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There were three of us to start with, but three would be too fewSo we canvassed the departments and added one or two From time to time we found another to take us up to sixWe drank a lot of beer, the group seemed a perfect mix The stakes were pretty low to match the…
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The French were unhappy with the hangman’s nooseOne convict escaped because the noose was too loose Another so light that his neck didn’t breakHe fell to the ground but his death was a fake One poor sod writhed, coughing and chokingWhile sadistic onlookers sat laughing and joking Then came an efficient execution machineKnown to the…
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We’ve been living together for many, many a yearSo communication between us should be very clear But today a comment made in innocent conversationTurned out to result in unexpected aggravation That could have led to angry escalationAnd perhaps to mutual condemnation Suppose your wife spoke a different language than youYou were from New York City,…
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I’ve reviewed the places I have been If I ranked them, which of them would win Paris comes to mind, I’ve gone there again and againStrolling through the boulevards, riding on the Seine A city made for walking, my poor knees will attestIf you are a flaneur, then Paris may be the best Everywhere I’ve been…
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It is not intuitively obvious that in the vast distances of spacethe shortest distances between two far away objects, planetsperhaps or stars like our sun, is a curved path, not a straight line, as Euclid, the brilliant Greek mathematician, believed. It is not intuitively obvious that the qualities of the animals on Earth, including particularly those in…
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From time to time I’ve compared the places I have been If I compared those destinations which of them would win Paris immediately comes to mind, I’ve gone there again and againStrolling through the boulevards, riding along in the Seine A city made for walking, my poor knees will attestIf you are a flaneur, then Paris…
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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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My Chestnuts If I were a Horse Chestnut tree, I’d want to change my name I’d call myself a Lovely Chestnut tree, otherwise I’d be the same We admired those blooms of white over in the park, Still visible as we walked along as it turned dark But my greatest pleasure was what they gave…
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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…
PoetJimHall 