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Isom's Luck
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I don’t know how it came to be
the koo koo bird & the bumble bee
Isom Dart & Diana Longtree
my eternal slavery
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I don’t know why it is so
cold in the desert & hot in the snow
they get it on
I’m so slow
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Jealousy
the brick in my chest
in my belly
comes to rest
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A soft & gooey lump of clay
wiseless prideless love
an eager pollywog today
tomorrow a timid dove
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Sheriff Dart got the drop on her
pulled her in, locked her up
made a pot of coffee
& poured her a cup
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He got a “thank you” that
I will never understand
he is one hell of a guy
& I am just a man
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A dead man
that’s it
when you’re dead you’re just a ghost
& Sheriff Isom Dart was a gracious host …
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(Copyright Clyde Collins 2012)
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