tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68166132512819341382024-03-18T05:17:51.267-07:00epaphroditusPoetry that takes you on a journey of love, passion, life, and wisdom.
The purpose of poetry is to engage ones emotions with the heart and mind. The root of our total being in thinking and doing and living. It expresses the truth that affects each human in every aspect of their lives.epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-26429450985970387542024-03-18T05:17:00.000-07:002024-03-18T05:17:05.608-07:00MILLSTONE OF TRUTH<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvJbmrjDxOeH5azAZGvxOqSnED-iKXl9znjF-jRUcD6r7nMyw9QilK1GLzZQRPTzlB-XyX1tkElZfvVSeCa-0C3c07metwBZpXv_J8h894RK3htOqFi4XMT8T13U2IxPMDiGqip3JfCjy65OZgCPeHDOfiQHO_sca1w2mykD3Z0lyx7_RcJmH1bVcZVQ/s612/Millstone_175436323-612x612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="612" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvJbmrjDxOeH5azAZGvxOqSnED-iKXl9znjF-jRUcD6r7nMyw9QilK1GLzZQRPTzlB-XyX1tkElZfvVSeCa-0C3c07metwBZpXv_J8h894RK3htOqFi4XMT8T13U2IxPMDiGqip3JfCjy65OZgCPeHDOfiQHO_sca1w2mykD3Z0lyx7_RcJmH1bVcZVQ/s320/Millstone_175436323-612x612.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">O sadness! O sadness! A word I hate!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Life must go on,” this I can state!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Looking at all the wasted years –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Through the heartaches, and the tears,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I must tell the truth – then I hesitate!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Before my God I have to kneel –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Too tell it all, but it needs to be real!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Alone life’s journey we have to cope,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And this heart is filled with deceit,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But it’s the truth I have to seek –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And somewhere in all of this is hope!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then answers come as I wait . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sometimes truth can put one in shock,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But it’s the truth I have to tell,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And yes these mere words can be hell!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">(The millstone of truth is my rock!)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Do your best to present yourself to<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">God as one approved, a worker who<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">does not need to be ashamed and who<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">correctly handles the word of truth.” <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">2 Timothy 2:15<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 18, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-16649613276585881252024-03-18T04:23:00.000-07:002024-03-18T04:23:15.853-07:00THE GOLDEN TRUTH<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFW0y4KBcb36nEI40m3C2bzl8qFItunMB-vrTEhI84e8fDAuvtuVoEP2KZYIBeU74FOIwfZEQVG64U09V02RYlb6EuoGAcKxnKZbsLl-U658fRKUdN2R2C5O66o63t8_bzsZLSd9jn9HYuiqa3uumYFeoUbYT3p4eT5PA1WjALY2fx5M_8UPxBbUL4mD0/s2000/Fools%20Gold_1014215358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="2000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFW0y4KBcb36nEI40m3C2bzl8qFItunMB-vrTEhI84e8fDAuvtuVoEP2KZYIBeU74FOIwfZEQVG64U09V02RYlb6EuoGAcKxnKZbsLl-U658fRKUdN2R2C5O66o63t8_bzsZLSd9jn9HYuiqa3uumYFeoUbYT3p4eT5PA1WjALY2fx5M_8UPxBbUL4mD0/s320/Fools%20Gold_1014215358.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Silver and gold – God can only make,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And angels
sets the tone –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">What mortal man makes is fake,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And to try
to imitate God is wrong!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">If the gold is fake and it is cheap,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then it
does no good to cry –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Deception in a man’s heart runs deep!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Devil’s
child – that’s why!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But remember there is good news,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have an
out – we have a choice!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">God has made us so we can choose,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
simple: Just listen to His voice.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">All that shines if not silver or gold –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But God’s truth we can always hold!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 18, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-16251297951141646602024-03-17T05:46:00.000-07:002024-03-17T05:46:41.690-07:00I’M SURE WE CAN<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMHxgDy4hfplHXn-IPbcmPE_-z8pbEWNt5_pPPOuySRWN8IP0oGMN3m_qry-9r-__aP-_P2R6GRstlfpdkK7mHw_dglolwFiNM1D7OzvpaKoVlIgqI9czvxvNtak8BbGX1O-HIYgLWOJB7EFe5PiKH6Zv8Y3l9pC0PH5vC-Pa_Mc09ELmYMDa-1X3fTk/s3200/Beacon%20of%20light_269097c791dacd1a110b86c471bc6c3c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="3200" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMHxgDy4hfplHXn-IPbcmPE_-z8pbEWNt5_pPPOuySRWN8IP0oGMN3m_qry-9r-__aP-_P2R6GRstlfpdkK7mHw_dglolwFiNM1D7OzvpaKoVlIgqI9czvxvNtak8BbGX1O-HIYgLWOJB7EFe5PiKH6Zv8Y3l9pC0PH5vC-Pa_Mc09ELmYMDa-1X3fTk/s320/Beacon%20of%20light_269097c791dacd1a110b86c471bc6c3c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Not one of us can declare fame!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">On the backs of others we stand –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">For the blood they spilled on this land<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We need to burn an eternal flame!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">One deserving person we can’t name<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">For all was given by God’s hand,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And to honor Him is His command<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then hang our faces in shame! –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Cries of oppression – are cries to all<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">For we have no right to this land,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And it’s only God that can set us free,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">On the backs of others we stand –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">So let’s look around – what do we see?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Can we be truthful – I’m sure we can!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 17, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></i></b></p><p>
