Robert R. Railey Poems

What If and Plan B

Decisions to make, two thousand a day, if one is wrong is
There another way?
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Carrots Bigger Than Diamonds

His dream to be a capitalist, was one of gigantic degree
The leader of industry, a captain and magnet, would surely be
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Yearnings

My heartstrings bend and sway as emotions change me from
Day to day
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Loquacious

When it comes to talking, none of the women I have ever known could have topped Sally Lou
It's not so much that she was vulgar or crass, but rather, she seemed to especially enjoy talking really loud and fast; and it also seemed as if she never came up for air
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Oblique!
(The day the gray line Wavered)

It was hot again, for the third straight day, but it was the 3rd of July; the time the place was Gettysburg and the year was sixty-three
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Infidelity

Fidelity is, the lack of opportunity or fear of oppression, or so it has long been said
And even though a tryst might excite our passions, betrayal will fill us with dread
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Three Nemesis

Life would certainly be a lot less interesting without at least one of these guys, but why do they have to come in threes? For as old Ben Franklin once said, "Three can be friends if two of them are dead"
Unfortunately, though, once we have learned how to handle even one of our adversaries we are usually faced with two more
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Captain Gloom and Doom

He was wearing his black cape and purple tights, once again, as he slowly entered the room; and with the letters of C G & D stenciled boldly on his shirt he at first appeared to be a superhero, but then stated twas only a nickname that he'd once proclaimed as his own
He then cried aloud, for all to hear, that he'd always been sad and blue, and that he'd never even once smiled
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Charm Is?

Oh what glorious eyes you have, so serene-
And inviting, and which always seem to say
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Normal

For once in my life I would prefer not to be deemed so damned predictable; and instead, I would much rather be considered as being a little abnormal
Is that really too much to ask, I wonder?
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