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Jong"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Me"><U>About Me</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poetry"><U>Poetry</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Page 2"><U>Page 2</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Page 3"><U>Page 3</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Page 4"><U>Page 4</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Page 5"><U>Page 5</U></A>   |   <B>page 6</b>   |   <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Page 7 "><U>Page 7 </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="page 8"><U>page 8</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Page 9 "><U>Page 9 </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Page 10"><U>Page 10</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Page11"><U>Page11</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Album"><U>Photo Album</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Page 2"><U>  Page 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all</div> <bR> <div> she slips in the King</div> <div> with a special dedication </div> <div> and I no longer mind </div> <div> that she's radio-active    </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Labour Day</div> <bR> <div> Remember rhe summer</div> <div> of the sun</div> <div> when we spent</div> <div> three hot months in love</div> <bR> <div> How the thunderheads </div> <div> were turrets of our castle</div> <div> as we lay upon</div> <div> our white sand carpet</div> <bR> <div> and fireflires flickered</div> <div> above our heads</div> <div> as we whispered our desire</div> <div> to spend our lives together</div> <bR> <div> Remember how September</div> <div> stole away our dreams?</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Whispers</div> <bR> <div> From out of  the darkness</div> <div> across the moonlit waters</div> <div> the errie cry of the spotted loon carries</div> <div> mixes with the chuckle  </div> <div> of  liquid like shadows</div> <div> playing along the shore</div> <bR> <div> and high above</div> <div> in the indigo sky</div> <div> ice lights dance</div> <div> among the stars</div> <div> whispering</div> <bR> <div> whispering </div> <bR> <div> just loud enough</div> <div> to be</div> <div> heard</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Marshmallow Music</div> <bR> <div> From the embers of the fire</div> <div> soft songs drift</div> <div> while a guitar gently carries </div> <div> the melody for shadow voices</div> <div> bearing marshmallow torches</div> <bR> <div>  even the moon </div> <div> pauses to listen</div> <div> nestled in the arms</div> <div> of the tall evergreen</div> <bR> <div> yet when Dawn arrives</div> <div> all she finds</div> <div> are sticky gray ashes</div> <div> of burnt out lyrics</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Virgin Island  </div> <bR> <div> Day is drifting</div> <div> over the horizion </div> <div> as she calls to me </div> <div> from the sun stained waters</div> <div> inviting me to dine</div> <div> on blue green mallard </div> <div> stuffed with wild rice</div> <div> and purple berries </div> <div> plucked from her shores</div> <bR> <div> she seduces me </div> <div> when I lay my head</div> <div> upon her day </div> <div> warmed breast</div> <div> and I am lost</div> <div> in the fragrance</div> <div> of her virginity</div> <bR> <div> as she sings to me</div> <div> in the soft </div> <div> sad voice </div> <div> of the wind </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> HandPrints</div> <bR> <div> Beyond the wall of candles</div> <div> within a ring of shadows</div> <div> a child cries</div> <div> announcing its arrival</div> <bR> <div> to those that wear the habit</div> <div> in the Church of the Singing Nuns</div> <div> they fall to their knees</div> <div> begin to pray at fever speed</div> <bR> <div> seeking forgivness for their sister</div> <div> confused by her denial</div> <div>  convinced by their faith</div> <div> this is the Devils Child</div> <bR> <div> for the innocent then</div> <div> no songs are sung </div> <div> no prayers are said</div> <div> the unused well its cradle.......</div> <bR> <div> Years go by   the Church is gone </div> <div> the trees removed </div> <div> and now a road runs </div> <div>  beside the well </div> <bR> <div> and Believers stop to offer prayer</div> <div> perhaps leave a teddy bear</div> <div> for the innocent one who died there</div> <bR> <div> unaware before going on their way</div> <div> little handprints will appear</div> <div> on their vehicle somewhere </div> <bR> <div> Authors Note: "HandPrints"  has not been based on fiction or imagination </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Cruising </div> <bR> <div> She don't drive too bad</div> <div> for being eighty-five</div> <div> and having only </div> <div> one good eye</div> <bR> <div> and not much use</div> <div> laying on the horn</div> <div> to let her know </div> <div> that you want by </div> <bR> <div> because she likely forgot </div> <div> her hearing aid again  </div> <div> and has the volume cranked  </div> <div> on that  "Jesus Saves" radio show</div> <bR> <div> so you'll just have to wait</div> <div> for a traffic break</div> <div> before you cruise by</div> <div> doing thirty-five</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>