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A Thought for Today
VOTE! It entitles you to bitch for four years.
ASK YOURSELF:
"Am I better off today than I was eight years
ago? Then go to the polls and vote your conscience.
Love, Rod
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Some people mistake patience for intellect.
I measure success by the ones who come back.
Silence and solitude offer more chance for enlightenment
than years of crowds and company. |
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EMPTY HARBOUR |
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Those of us who sleep alone
are like abandoned boats-
we become accustomed
to lack of ownership
We believe our chosen paths
are only where the sea drift takes us.
I have come back
to where the cedar hills
wear darkness like a stocking cap,
where morning comes the way
the fish hawk comes
quickly and on silent wings-
not because I had to or so wished
but because I found myself
moving in this sure direction.
I am still here looking for you.
There are no days
when I do not seek you out,
no hours anymore when you are not
paramount
when I am not sure beyond imagining
that I will meet you in the hills
or on the street.
I never do.
But I still go and come
to places we shared first together.
I always travel alleyways we knew;
these journeys need no compass
and no chart.
They have been tracked before
and I will go on tracking them
alone if need be.
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"The Sound of Solitude", 1983 |
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1983, 1988, 2000 by Stanyan Music Group & Rod McKuen. All Rights Reserved |
| Birthday
research by Wade Alexander o Poetry from the collection of Jay Hagan o Coordinated by Melinda Smith |
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