“Fall gently, snowflakes Cover me with white Cold icy kisses and Let me rest tonight.”
― The Complete Collected Poems
― The Complete Collected Poems
“Shadows on the wall Noises down the hall Life doesn’t frighten me at all Bad dogs barking loud Big ghosts in a cloud Life doesn’t frighten me at all.”
― The Complete Collected Poems
― The Complete Collected Poems
“The race of man is suffering And I can hear the moan, ‘Cause nobody, But nobody Can make it out here alone.”
― The Complete Collected Poems
― The Complete Collected Poems
“Will I be less dead because I wrote this poem or you more because you read it long years hence.”
― The Complete Collected Poems
― The Complete Collected Poems
“Weeper “I hate to lose something,” then she bent her head, “even a dime, I wish I was dead. I can't explain it. No more to be said. ‘Cept I hate to lose something. “I lost a doll once and cried for a week. She could open her eyes, and do all but speak. I believe she was took, by some doll-snatching sneak. I tell you, I hate to lose something. “A watch of mine once, got up and walked away. It had twelve numbers on it and for the time of day. I'll never forget it and all I can say Is I really hate to lose something. “Now if I felt that way ‘bout a watch and a toy, What you think I feel ‘bout my lover-boy? I ain't threatening you, madam, but he is my evening's joy. And I mean I really hate to lose something.”
― The Complete Collected Poems
― The Complete Collected Poems
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