STANLEY PACION Poems

Dad!
Try as hard as I can,
I won’t be able to finish the inventory.
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As you must already know, I am quite over you.
I barely think of you more than twenty times a day.
Though I must confess that today,
When I went all about town in what had been
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He was unable to recall
When last he had seen the words,
“I love you, ” form upon her lips.
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Well, well, well! It won’t be long now,
Our love writes out the lines, records its final story,
And as in all things possessing world’s glory
Ends and soon vanishes without a trace.
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Would you but bale the hay, darling,
And then put the pumpkin atop
So that I might end my search
And have signpost to a loving heart.
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I lie on the bed here in our home.
On the TV screen,
I watch the DVD version of The Last Waltz.
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See the features of the landscape before you.
Delight in the moment.
Honor all things as fresh and new.
One thing certain,
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Darling, Tempus fugit, right?
That's how the Latin goes.
Virgil, wasn't it?
But who cares anyways,
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Don't get me wrong.
If I appear distracted,
Look knocked out by the light,
You make a very strong appearance,
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