Barry A. Lanier Poems

Imagine the Saudi gentleman
With the eight year old wife!
Wondering what does he do
Yet to add spice to life
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Sitting on the bank of the lake
Laced in the morning dew
Grasses, reeds, cattails, motionless
Mutant swans and geese drifting
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It seems to me
Walking down the street
I see a little bit of God
In everyone that I meet
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A fair maiden she was
Though having no shoes
Her freckles and red hair
One day I would choose
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Ever had one of those nights?
Where you sit down to write poetry
Where you want to make a contribution
Yet there is nothing that moves me
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I see you on the bank of the river
dipping your feet into the waters
splashing the water with your hands
they are small, unblemished, like the
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Learning a new language
Where I can better relate
Honing skills and the courage
To yet leave him one day
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If I could only engineer envy
I would
If I could only design doubt
I would
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Lean on me
When you're not strong
If you're alone
Needing a friend
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