Austin Heffner

Do you hear Van Wert singing songs of everyone working so hard?
I hear the judge keeping the beat, pounding his mallet at his desk.
I hear the singing of sirens of a local cop car.
I hear the singing of the unemployed, waving signs and chanting more.
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He can take you by surprise
Or even if you like.
He’s the one that makes you cry
And also take you before you can ride a bike
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Off to work, off to school
Home by 3, home by 5.
Tired bored, and sick of the day gone by.
Asked me how my day was and I said fine.
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Do you have that one thing you love?
Whether it be a toy, bear, or anything you like.
Well than you’re just like me if you say yes to me.
The thing I love is the summer season.
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Two great towers in a beautiful city.
Standing tall and o so pretty.
Never to think they would go bye, bye, and bye.
Until the day, September 11 also named 9/11.
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Do I look good or bad?
I wonder if she thinks I look bad,
Or does she think I look hood?
I think I look good.
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Crawling on the floor as fast as I can,
To find myself walking and banging on pans.
Now look at me driving a minivan.
Bumping and jumping to the hip hop bands.
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Is war bad or good?
People dying every minute of the day.
Families crying over loved ones dead and gone
And the only remembrance is a tome stone over their head.
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Waking up on a Saturday Morning
The clean fresh breeze blowing in the patio door.
Feeling the warm bright sun you want some more.
So you stand and look out the patio door.
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Looking at him in his bouncy seat,
Laughing and giggling and looking cute as can be.
He can be a little stinker and brat,
Making a mess and touching everything, wandering what is that?
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Beautiful city
Skyscrapers
Crammed apartments
Homeless people
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I don’t understand……
Why we have to have history class
Why English is important
Why people don’t play sports
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Go, get books, talk
Get books, talk, go to 1st
Talk, go to 1st, go to 2nd
Go to 1st, go to 2nd, go to 3rd,
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Once upon a nightly night, while I played X- Box, O a delight.
Over one sweet and grueling thought.
While I sat, almost passed out, suddenly someone had to shout.
As of someone had to pout, pout about how I lost.
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