</p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-17565518516876293882024-03-17T04:59:00.000-07:002024-03-17T04:59:48.104-07:00NEVER LOOKING BACK<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9g_PzCLV4r65h1e2ZhZ_dwB85W1whq6sONOzxVf46lnmrZWQBEn9GH864Y2FYyixaLoaCtJf7cpG7jJuG9Ur-cIqOh6QInYapsF_7trrdA4jtYEtM9bziMIJkfRnKg3rktDG9kU5Kn8abfRux3V1gueoLXyG_GgqFc4M_CbPLQwtZ-m6oEmooJXFQM0/s270/Never%20look%20back_.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="270" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9g_PzCLV4r65h1e2ZhZ_dwB85W1whq6sONOzxVf46lnmrZWQBEn9GH864Y2FYyixaLoaCtJf7cpG7jJuG9Ur-cIqOh6QInYapsF_7trrdA4jtYEtM9bziMIJkfRnKg3rktDG9kU5Kn8abfRux3V1gueoLXyG_GgqFc4M_CbPLQwtZ-m6oEmooJXFQM0/s1600/Never%20look%20back_.jpeg" width="270" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I know not the path others may take<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Nor do I know who gave them birth –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">All that I can hope for . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Is a peaceful life here on earth!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Governed by the curse of the verse,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A need in me since I was born –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">To express my thoughts to others,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And to endure life’s scorn!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Onward I push – never looking back,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And facing the heat or the cold –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">--Knowing each day is an unknown,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But life is more precious than gold!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Simple advice: Sing to the heavens,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">For one’s heart only God knows!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 17, 2024 <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-65156044542394263842024-03-16T06:00:00.000-07:002024-03-16T06:00:03.423-07:00I LOVE HER STILL<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkaxaIQ463tlCRXLb2ge3Kjp0RTCHPGsBOQxRU0bz7A-LbU3rUX3LPex3mre-_O0Z20OUa6te0po2JRNJcwK1XZp09C8zANR0ZOb1Jc3UjLtTcur6-N9wrkoXnGpyO7vR_9krnNVKRhwtdKQWB0n1TQZ5iDc7GI9kYioA_aNEPpwBtnc4wYBmBtj-aVbQ/s1179/Woman%20in%20the%20shadows_7a927b93a5207100694a14255a3b7696.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1179" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkaxaIQ463tlCRXLb2ge3Kjp0RTCHPGsBOQxRU0bz7A-LbU3rUX3LPex3mre-_O0Z20OUa6te0po2JRNJcwK1XZp09C8zANR0ZOb1Jc3UjLtTcur6-N9wrkoXnGpyO7vR_9krnNVKRhwtdKQWB0n1TQZ5iDc7GI9kYioA_aNEPpwBtnc4wYBmBtj-aVbQ/s320/Woman%20in%20the%20shadows_7a927b93a5207100694a14255a3b7696.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Remembering a love of other days,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A cute, sweet, and a very pretty gal,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But what year was it, I forget<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Letting her slip away I now regret –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I guess I threw in the towel!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">She was a bit high spirited I guess,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But I too had some crazy ways!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A Diamond in the rough I guess,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And not always seeing the best<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Lost somewhere in the haze!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Upon the sheets where we played<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">As moonlight shined upon her face,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And now etched in my mind<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Moments of a forgotten time,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Gone without a trace!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The years have come and gone . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Life was hard, and it takes great will,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">To face tomorrow, and even today,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And through it all I’ll have to say:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“In reality I love her still!”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 16, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-51031641745570641832024-03-16T04:45:00.000-07:002024-03-16T04:45:04.779-07:00TEFLON DON<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPoUx1klklTJSlXMYE4wjSnzkBR9WFlpNMzHpFOdGnSLTmU46OpvpwizL86r1q2y4GWxYMS55JCE9r16v7puyvUS7zcotwK74c_NSgGkuGQAoM8D8BGUf0jJxy9AA9zpFBg_kbib1oWPGxtm4AxCh545nMyU8NtmwyKY3uYkCmMBIt0ctYq3Zh5xMZdM/s705/Trump%20praying_c350b6c482b269732fb54ab404a974a1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="705" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPoUx1klklTJSlXMYE4wjSnzkBR9WFlpNMzHpFOdGnSLTmU46OpvpwizL86r1q2y4GWxYMS55JCE9r16v7puyvUS7zcotwK74c_NSgGkuGQAoM8D8BGUf0jJxy9AA9zpFBg_kbib1oWPGxtm4AxCh545nMyU8NtmwyKY3uYkCmMBIt0ctYq3Zh5xMZdM/s320/Trump%20praying_c350b6c482b269732fb54ab404a974a1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">To lead is
truly your Fate,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Your given
time – it’s not too late!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">There are
those that appose you,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">But you must
put that out of view!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Their
thinking is vicious, and low –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">In history
you have taken your place,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And its
wisdom you have got to know!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Not men, but
God, you have to face.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Once again
our flag we will raise,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Obstructionists,
deceitful hearts filled;<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Laws
established they try to rephrase –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">But the
border wall you have to build!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Better are
you than men you please –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Promises – only
saying what you mean!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">You see what
the forgotten man sees,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And the swamp
will once again be clean!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">America, I
know is close to your heart,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And you
handle her with great care –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">If only our
leaders would do their part;<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Before God
was an oath they did swear! <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Look to the
future – be strong, be bold!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Hurry! Hurry!
