Amusement
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What gives me most pleasureAs I reflectTry to selectIs there something I treasure? Working out in the gymPretend that I likeRiding that bikeTry to get a bit trim Too old now to guzzleOr chase after lassesCertainly no tennis Planning’s a puzzleForgot how to make passesNo longer a menace
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Pythagoras held himself aloofAs he outlined his famous proofHe ejected me as a worthless goof So I spent some time in Plato’s caveWatching all those shadows waveBut I learned nothing I could save I’d been told about dialogues by SocratesSo I saved my coins to pay the feesBut they turned me away despite my pleas…
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The Cement PlantThe Cement Plant in Alpena was a grey and ugly massAt the far north of town where most people would not passThose who worked that factory did so in three shiftsSo that factory owners could enjoy the workers’ giftsThere were huge hot kilns to heat the limestone and the menThirty years of those…
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Just One of Those DaysToday I really don’t want to be here.Not that I really want to be there.Perhaps I want to be nowhereLike many things, that seems unclearWhat’s wrong for me I just can’t sayThis really isn’t a bad place to beBut perhaps it’s not the place for meAt lease today it seems that…
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Countless times when interviewed I am asked about that note Was it from a horn, a string, or was it from a human throat? I do not reveal such private matters even to a friend And so I’m apt to bring such interviews to a rapid end Some have severely criticized me for that stance…
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Ciao Baby I recall a certain dinner guest who lingered on after all the rest A guest we feared would never leave Whose departure led none of us to grieve With that in mind here’s my farewell As I listen for my final bell What will nature do with this old man I suppose she’ll…
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My Gal Together for so many yearssome rivers hard to fordDespite some troubled waterswe were seldom bored I think about the life we’ve sharedwith gratitude and pridethe bumpy road that we’ve been onwe traveled side by side So when will I be leaving you?My answer? never, neverbecause I have decidedto stick around forever A little…
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What You Say? Some have ridiculed my verses and for that they’re gonna payI’ll send them my creations at least seven times a dayThe quality may not be high but with that many what the heyYou can’t ask for perfection from a guy who’s lost his way With body aching and with hair that’s turning…
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Hearing Aids She spoke indistinctly so naturally I said What?She came and said Honey you say what a lotI denied that, said you are wrong, I do notBut no doubt about it her temper was hotI looked with some fear, said don’t get overwroughtThat was the beginning of a tough night that I got We…
PoetJimHall 