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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=50868" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="03fb9c00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="70" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="66"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="66" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></b></div> <div> <B>Poetry in this section </b></div> <div> <B>includes:</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Country Roads</b></div> <div> <B>Batttttttttttman</b></div> <div> <B>Winter Waltz</b></div> <div> <B>The Photograph</b></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>K.de Jong</b></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="K.de 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>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="page 6"><U>page 6</U></A>   |   <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>   |   <B>Page 9 </b>   |   <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 2</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Page 3"><U>Page 3</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Page 4"><U>Page 4</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thoughts "><U>Thoughts </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scenes from the Rocky Mountains / Jasper"><U>Scenes from the Rocky Mountains / Jasper</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HooDoos "><U>HooDoos </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" More HooDoos"><U> More HooDoos</U></A></div> <div> Page 9 </div> <bR> <div>                           </div> <div> Country Roads</div> <bR> <div> We could never figure out why</div> <div> after the road was cclosed</div> <div> they left the sign that said   Highway 55</div> <bR> <div> It had to be the worst head banging,</div> <div> spine jolting, chassis smashing</div> <div> two mile stretch of erosion </div> <div> that went nowhere but we used it </div> <bR> <div> when the boys with their big city cars</div> <div> came out to town  looking </div> <div> for a little weekend fun and </div> <div> needing direction we'd  just tell them </div> <bR> <div> and it mattered not which girl was asked for </div> <div> because she always lived two miles </div> <div> down  Highway # 55</div> <div> advise 'em, of course, it might be a little rough  </div> <div> 'cause  it ain't been graded for awhile </div> <bR> <div> give or take 'bout  30 minutes  </div> <div> and they'd be back</div> <div> but guaranteed </div> <div> you couldn't find us  </div> <div> on them streets  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Battttttttman </div> <bR> <div> Battman came to town to battle rural crime</div> <div> drove his auto mobile up and down </div> <div> our one and only street. There wasn't much action  </div> <div> and he grew bored with that profession </div> <div> retired from fighting for law and order. </div> <div> and ran the hardware store instead  </div> <div> Sold R C A and garden spades,</div> <div> baseball bats and dinner plates </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Winter Waltz</div> <bR> <div> On the line </div> <div> stiff with cold</div> <div> suits of long johns </div> <div> glide along the snow</div> <bR> <div> spying my mother</div> <div> they gather in her arms</div> <div> waltz her indoors</div> <div> across the warm kitchen floor</div> <bR> <div> where they collapse</div> <div> in wooden chairs</div> <div> slightly damp and </div> <div> wilting from their effort</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> The Photograph </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0aaba1a0.jpg" border=0 width="186" height="282" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Now he sits upon your dresser</div> <div> a man captured</div> <div> in a black & white photograph</div> <bR> <div> his cap at an angle and his eyes </div> <div> still sparkle years after</div> <div>  the camera caught his laughter</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> </td> </tr></table></body>