We’re running out of time,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Soon the
truth we all will have to know –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">In the halls
you walk – wisdom you’ll find.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Only with God
there is wisdom you’ll attain;<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The beauty of
tomorrow is in your eyes –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And with
God’s help the swamp you’ll drain!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And the
forgotten man you hear his cries.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">So Teflon Don,
do your work, and do it well!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And God will
guard you from evil men –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">This
beautiful land where we all dwell,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We know you’ll
make America great again!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">©</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> December 5,
2017<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-83554283867401130062024-03-15T05:02:00.000-07:002024-03-15T05:02:01.140-07:00APRIL IN WAITING<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNl6mrM_IRm9qbevrxXn0CuA-uXgYW5Cb1TD-rkFWVj0mJ6fMhxjx0lHgtNC3Ckqhg18FrofSmNJhX3PVLa7N7k0PA_WchQCxzQBiMfUsm9Flm4PHBbXGHM6580GCOYM5Rn2Re2xzeIKmbaMGaew4y74n6cAeWRWM96fGxRwoAm_BQUWOJavMUa33FDBE/s1920/Flowers_qrSXm1j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNl6mrM_IRm9qbevrxXn0CuA-uXgYW5Cb1TD-rkFWVj0mJ6fMhxjx0lHgtNC3Ckqhg18FrofSmNJhX3PVLa7N7k0PA_WchQCxzQBiMfUsm9Flm4PHBbXGHM6580GCOYM5Rn2Re2xzeIKmbaMGaew4y74n6cAeWRWM96fGxRwoAm_BQUWOJavMUa33FDBE/s320/Flowers_qrSXm1j.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Shadows lay upon the wind,<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Swans cuddle
and bond<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Like a thousand winters,<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it’s not
been that long;<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">She was waiting for April,<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And April’s
time has took,<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">For her love to soon return<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This she
noted in her book.<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The subtleties of April’s end,<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wishing an
April had not been,<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Tears fall from eyes of grace<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where seasons
are like a brook,<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">They flow at their own pace,<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But a heart
is marked by time<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">As April will soon drift away…<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But love
interlaces her mind.<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© April 8, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-15914316942385638212024-03-13T05:09:00.000-07:002024-03-13T05:09:15.397-07:00NEVER KNOWING<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFOqT0vsH7iHBaiy3roZJtXVbvW5iSLFJlxC5gZ_J0V1QS7rk1AAjZDBIzVSfiX4Yps5a3T-fJO7BzrDIhtwUfglCkuMsl4JybeS79XbB5LDkOPtXFcHnpf8ehdpkvuaAdZiH4RFuU1jaAaZHOY7dxb0WS0H8DVSoZ8416md2BI1otep7OL2O5VlTcBpM/s1600/Vincent%20Van%20Gogh_2024-03-13_08-06-18-769.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFOqT0vsH7iHBaiy3roZJtXVbvW5iSLFJlxC5gZ_J0V1QS7rk1AAjZDBIzVSfiX4Yps5a3T-fJO7BzrDIhtwUfglCkuMsl4JybeS79XbB5LDkOPtXFcHnpf8ehdpkvuaAdZiH4RFuU1jaAaZHOY7dxb0WS0H8DVSoZ8416md2BI1otep7OL2O5VlTcBpM/s320/Vincent%20Van%20Gogh_2024-03-13_08-06-18-769.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">If Vincent Van Gogh <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Showed up as a Ghost –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He would probably paint<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The flowers he loved most,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then we could ask:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Did you cut off your ear?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And were you drinking<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Or was there too much beer?”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Poor Vincent Van Gogh<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Died all alone<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Except for the sunsets<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">That shined over his home,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A little chair and a tiny bed –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then just before he died!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I wonder what he thought,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And was he full of pride?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He slept all alone<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In his tiny one room –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Little money did he make,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But he could see the moon,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And most of his painting<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Were scattered all around,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And yes that is so sad<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When heartaches are found!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">You wouldn’t know it<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">About the red haired gent,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But he acted a little weird<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Everywhere he went –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Painting lilies by the pond,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And each stroke was with ease,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Never knowing his work lives on!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 11, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-63701182379179583092024-03-11T05:10:00.000-07:002024-03-11T05:10:09.524-07:00MOMENTS IN LIFE<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckPOES_94lD99twBNF2gpy1CmRpesMU-F53a_kbjUe6DX1GMi_eh17kI0l8SBYHB8dVv_VjvtzMMgoemHE5glv4xqH-aQ5gx86tzX5BQs3IgPf98UDZIoce7dk5SH3MgGwy26rdYdlySrqizLx4ePmMApjcOgHWCHOf5M_HU53U-GjqlBXwfm3oxih2k/s1600/Moonbeams_DSC_0165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="1600" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckPOES_94lD99twBNF2gpy1CmRpesMU-F53a_kbjUe6DX1GMi_eh17kI0l8SBYHB8dVv_VjvtzMMgoemHE5glv4xqH-aQ5gx86tzX5BQs3IgPf98UDZIoce7dk5SH3MgGwy26rdYdlySrqizLx4ePmMApjcOgHWCHOf5M_HU53U-GjqlBXwfm3oxih2k/s320/Moonbeams_DSC_0165.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Looking at moonbeams shining down,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And the sky was so clear . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In the distance a mighty oak stood,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And this moment in time was so dear!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Rising from a lake was an evening fog,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And a gentle wind came to say:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“This moment will never be again –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">So take it all in before the break of day!”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The moon, the wind, they come to play,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And they all have their own name –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">They’re like precious jewels to view,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But none of them am I able to claim!