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Poems in M
by
Douglas L. Simmons
Copyright © 2005 by Douglas L. Simmons
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Mirror
Young man sitting in a porch swing,
isn't worried about being old.
Young man thinks he has a song to sing,
you know he hasn't been told.
Young girl laughing in the moon light,
found her a lover to keep.
Girl crying in the morning light,
learning that lovers want to leap.
Father I'm at a turning in my life.
I'm standing where you were.
Father I'm learning the trouble and strife,
and there is nothing that I can do.
Old man in a porch swing, he's cold,
and he has leaving on his mind.
Old man with nothing to hold,
not even very much time.
This is not what I believe,
just a mirror in your face.
It isn't something you can leave,
or that you can replace.
Doug L.
January 27, 1974
Mainz, Germany
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Monkey
Hey Monkey, Monkey see,
Monkey do, ooo.
You Monkey, You little monkey
you, ooo.
Ooo, you're bringing me down.
Your friends, your friends are all Monkeys.
See Monkey, monkey around.
You think, think you can keep them,
if you, ooo, follow them down.
You just can't hear me now.
They're all like monkeys in a tree.
They're putting you out on a limb.
I try keeping a leash on you,
but you run right back to them.
You're screaming but there's no sound.
Doug L.
Hammond, Indiana
May 18, 1982
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