D. L. Firestone Feinberg

‘A stitch in time saves nine' it's said,
And that's a maxim wise —
But notice: ‘time' and ‘nine' don't rhyme...
Has not such crime disguise.
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My sense — to some — insensible —
My words — too — indirect —
Misunderstanding — usual
Reaction — I — expect.
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So very tired is the man
From walking walking walking
Through Ages Ice and Stone and Iron
From Sumer and Babylon
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Upon the moon they landed once —
An act of bravery —
And yet it made no earthly sense —
Astounding tho' it be —
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To see another — see yourself —
Reflection secret clue —
Of certain — person — need no help —
To recognize — he — you.
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With friendship comes a sadness deep
Upon the human soul —
It sometimes rests — as if asleep —
Yet always takes its toll
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America was —
Or so I thought —
But maybe
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The clock sat smugly on the shelf,
As if upon a throne,
Contented with uncounted wealth
Accrued through debtor-loan.
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Absent I from school the day they
Taught us how to shoot a gun —
And no attention did I pay —
The day we learned to drop a bomb —
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The boy of words who never had spoken
Stood at the edge of a universe hurt
And silently wept for dreams become cursed
And daydreams and rainbows all but broken.
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