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The table is set – now is the time to eat,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A few moments in life that are so sweet!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 11, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-69740208306629055492024-03-10T07:24:00.000-07:002024-03-10T07:24:50.662-07:00LILIES IN MARCH<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3iUB1o-fIrOfNo5SdPdoGegg7rhKxIKf3cHQ-yUPV5PGrg3tD_WMYepAYPzKuAivoimxv9iENuWfCLTyhkOi3lCrpaOMdY62VTBtA4BYIME4dEy2mhv_SmnA6LokJe_E_5PnZ1dcn6l5lRNtB902CE7iH4zWG-_ji6WOvAsj9ZtYioOgfdPqTBA7HCw/s1200/Daylilies-in-the-garden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="1200" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3iUB1o-fIrOfNo5SdPdoGegg7rhKxIKf3cHQ-yUPV5PGrg3tD_WMYepAYPzKuAivoimxv9iENuWfCLTyhkOi3lCrpaOMdY62VTBtA4BYIME4dEy2mhv_SmnA6LokJe_E_5PnZ1dcn6l5lRNtB902CE7iH4zWG-_ji6WOvAsj9ZtYioOgfdPqTBA7HCw/s320/Daylilies-in-the-garden.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Daylilies bloom in March,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">For their beauty for us to see,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Near the sidewalk standing tall,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In their beauty, beauty, beauty for all,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">They wait for daybreak, they wait for light,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And to see them is such a delight!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">So take nothing for granted,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Just enjoy the beauty God has planted.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">As people drive by everyone will look,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And with little effort it took,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A beauty you don’t read about in a book –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A graceful time when your mind is shook,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And in this tender moment one can find,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">An empty world they left behind!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And to the heavens they will arch,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But remember the Lilies bloom in March.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 10, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-54783349714291248622024-03-09T04:36:00.000-08:002024-03-09T04:36:35.264-08:00NEURONAL EXCITABILITY<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioskCYvBUOYs25HzumVoiH6IwbbfmjINiX9FwO2DMQAHfhXur8uNNDvVlpfijPTIpdxMUR8Dkd1U9JfH9zEJjpu9YJxh4_T5Qd3RSf8myzKC5K0wrLCRtiNREvONaaPB_Gjm1jorJUZJcmfG7CpdQK9ca9toidJEkI5JYMICQiTvELDe-IIARdLrzIo0o/s1676/Neurotransmitter_V1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1641" data-original-width="1676" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioskCYvBUOYs25HzumVoiH6IwbbfmjINiX9FwO2DMQAHfhXur8uNNDvVlpfijPTIpdxMUR8Dkd1U9JfH9zEJjpu9YJxh4_T5Qd3RSf8myzKC5K0wrLCRtiNREvONaaPB_Gjm1jorJUZJcmfG7CpdQK9ca9toidJEkI5JYMICQiTvELDe-IIARdLrzIo0o/s320/Neurotransmitter_V1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Transmitters are working overtime,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And the synapses has to wonder –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">If one’s emotions have fallen flat!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And the brain is asking, “What is that?”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">This has to send chills up your spine!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Endless currents across the membrane <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Altered by the pumping of the blood –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">These thoughts of love, and its pain,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And driving an innocent person insane!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But who can define another’s mind?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A moment of sanity that love overtook,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And leaving common sense behind –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Erogenous zones not found in a book,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Neuronal excitability takes its own time!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 9, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-74477288822173441872024-03-08T06:28:00.000-08:002024-03-08T06:28:15.369-08:00IT’S FUNNY YOU ASK<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjm7SJ_od7uEB71ReRl-moT3ok8Kzri1sK1AUwMpvH13-obt98FhR4zk1uqr2MStIv4IlGdFJkHpm55ms97Ib2Bha_Gi-toBlxLaNWLBYLe51BQCyqlYrUnV8W7TwxR_GvW6xo7XUWG3NHj_Wcq2a5lSFOpxyr2tb46sG09fZUK8zOFL0Khk3AoXY-Luc/s1236/Bottle%20broken%20whiskey%20bottle.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="1236" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjm7SJ_od7uEB71ReRl-moT3ok8Kzri1sK1AUwMpvH13-obt98FhR4zk1uqr2MStIv4IlGdFJkHpm55ms97Ib2Bha_Gi-toBlxLaNWLBYLe51BQCyqlYrUnV8W7TwxR_GvW6xo7XUWG3NHj_Wcq2a5lSFOpxyr2tb46sG09fZUK8zOFL0Khk3AoXY-Luc/s320/Bottle%20broken%20whiskey%20bottle.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">It’s funny you ask<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">If I saw a ghost,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’m just not sure<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And I can’t boast;<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I heard a voice<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Was it in my head?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’m not crazy<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">This is what it said:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Dear Sir<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Are you alone?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I opened my eyes,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Too an eerie tone;<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">It’s haft past four<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Have you died?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Please go away<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I cried!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then I thought<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“I need a snack”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">To the frig I go<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Still looking back,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Was that the wind?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then I look around,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Still scared<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And looking down!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Who are you?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I cried aloud!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’m glad you ask<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">It stated so proud:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“I’m the wine<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The ghost of time”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">So go back to bed<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">It’s all in your head!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 27, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-72556510271550154292024-03-08T06:08:00.000-08:002024-03-08T06:08:47.366-08:00IT MATTERS’ NO MORE<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcchtCgnwh3L0n3B8tSPFuCXbpXE9-27OCRSTUZWv7nq6OI4mv8PFsyaoEGE9pUg2TpnW3L5otPMaUJxsJpcUcR-BXym_vt07wnrs90YdJeiWRn0DnwyHZjJmQ1vek04O7VqXCJeTuFVzSyU_2xPa77QI3xLflIbgXIAKiupvPdC6Nrk7mJBsL4kbNwU/s960/Sunset_86601686_10221762283631037_8890145689229590528_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcchtCgnwh3L0n3B8tSPFuCXbpXE9-27OCRSTUZWv7nq6OI4mv8PFsyaoEGE9pUg2TpnW3L5otPMaUJxsJpcUcR-BXym_vt07wnrs90YdJeiWRn0DnwyHZjJmQ1vek04O7VqXCJeTuFVzSyU_2xPa77QI3xLflIbgXIAKiupvPdC6Nrk7mJBsL4kbNwU/s320/Sunset_86601686_10221762283631037_8890145689229590528_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Life will pass
