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The Games That We Play

Far too quickly we are bored
when some people try to draw attention
in the games that we daily play.
Far too quickly we are bored
and divided among ourselves
by every gossiper.
Far too quickly we are bored
when some people try to draw attention.

poem by Gert Strydom
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Perspective Stand

There are those that pass,
unseeing.
They walk blindly,
seeing only
what they hope to gain.

And for them, emptiness
like a dog on leash
will seldom stray.
Though still many
pass and see the pool.

The pool’s edges
are sparsely lined with damp
moss-covered rocks,
that share the bank with fern
and a profusion
of vine hosting trees.

Small native birds

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poem by Terence George Craddock
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An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation

anonym
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Reuben James

Reuben james
In my song you live again
And the phrase that I rhyme
Are just a footstep out of time
From the time when I knew you
Reuben james
Reuben james, all the folks around hadison county
Cussed your name
Youre just a no-count, sharecropping colored man
Youd steal anything you can
And everybody laid the blame on reuben james
Reuben james, for you still walk
Over fields of my mind
Faded shirt, weathered brow
Colored hands upon the plow
Loved you then and I love you now
Reuben james
For a grave
The gossiper of hadison county died with chide
Although your skin was black

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song performed by Kenny Rogers
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