Poem -

Go Slow

Go Slow

Now the dealer smiles so wicked, 

Says would you like to play again?

So you lose your last ten dollars

You couldn't watch his sleight of hand

.

And you say you don't love your lover

And that you haven't for awhile,

But you can't afford to leave him,

You take a shot and force a smile

.

You see the girl standing in the shadows,

But she doesn't try to hide

She's out working for a living,

And she needs just one more high

.

Now the prophet is dead and buried

And all those who heard his call

Must grieve for all the children

Who had no vote to voice at all

.

You.  You've forgotten your assignment

As you stumble through your life

But there's a photo you keep hidden

In your boot beside your knife

.

The way she dips her head in rhythm

And she clicks her left toe down

Reminds you of another

In another life and town

.

And you find that you're a sinner

And you'll never be a Saint

So you just can't go on pretending

To be something that you ain't.

.

Now we can spend all day debating 

On what is wrong and what is right

But in the end it doesn't matter

Once we step into the light

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Valerie Beasley...

Hi Juan…Yes, what is done in the dark will always come to the light!  This write is wide open and exposes what is deep in the gut…and what kinds of secrets flow only in the night!!!  Excellent write!

val

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Juan Hernandez

Thank you Val.

I appreciate and value you.

Thank you.

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Juan Hernandez

thank you susan o'reilly.  I thanked you earlier, but somehow it was not posted.  Damn technology!!!!

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