us quickly, dear love,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> To our journey’s final rest,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">No one will
give thought,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> If we were friends or foe.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">It will all be
forgotten with time;<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Like the
battered garden bench<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> Where our days slowly passed.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Life will pass
us quickly, dear love,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> Our troubles will be no more;<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The
accomplishments of this life<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> Will barely leave their mark.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The dreams we
made together, love,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The times we
danced together here,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Will have no
more meaning than<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> Smoke fading in the wind.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Life will pass
us quickly, dear love,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> The sadness will be no more;<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The songs we
sang were surely in vain<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> Without substance or rhythm sounds.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">All the
friendships we have this day<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The hearts we
touched along the way-<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We shall be as
friendless now as they,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> But who if any will surely care?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Life will pass
us quickly, dear love,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> With little notice or little concern<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Of life’s
bitter hurts and pain,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> And our day’s give way to darkness.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">So fill the
glasses with sweet wine,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Let me kiss
your lips while still wet,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">And to love
you if only a little while,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> Before… “ It matters’ no more.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Epaphroditus</span>©</i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> November ‘00<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p></div><p><br /></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-49246422235996966972024-03-08T05:17:00.000-08:002024-03-08T05:17:10.405-08:00THE GRASS WAS WARM<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJeOHxgNvIV7vYzU5VA9sLH3LyX798nA_QHx726ZQz7kTAbTECuaqXBuMvCDiE5cWzMtB5SyBnhDCEkL7sNszvGljLl7IbKrXkp7bphnaYYZy7JpyqjdwpYU_Ciem7cbWRMBYLcs0F3AGpt9MzXwtLx0X8h3ZjmHvFpzS6c5CP4FVsEEVats3LELcyws/s852/Walking%20on%20grass.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="852" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJeOHxgNvIV7vYzU5VA9sLH3LyX798nA_QHx726ZQz7kTAbTECuaqXBuMvCDiE5cWzMtB5SyBnhDCEkL7sNszvGljLl7IbKrXkp7bphnaYYZy7JpyqjdwpYU_Ciem7cbWRMBYLcs0F3AGpt9MzXwtLx0X8h3ZjmHvFpzS6c5CP4FVsEEVats3LELcyws/s320/Walking%20on%20grass.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In early morn when I began to dream,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I remember lying by a gentle stream,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And the wind was blowing soft and low,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then I realized that it was time to go . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In the distance I heard birds singing sweet,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And the grass was warm beneath my feet –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then the tall cottontails began to sway,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And I knew the wind would have its way!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">On a porch sat an old man in a chair,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And the old house was in need of repair!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Across a deep ditch – set in place was a log,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And in the distance was rising a dim fog –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then out of the blue it started to rain . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And then I awake – am I going insane? <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 7, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-66457478603137310572024-03-06T04:20:00.000-08:002024-03-06T04:20:02.617-08:00LOOKS CAN KILL<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZJb_jp5Ed8YjWaK2QgEFvn7cPLLbDlL90U-A4EuKfYncwrWBWGEMCWwhQyMA21xmViasSD9AP5oL023VcgQtuw0dcZY94a1ZMAKCF9CdrZH0SqPe4GHNeQyP010sSIw9kTRU4nT1hBT1RrGgAZgPpCQvVlvPgP9R6gMxhKsA-WjOA0mLjdepo1tJ2VY/s2340/Angry-woman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2340" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZJb_jp5Ed8YjWaK2QgEFvn7cPLLbDlL90U-A4EuKfYncwrWBWGEMCWwhQyMA21xmViasSD9AP5oL023VcgQtuw0dcZY94a1ZMAKCF9CdrZH0SqPe4GHNeQyP010sSIw9kTRU4nT1hBT1RrGgAZgPpCQvVlvPgP9R6gMxhKsA-WjOA0mLjdepo1tJ2VY/s320/Angry-woman.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I lie quietly in my bed . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Remembering the things that she said –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I try to sleep, but there is no rest<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">An argument of dynamics at its best!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The words
I said fell flat,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was just
a point I was getting at:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t
meant to insinuate she was fat –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know the subject is never it!”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">So now here I lie in bed all alone . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not truly
knowing what went wrong –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’ve always tried to treat her right,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now only loneliness fills my night!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Memories come quietly as I lie still . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still seeing
