Wail Away
There are potions brewed
To soothe and smooth
The trouble from our brow
And gifts of gold and precious food
To still man’s deadly vow
A Cadillac
A Porsche
A Jag
To keep us up and proud
To stop the wife from getting mad
A child from getting loud
But all’s for naught where sadness reigns
In shadows born to die
Where nothing helps to quell the pains
Except a good long cry
John Christopher
1989
Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.
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| As We Knew It | 0 | 08/23/2009 |
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| Inside | 0 | 08/19/2009 |
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| There | 1 | 08/17/2009 |
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