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Unturned calendar singing MAY
Did I forget your birthday?
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Un-read books with hidden marks
Left the hero lost in dark!
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Limping in a clumsy shoe
Long lost sock, a dream come true.
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Not a pencil to be found
Nearby a choking, restless hound.
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Organized I swear to be
If I could only misplace me!
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From Can Can Days by GeoE
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BITCHIN'

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You've got
.....All of your teeth
And most of your buttons
.....All your children love you
SO
.....Quit your bitchin!
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From Can Can Days by GeoE
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QUITCH'ER BITCHIN'

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There are days
When gritting my teeth
Brings nothing but dental bills!
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From Can Can Days by GeoE
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BORED

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Nothing to dream for tomorrow
Nothing to do for today
But a sink full of dirty dishes
To wash and to hide away
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From Can Can Days by GeoE
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ROLL CALL

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OR

DISHES TO DISHES

IN 80 FLAWLESS YEARS

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All the challenges over -

......All the bragging done

Me and old hound sandy,

.....Lie in the warming sun

Not even brags to fill the hours -

.....Memory is lost and gone.

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From Can Can Days by GeoE

2004

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Editor's note: During the time my grandmother and mother lived with my small family, one thing stays in my memory. My grandmother insisted on washing the dishes after every meal, every day, by hand. We had a dishwasher, but she preferred hand washing. And being a homeschooling family, that was three home-cooked meals each day for seven people. That's a lot of dishes. But, that was her self-appointed job. Her way of "earning her keep" and contributing to the family. I love and greatly admire my grandmother for her determination to keep right on contributing every day in whatever way she is able. Bless her.

USED TO BE

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Huddled in the ancient corner
Guarded from the light
Bowing to the ghost of time
Age undoubtedly is mine.
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Memory of "used to be"
Lies dark in ev'ry sunny day
Buries ev'ry yesterday
In helpless pain
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When did death in grey array
Encompass ev'ry happy day?
How did "helpless" come to stay?
How did "but" become my way?
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Yet somewhere shines the sun
Some how happiness does run
Somewhere Light awaits the day
And I can surely look that way!
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From Can Can Days by GeoE
Sept 2004
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CLARITY

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I thank you father, with all my heart
that there is strength and clarity enough
To appreciate, participate and embrace my life.
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From Can Can Days by GeoE
June 2003
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