those eyes that could kill! <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 6, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-87154858190233684702024-03-05T06:06:00.000-08:002024-03-05T06:06:55.727-08:00MEN WILL LIE<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jinPDRGRNteHu8rk97nTd7pbaz9QKLK_MLJ_uy6Of1tVKEEcbHMZ2oUqt3AHIbG6eiBzHay0C-MYOySvhDtkGHgpbRXqzoHNChLXGeEeOhyIFz_1i4es1qXK24BVpAI4f8ArPFOlGY3VP7ukkgpYEFZvjnQDtA1piW61QIrR6MJ4Cur4K90cWi2dZHk/s1920/People-sitting-at-table-silhouette-.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jinPDRGRNteHu8rk97nTd7pbaz9QKLK_MLJ_uy6Of1tVKEEcbHMZ2oUqt3AHIbG6eiBzHay0C-MYOySvhDtkGHgpbRXqzoHNChLXGeEeOhyIFz_1i4es1qXK24BVpAI4f8ArPFOlGY3VP7ukkgpYEFZvjnQDtA1piW61QIrR6MJ4Cur4K90cWi2dZHk/s320/People-sitting-at-table-silhouette-.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Aware! Aware, girls, lying on your back!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">You thought it was fun! A turn in the sack!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But was there pleasure in being used?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">It’s only yourself that you can accuse!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Emotions’ that are deep as you lie still!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">You should have said stop, but you yield –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Memories on your grid that will never die, –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">You thought it was love, but men will lie!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Aware! Aware, girls, lying in the sack!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">You’re giving a piece you’ll never get back!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But in the throes of love – try to find rest . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">An innocent mind is when love is the best!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When feeling weary lying in bed . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Remember not the lies that men have said!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 5, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-48518716357969339352024-03-04T03:00:00.000-08:002024-03-04T03:00:00.449-08:00I HAD A CHANCE<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_-Iww4CKAZyAe9f4M3uTzEHj9JYxdCUfYrDiWuliS9m7m_FvzW4U4cAqEbTJBZL9xAULSLAINpE4fCbMmkSS4qYrkGW2h7kaBVrmIzA7QJ_p0WyJNLLAPjL35TBBJwfQ2Tyft3NaTBUoSlZfyu0v7vwxocafA6c2a9B2JYo6RmDM9H5Q4MWjjpFcgKo/s1920/Woman%20in%20high%20heels_bik80c6lm_thumbnail-1080_01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_-Iww4CKAZyAe9f4M3uTzEHj9JYxdCUfYrDiWuliS9m7m_FvzW4U4cAqEbTJBZL9xAULSLAINpE4fCbMmkSS4qYrkGW2h7kaBVrmIzA7QJ_p0WyJNLLAPjL35TBBJwfQ2Tyft3NaTBUoSlZfyu0v7vwxocafA6c2a9B2JYo6RmDM9H5Q4MWjjpFcgKo/s320/Woman%20in%20high%20heels_bik80c6lm_thumbnail-1080_01.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">While a day has come and gone,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And the clouds hang in the sky<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I saw a beautiful woman walk by,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">She looks at me and smiled,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And her clothes were in style<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then my heart skipped a beat,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And I was as happy as a child.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then I saw her again today . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Her eyes were blue, and she was shy,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And her manner didn’t say why<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then she looked away,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Like a throne on a rose,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">She pricked my heart I suppose:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But that was yesterday<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I had a chance – that’s all I can say!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 4, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-64800890153696680972024-03-03T03:19:00.000-08:002024-03-03T03:19:57.537-08:00GODS’ RULES<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-HzT1L8-TgzZNykpoLQ9xdqhZT1B8qRonrohJNZpLeU6lCBPguD13SCkJ8yQJ7LaNiTFDhkKLc9xEmoq7Iwm5M8ZcoQ99fBbSAqIkNxTBX_my4MtK4hC5b8CXavLkYpB84ZXgl3_7Nrx4pMc6lKEYlPQ73xDNWgjsKSuKOQJjo7TJMBE44TgQlLlVIAw/s790/Bible_isaiah-64-6-hcsb.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="790" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-HzT1L8-TgzZNykpoLQ9xdqhZT1B8qRonrohJNZpLeU6lCBPguD13SCkJ8yQJ7LaNiTFDhkKLc9xEmoq7Iwm5M8ZcoQ99fBbSAqIkNxTBX_my4MtK4hC5b8CXavLkYpB84ZXgl3_7Nrx4pMc6lKEYlPQ73xDNWgjsKSuKOQJjo7TJMBE44TgQlLlVIAw/s320/Bible_isaiah-64-6-hcsb.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I laugh at all of man’s rules<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I
think to myself –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The saddest part of this is:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How much
mind do I have left –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Should I believe what others say?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or believe that God rules!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We all are simply victims . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indoctrinated
by liberal schools!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Stuck in a system with little hope,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(A child
don’t know what is true)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Impressionable minds brainwashed!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where truth is never put in view,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And we the people remain passive –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So why do
we not get involved?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">America, it’s time for us to be heard!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these
problems can be solved. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 3, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-3348500908406736232024-03-02T08:02:00.000-08:002024-03-02T08:02:22.914-08:00AS THE WINDS BLEW<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22KA5JE5CF5cCWmPPkoJFprLxV7HEuBbkhyBxEKEBs4rWM20EjB9e3_Yy2RudSXDqXHu9UmIUrUsWfBqyOj7IsuhtWGVwQ6Z8lRZjbryUZErLCFKBgR6SNf13BJAtSso79sY5iwp1aOnp26S18P_CYmEKcdg3V1miVf2zMZF_iRLZUiW5KGOzlBdIAOw/s1920/Homeless%20man_.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22KA5JE5CF5cCWmPPkoJFprLxV7HEuBbkhyBxEKEBs4rWM20EjB9e3_Yy2RudSXDqXHu9UmIUrUsWfBqyOj7IsuhtWGVwQ6Z8lRZjbryUZErLCFKBgR6SNf13BJAtSso79sY5iwp1aOnp26S18P_CYmEKcdg3V1miVf2zMZF_iRLZUiW5KGOzlBdIAOw/s320/Homeless%20man_.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I saw a man<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He was filled with pain –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sitting all alone<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In the pouring rain.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">His clothes were dirty,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And an old ragged coat –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Tears filled my eyes<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">With a lump in my throat!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He was talking to himself,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Words I didn’t understand –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">This sadness before me<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Of a broken man!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">As the winds blew . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Maybe from the south –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">His beard was all shaggy,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And no teeth in his mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But then I saw a smile,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And it was so plain –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He seemed to be content<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Even in his pain.