Monthly Archives: May 2016

These Colors

Posted on May 31, 2016 by soitgoes1984

These colors don’t run the world said my friend Zoe when she was just a girl with flowers in her hair staring at the sign a man was holding at Copely Square as events were unfolding and we were heading … Continue reading →

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Red, White & Blues

Posted on May 29, 2016 by soitgoes1984

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Kids play cowboys and Indians grow into men and women play Muslims and Christians hooked on Red Man chewing tobacco and American Spirit cigarettes and t-shirt tans fade to skin cancer for white farmers fresh out…

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Racket: Ode to Smedley Butler

Posted on May 26, 2016 by soitgoes1984

Melt these medals down make a chalice drown sorrows wasting borrowed time throw in towels finish lines salt and lime bury hatchets end this racket can’t handle shit on shingles ready to swing low band of angels went home so no one … Continue reading →

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Daily Memories

Posted on May 25, 2016 by soitgoes1984

so, it’s Memorial Day sales again and I remember when Cub Scout packs would take up the back of the parade and families would struggle to find shade along Main Street in late May with temperatures rising we shuffled our … Continue reading →

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May 22, 2006

Posted on May 22, 2016 by soitgoes1984

Ten years have flown by since the American Dream died when he breathed his last breath on that goddamned hospital bed and all I could do was scream and shout from my lungs top the illusion was over… Source: May … Continue reading →

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worry

Posted on May 20, 2016 by soitgoes1984

they’re making me worry dropping bombs like Steph Curry draining three’s creating more refugees left and right left out of mind and sight and I’m hiding in my tree stand and salute no more and I won’t shoot I won’t … Continue reading →

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Thank You

Posted on May 18, 2016 by soitgoes1984

thank you for your service now prepare for hero worship and ten precent off at Home Depot and Lowes and a free meal every November 11th at Applebee’s and a long line ending in pills piled high mountains of pills until … Continue reading →

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Perpetual

Posted on May 17, 2016 by soitgoes1984

sea to shining see stars crash cars tattoo over scars colonize Mars shut down bars get home after the rooster crows drain a cup of Joe sun rising later and later tis the season after season we’ll make up reasons … Continue reading →

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Rainbows And Butterflies

Posted on May 17, 2016 by soitgoes1984

She brought me rainbows and butterflies to dry all those tears I was drowning in   we got puppy dogs and ice cream she warmed my heart like a sunbeam and when we played scrabble she let me win   … Continue reading →

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Too Many

Posted on May 17, 2016 by soitgoes1984

too many nights spent black out drunk too many days left in a funk   too many years spent wondering why too many tears will never dry   flip back through the pages and I shake my head ignored all … Continue reading →

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