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So come now and gather,
young henchmen you design,
more work with less help,
this 'new' workplace you refine;
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Outside my window leaves tumble to the ground,
slowly rolling without the slightest sound,
a blue grey sky just waiting overhead,
autumn leaves gently hurry summer to bed;
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Wild and wicked, the world ever seeming,
while love is left to dreaming,
tempest of ill winds and merciless bombs,
such fury that only exhaustion calms,
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My spirit lay dead, no light in my eyes,
I chiristened each bar with outlandish lies,
empty and callous, I was spitting out sin,
denying rumors of where I'd been,
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Levi's, sandles, and album news,
the sacred order of our dues,
we came of age in sixty nine,
every whispered breath, a mystical sign,
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Rise up to torture that cripples the soul,
that which denies the world as a whole,
sanctify your bretheren with utmost care,
the joy of living, be willing to share,
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So often exasperated, I draw another breath,
slow it down, go easy, I'm racing to my death
more work, more worry, no time left to live,
does each anxious gasp mean one less to give,
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Long ago I gave up the notion,
that I could fill with heartfelt emotion,
it mattered no way, more or less,
if I felt my worst, if I felt my best,
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many times the sinner, never the saint,
overwhelmed with penance, it makes me feint,
outside my window birds chirp and chatter,
to them, it seems, heaven doesn't matter,
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It takes but a moment to slither and lie,
truth is captured in the wandering eye,
though it may seem a falsehood well done,
honesty is a bullet and truth the gun,
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One gentle light, a solemn candle burns,
to enhance a moonlit dusk or a heart that yearns,
to dream of distant pain, how it shadows many tears,
a soothing light that burns upon the soul and its' fears;
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There's a cold rain falling down on the morning,
I stand at my window, I hear love calling,
a blistery wind pelts a new formed puddle,
I see her splash its'surface racing to the shuttle;
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the writer lifts and weilds a simple pen
with the frailty or strength that moves women and men
for what purpose is of no defined accord
the mind's eye begs the soul to record
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The world watched a peaceful gathering at Bethel,
They came in droves to rekindle the past,
A spirit lost somewhere through time,
An ancient thirst for revolution,
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how simple to smile, pretentious or real
the intentions it may or may not reveal
the coy charm summoned each time you flirt
or the brave nod assuring your not hurt
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I called upon God just last night
I asked if we were living wrong or right
the answer I heard left me quite disturbed
it seemed God was somewhat perturbed
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she use to wait for me after class
how I longed for time to pass
to hold her hand to stop the sand
flowing through the hour glass of time
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so soft the memory that wrinkles my nose
and curls my smile into a playful smirk
she would sit upon the bathroom counter
her feet in the sink plucking her eyebrows
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I saw a homeless man huddled in cold
his hands cramped crippled just growing old
our eyes met and I cringed inside
I felt ashamed with no place to hide
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hands feverish aching to form
chords that resound
the rythym in my loins
born in the words I sing
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The Best Poem Of keith Durante

A Cog In The Machine

So come now and gather,
young henchmen you design,
more work with less help,
this 'new' workplace you refine;

ever increasing workload demands,
as hunger stills our steadfast hands,
muscles rip, ligaments tear, fueling despair,
corporate dollar profits increase their share;

children run the streets at dinnertime,
parents bleed and sweat for one more dime,
if only to squeeze one more penny of content,
and pray to God to pay the rent;

herein lies the fate of the poor,
not to expect anything more,
service to the kindly corporate master,
reaps and benefits human disaster;

fear has burdened the worker's brow,
numb to the joy found in the now,
corporate smiles-shimmer and sheen,
oh! to be a Cog in the Machine...

keith Durante Comments

Melissa Bange 27 March 2012

You are simply amazing! ! You write so eloquently and yet keep it personable. It's such a pleasure and so very refreshing to read your work.

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