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">So how did this happen?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Broken and all alone –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A skeleton of a man . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Under a bridge was his home!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 2, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-54070431694783605412024-03-02T06:47:00.000-08:002024-03-02T06:47:23.595-08:00FROM HEAD TO TOE<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHio3Anh0MpHLxKp5tOtSnEbuFGNRKJjhzL2muqadKAT6uAqhiNcPTRlHhAoZEyPb8VmZW4bgaMTfw9YPt-6QGaPhc0LXENVqXcimdyiVroKnt6ENfZoSss-hYXsWLIRYkwCuCNx12ZA4wd6I4borQfZrF7RpKoM3Dalugg2bC4bUaS0TKM_5-iUYPV-U/s1536/Head-to-Toe-2-1536x1536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHio3Anh0MpHLxKp5tOtSnEbuFGNRKJjhzL2muqadKAT6uAqhiNcPTRlHhAoZEyPb8VmZW4bgaMTfw9YPt-6QGaPhc0LXENVqXcimdyiVroKnt6ENfZoSss-hYXsWLIRYkwCuCNx12ZA4wd6I4borQfZrF7RpKoM3Dalugg2bC4bUaS0TKM_5-iUYPV-U/s320/Head-to-Toe-2-1536x1536.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Remember God has given us grace,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Forgiveness we can never replace –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Our mistakes we can always reset<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">For this life is filled with regret!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Forget sin and cleanse your soul,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">For its good and mercy you hold –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Search your heart, and make it so,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A new makeover from head to toe . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">It’s the only way since life began,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">You see, God has always had a plan!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">(Once a man – twice a child) . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">God has it covered, so why not smile?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">So at His feet our sadness we lay –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">For all our sins He has taken away!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 2, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-84424255743375820082024-03-02T05:40:00.000-08:002024-03-02T05:40:05.660-08:00DARKNESS IN A HEART<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjIp9JKipAv1nwSAEa6SocyhEw6m6J9XrpOGPo-q-DsgpQIuA-h-XyFh0pPjdJInCaWj9Z-UnZSGcTx1kx7-5iuchfZVlORExQ2m2Pi2zzjNgvFqJxmxV3plc_eUkPkg-mQIevaCUPul1eflItiJaNscVP1eO1DNyopN4wgnH7_G3Tw3lB91thAv00BgY/s1012/Darkness_d10ih4q-3c52e427-bb69-4683-a087-6f5a3b15a117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1012" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjIp9JKipAv1nwSAEa6SocyhEw6m6J9XrpOGPo-q-DsgpQIuA-h-XyFh0pPjdJInCaWj9Z-UnZSGcTx1kx7-5iuchfZVlORExQ2m2Pi2zzjNgvFqJxmxV3plc_eUkPkg-mQIevaCUPul1eflItiJaNscVP1eO1DNyopN4wgnH7_G3Tw3lB91thAv00BgY/s320/Darkness_d10ih4q-3c52e427-bb69-4683-a087-6f5a3b15a117.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>O the
heartaches, O the hell,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through storms,
and the pain,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>O this sadness,
O well . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In moments
when I go insane!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes I do
mean everything,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That a sad heart
has to claim –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know this
sadness no can see,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the
same it lives in me!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Darkness in
a heart runs deep,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
sometimes it needs to wept,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The taste
of life can be bitter,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I look
at things to consider:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">First, if you were only here . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then these heartaches I’d never fear!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 2, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-15982594437526321312024-03-01T05:39:00.000-08:002024-03-01T05:39:23.234-08:00POOLS OF BLUE<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqw8hlvj-Sf8oq_t8bHm5Ka6fa_Fc-6tB6C2Alu8niIZYZ-WX255ps78xnNGphK9fDGj0kDvwXvEA3yL7e1OfrTEEkyUrvKbmUKY-Vwan5ukAl8U0UEzj3Q55aZQd-oLtRHOaT-BKud7471zbLO2JuMIMF01qM7Dgn_KlCQ2XmJacS9WX-iN06iwrhWk0/s316/Blue%20EyesXXX_GHjs5TcXoAAFu9Z.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="136" data-original-width="316" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqw8hlvj-Sf8oq_t8bHm5Ka6fa_Fc-6tB6C2Alu8niIZYZ-WX255ps78xnNGphK9fDGj0kDvwXvEA3yL7e1OfrTEEkyUrvKbmUKY-Vwan5ukAl8U0UEzj3Q55aZQd-oLtRHOaT-BKud7471zbLO2JuMIMF01qM7Dgn_KlCQ2XmJacS9WX-iN06iwrhWk0/s1600/Blue%20EyesXXX_GHjs5TcXoAAFu9Z.jpeg" width="316" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<h1><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Thy heart searches for thee.<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1>
<h1><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Eyes, like pools of blue, see me!<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1>
<h1><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Thy heart ponders why.<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1>
<h1><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Needing your touch, the tears I cry.<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1>
<h1><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></h1>
<h1><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I stand in the summer showers,<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1>
<h1><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And seek your image for hours.<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1>
<h1><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Oh! Pools of blue, I long for thee,<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1>
<h1><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">To see this love that lies in me.<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1>
<h1><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></h1>
<h1><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 31, 2005<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-11669901706312037572024-03-01T05:08:00.000-08:002024-03-01T05:08:19.390-08:00I SIT AND ROCK <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlO6ArC5AKytNpTNM76UuBmahC_-RaVTXLIFY2x0bjN3KtMFHOSBrOWta7EQar8rpnVq6fTrlILZua-o2BfpRuInEHZMZxaILarrWS8jrf5KJVPpvSbAVZ2FdKiBQ2VpOh5wqZDhj8jXOJJrRJa8MEnrDCNWC6BRMshBBxlsp2pRUF0FCy5lGA3XJSnKI/s1573/Rocking%20chair_2024-03-01_08-01-33-809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1573" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlO6ArC5AKytNpTNM76UuBmahC_-RaVTXLIFY2x0bjN3KtMFHOSBrOWta7EQar8rpnVq6fTrlILZua-o2BfpRuInEHZMZxaILarrWS8jrf5KJVPpvSbAVZ2FdKiBQ2VpOh5wqZDhj8jXOJJrRJa8MEnrDCNWC6BRMshBBxlsp2pRUF0FCy5lGA3XJSnKI/s320/Rocking%20chair_2024-03-01_08-01-33-809.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Birds of a feather always flock,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">On the front porch I sit and rock –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And the old chair is squeaking,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And a man on the radio is speaking!