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It Is What It Is (Song)
nighttime is falling and winter is here
trees are all barren and hillsides are sere
a hard snow is coming and the wind cuts through
I cannot reach for her, she’s gone from me now
it is what it is
Main Street is empty and restaurants have closed
a predacious hawk has silenced the crows
the train sounds a blast as it rushes through town
it is what it is
it is what it is
that’s what we all say
it is what it is
the response of the day
it is what it is
we shrug and go on
in truth it says nothing at all
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The Heart Lags Behind (Poem)
grief makes it falter
forgetting of loss again and again
until this fact settles hard like a stone
in the the crevice of the body
love continues its passage now subterranean
the tumble and flow turning even sharp sadness
into worn river rock polished by time
yet still sometimes in the night
I feel her warm by my side and know
each moment with her was enough
eternity itself would not have sufficed
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How To Walk (Poem)
an ordinary walk on an ordinary day
and then
the road rumbles from unseen force
the sky darkens with sodden clouds
the corvids mutter with ominous intent
any step seems to offer momentous risk
I could fear could be afraid could choose fright
instead I laugh at all of this continue on my way
let unkindness and murder remain with the crows
weighty drama in the realm of changing weather
these do not inform nor enforce my path
these temporary signs are not my directions
