghostly apparitions without fright
For he knew each and every one
Talking together until the night was done
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A cold wind blows and whistles a tune
The clouds drift across and obscure the moon
So sad a night as you will ever see
Alone I sit and contemplate what's come to be
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He struggled with what he thought
Wondering what he sought
To go back and do it again
Or find salvation in the end
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