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">On a piece of wood I twiddle,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">So many problems that I can do little –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Thinking about it raises my temper,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I need to cry, but I can only whimper!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I was thinking, but I can’t remember<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Was it last year in November?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I know, time seems to just slip away,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I mean, hell it was just yesterday –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Birds of a feather flock together,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And things in life I have to weather!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© March 1, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-15920831174486779502024-02-28T03:45:00.000-08:002024-02-28T03:45:20.652-08:00REMEMBER AMERICA<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvn1ed0u3V4fyTt7Q_4dRbDQGIqCK1FG6tWgcYrqVkjWTcNaE5o0B0xi7hJyFapUF9xti64SE_TBOujtzRz6ZxxTJ4vq0Q6rztkAWIq9djk3LV59qJ64YIEdXM7FjOqxWlbzhLonVBF9jKJKt_wqYL-iRBKFeAku-vl3b0ma4l2jvTyvFnQ8WUmHImmlI/s640/Eagle%20crying_xxxd24452024ab27a421deda09e3cd4bea3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="640" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvn1ed0u3V4fyTt7Q_4dRbDQGIqCK1FG6tWgcYrqVkjWTcNaE5o0B0xi7hJyFapUF9xti64SE_TBOujtzRz6ZxxTJ4vq0Q6rztkAWIq9djk3LV59qJ64YIEdXM7FjOqxWlbzhLonVBF9jKJKt_wqYL-iRBKFeAku-vl3b0ma4l2jvTyvFnQ8WUmHImmlI/s320/Eagle%20crying_xxxd24452024ab27a421deda09e3cd4bea3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Daisies dancing with lady slippers –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Roses hiding from garden clippers –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Ocean’s secrets of a mermaid –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">While the wind plays in fields of sage –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In the distance a church bell rings,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And unfaithful lovers have flings!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">From the mountaintop I stand high –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then I hear our nation’s cry!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Remember America when she began,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Come one! Come all! Here is my land –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Purple mountains – meadows of sage –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">God’s promises written on every page!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">From the mountaintop I stand cry –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">What happened – please tell me why!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© February 28, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816613251281934138.post-34367016669458268902024-02-27T04:51:00.000-08:002024-02-27T04:51:24.960-08:00MAGA<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggg3WcTEfl0yK8vgyfU8KV2AIX8i9ADm9SuOz7NvB57L26MyR7hBHVgAaVPfOo943IqnpE7Ns8AR84Uf149ccpcvvJZ-JyGnssm7ESkWu8MnxvrfCNWzD80fQoSwo7kAQ8WEzbvUdRWxUGw6Wt7BiTVEH7UNmZg2nubquykBgh6jQRIgl493PmM7uAMQ/s400/Trump%20Flag_-l400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggg3WcTEfl0yK8vgyfU8KV2AIX8i9ADm9SuOz7NvB57L26MyR7hBHVgAaVPfOo943IqnpE7Ns8AR84Uf149ccpcvvJZ-JyGnssm7ESkWu8MnxvrfCNWzD80fQoSwo7kAQ8WEzbvUdRWxUGw6Wt7BiTVEH7UNmZg2nubquykBgh6jQRIgl493PmM7uAMQ/s320/Trump%20Flag_-l400.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Donald J. Trump<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">What did you say?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“America is the greatest,”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And her flag I’ll
wave.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“I’m for MAGA,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Could that be bolder?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’m also a builder<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Your future I shoulder!”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I will stand tall,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Look at Trump Tower –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Dripping in her gold<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Upon every hour.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I care about America<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">While the Dem’s fiddle!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The MAGA movement<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">It’s not a riddle!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’ll defend them all<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Even my haters –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">All the truck drivers,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And restaurant waiters.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’ll serve all the people,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Either poor or rich –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Look at all the farmers<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Ox is in the ditch!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The land of the free,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And I say it with wit –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Come all that labor,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But come with merit. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I love Mar-A Lago<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">With her walls of plaster –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I calculate every move<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Like a Chess master!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My words can be brass,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And not always candid –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A free pass to America<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I have never handed.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I will wave Old Glory<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Again and again –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’ll fight for America<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’ll fight to the end!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I earned my riches,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And I hate to be in debt –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">America is a beacon,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And she is not dead yet!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Look at our nation<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Could things be worse?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Come all – it’s all free!”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Empty our purse.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When I was President<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">America was fervent –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I didn’t steal her blind<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I was her servant!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Once again I’ll serve,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And we’ll MAGA –<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">With God’s help:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“It will take all good men!”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Epaphroditus© February 27, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p>epaphroditushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07360864714223976349noreply@blogger.com0