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Mispah

Mispah You are not here. Flat granite marks the place. Your smile, your grace Permeates this space. Flowers and prayers, I bring To ease my suffering. Silently, inwardly, I weep. My pain runs deep. Time and space do not erase The memories of time and place. You were my universe. (Tom Fenning) 04/30/2000 Rating 3.00 [...]

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THE MANSION IN MEMORY LANE

(1)Young Tom visited his great aunt, until he was ten years old, And soon after his next birthday, her old mansion would be sold, Since she died, and he would miss them both, as nine years changed the date. He completed school, did two years work, and started college late. (2)At the end of his [...]

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Pieces of Where and When (Sammelwort in dem Schloss†)

If I take a shred of 1980s time, and clutch it tight (From when optimism shined, and felt no need for second sight); And contain it in the formula, that I’m preparing now, I can climb the trees in modern woods, and never break a bough. Should I snatch a scrap of Paris, clasping firmly [...]

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CABARET OF THE CLOUDS

Soft footsteps walk through streets near school, Past yesterday’s townhouses. In each nostalgic molecule Is something, which arouses. Old lessons learned so long ago (Viola, drums or trigon) Resurface, just enough to know: Those tunes aren’t fully bygone. A new sound crashes near the bay, And shakes the stone rotunda. The sky shows nature’s cabaret, [...]

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Fantasize

      Fantasize Let your thoughts go wild Bring back your memories, Your thoughts as a child. Ride the range on a bucking bronc’ Drive a race car at Daytona Park. Climb snow covered mount Kilimanjaro. Fly high aloft in a gas filled balloon Going higher and higher almost touching the moon. Sail the [...]

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