Archive for July, 2014

I Thought About It

July 28, 2014

fish

You took me for a snack
Then I never called you back
But I thought about it

I didn’t replace your car
When I crashed into that bar
But I thought about it

And I never did the chores
That your father paid me for
But I thought about it

Didn’t feed your fishes for a week
When I climbed that mountain peak
But I thought about it

I didn’t apologize
For their premature demise
But I thought about it

I’m sorry that you’re gone
And I know that I was wrong
Cuz I thought about it

by Richard W. Bray

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He Didn’t Learn It From Me

July 20, 2014

Teacher says my kid is bad
Pinching girls and punching boys
Says he’s quite the lively lad
Busting heads and breaking toys
I gotta raise the feller right
I can’t tolerate no sass
Every time the school calls
I always beat his little ass

He must’ve got that from his friends
Or else he seen it on tv
He didn’t learn that stuff from me
This is a sick society

Police got my boy downtown
For smashing glass and taking beer
I guess I’ll get another round
Before I sneak on outta here
I’m ashamed that he’s my son
That ain’t the way that he was taught
We all like to have our fun
But only idiots get caught

He must’ve got that from his friends
Or else he seen it on tv
He didn’t learn that stuff from me
This is a sick society

by Richard W. Bray

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The Pursuit

July 6, 2014

You can’t fill up on happy
By drinking twenty beers
Or eating cotton candy
Till it comes out your ears

Happy don’t yield dividends
When you pursue it as an end
Happy is the residue
Of all the worthwhile things we do

The need to know that nibbles
And asks us who we are
Won’t be sated by garages
With fifty-seven cars

Happy don’t yield dividends
When you pursue it as an end
Happy is the residue
Of all the worthwhile things we do

Find yourself a project
And plug, plug, plug away
Make a little progress
And show up every day

Happy don’t yield dividends
When you pursue it as an end
Happy is the residue
Of all the worthwhile things we do

by Richard W. Bray

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Angry Won’t Feed Your Chickens

July 2, 2014

wheel

Wheel of fortune
Rollin on
My dreams
Gets me so exasperated
Deeds and outcomes
Ain’t related

Sooner or later
Life’ll kick you
In the ass
No one is immune
Nobody
Gets a pass

Everybody got a reason
To be angry
But angry
Won’t feed your chickens
Angry hurts
And angry sickens

Sooner or later
Life’ll kick you
In the ass
No one is immune
Nobody
Gets a pass

Just try to do
Your best
Cuz fickle
Fate don’t give a damn
So cherish what
Is beautiful
And take it like a man

Sooner or later
Life’ll kick you
In the ass
No one is immune
Nobody
Gets a pass

by Richard W. Bray

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