What happens to privacy when your heart is ripped apart, and the secrets you had are no longer truths. Lies and ribaldry. Doff your hat and walk away from the maelstrom and milling crowds.
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He’s a firecracker, a wild wailing bundle thrashing at his mama’s side, and I wish I could walk up and talk sense, give him my fatherly or grandfatherly, or even god-fatherly look, but that’s not okay these days, so I just watch my cup shake on the table as he throws himself a nice fit….
Rock ‘n’ roll is about having fun.If you keep yourself in one piece to live long enough, well done!Parents told off by their children for pretending to be happily married at a local fair.Morris dancers from Ipswich in a square. Drop-out students, apart from one, flunk ‘Psychedelia; the rock-social revolution of the 1960s”as they get…
You’ve lied to me, lied to me lied to me I quit my job, sold my house moved to another state, left my family. You’ve lied to me: lied to me: lied to me: your embrace a trick to steal from me, your kiss as faithful as a warming winter, your smile a rictus mocking,…
Yes! I believe in Romeo, as Juliet said when she lay in the coffin pretending to be dead. That Tonto is no good, said the ambush chief and I, guzzling gas, can get no relief. The father figure who looked like Charlie Chan walked like Charlie Chaplin when he kicked the can. Lindsay Lohan is…
Life has a way of Sending things your way That you can’t deal with, Situations you try to avoid at all costs, Questions you don’t want to face. Turn your back and they’ll Take you down with them, Face them with courage And you’ll create your own story. Many things have happened To me and…
