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The future isn’t real until we make it 

September 9, 2026 

You want a better kind of future
One that everyone can share
You're not alone, we all could use it
Stick around, we're nearly there
–Paul McCartney, Coming Up

The better kind of future
That everyone can share
Seems a million miles away
But I can taste it in the air

Call me stupid – call me crazy
Cuz dreaming doesn't make it true
But we can rewrite any story
Every day is fresh and new

Shun the screeching noise
Of the broken machine
The world is enchanting
And it's bursting with our dreams

The future isn't real until we make it

by Richard W. Bray

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Turning up my music and my metaphors

September 5, 2026 


I found out something, Baby
The world already knew
I found out something, Baby
There's no one else like you

Girl when I saw you
It fell into place
Everything's as clear
As the smile on your face

Trimming my sails
And dropping my oars
Turning up my music 
And my metaphors

Girl when I saw you
It fell into place
Everything's as clear
As the smile on your face

Been nursing my wounds
Since my last rodeo
I'm ready for a tumble
But I ain't letting go

Girl when I saw you
It fell into place
Everything's as clear
As the smile on your face

by Richard W. Bray

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Shipwrecked, Like a Heart

August 21, 2026 

Shipwrecked, like a heart
Slowly, I will fall apart
No more boats on my horizon
Demise won't be at all surprising 

Stranded in the endless sand
A castaway in crazy land
The nothing that is always near
Freezes all my empty tears

Memories will haunt my days
Rippling ghosts are just like waves
The premature and lost goodbyes
My senseless silly alibis

The painful past that won't let go 
Oh, Prospero! Oh, Dan Dafoe!
My future sings a song of dread
My island lives inside my head

by Richard W. Bray

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I guess I thought I knew things

July 31, 2026 


Funny how we view things
Funny how the news stings
Funny how I thought 
That you'd be true

Other people do things 
I guess I thought I knew things 
Now I need some new things to do

Funny how I miss things 
All those me and you things
Funny how I thought
That you'd be true

Other people do things 
I guess I thought I knew things 
Now I need some new things to do

by Richard W. Bray

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Choosing Freedom Over You

July 21, 2026 


Regrets
Keeping my cheeks wet
Lost another bet
Choosing freedom over you 

They say
The Devil doesn't play
When the clouds are turning gray
He always gets his due

Someday 
When lovin comes my way 
I'll have the sense to stay
Put away my rambling shoes

Until
I finally get my fill
Of stumbling stupid up a hill
I'll build a bunker out of blue

Regrets
Paying off my debts
Trying to forget
Choosing freedom over you 

by Richard W. Bray

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Cuckoo for the Puff

July 3, 2026 

Every day is fry day
Dazing in the haze
Chronic is her tonic
She loves her hippy ways

She’s cuckoo for the puff
That sticky stinky stuff
She’ll never get enough
She’s cuckoo for the puff

She’s never gonna cope 
Without an eighth of dope
The Nirvana she has found
Is growing in the ground

She’s cuckoo for the puff
That sticky stinky stuff
She’ll never get enough
She’s cuckoo for the puff

Blissful waves of blasting
Unplugging from it all
She’d rather hug a tree
Than take another call

She’s cuckoo for the puff
That sticky stinky stuff
She’ll never get enough
She’s cuckoo for the puff

by Richard W. Bray

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Pay attention when you’re angry

June 7, 2026 


The conscious mind thinks it’s the Oval Office, when in reality it’s the press office.
–Jonathan Haidt

Pay attention when you’re angry
It can show you who you are
Find out where your hurting
By listening to your scars

A friend's girlfriend looks so hot
You wanna fill his gut with shot

One of your buddies at the bar
Just got a really awesome car

Somebody tells a stupid joke
And your head fills up with smoke

That singer dresses funny
Why should he have so much money?

Someone talks about a wedding
And you dream of their beheading 

Take a deep breath 
Wish everyone the best
Let it out slow 
Try and let it go
 
by Richard W. Bray

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The Dew of Your Devotions

May 15, 2026 

Bombs are not the answer
And kindness isn’t bad
Caring for your neighbor
Is not a silly fad

Don’t let people tell you it’s just a dirty scheme
You can make a rainbow out of dandelion dreams

No more Golden Idols
No more worshipping machines
It’s time to tend the garden
And cook some healthy greens

Don’t let people tell you it’s just a dirty scheme
You can make a rainbow out of dandelion dreams

Time keeps gurgling on
No matter what you do
Pick a destination
And paddle your canoe

Don’t let people tell you it’s just a dirty scheme
You can make a rainbow out of dandelion dreams

by Richard W. Bray

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it sure beats living a lie

April 17, 2026 



Smashing into walls
Cuz you really like the view 
Singing to your hatred
Cuz it loves you so true

I might pay a price for telling the truth 
But it sure beats living a lie

Practicing your backstroke 
Swimming in the gutter
Wearing your deception 
A coat of many shudders

I might pay a price for telling the truth 
But it sure beats living a lie

Self-preservation 
Is the only thing you trust 
Throwing friends and lovers
Underneath the bus

I might pay a price for telling the truth 
But it sure beats living a lie

Inside out
Your pride is really shame 
There's nothing left to hide 
There's no one else to blame

I might pay a price for telling the truth 
But it sure beats living a lie

by Richard W. Bray

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Clean My Thinking

April 10, 2026 

She's got big dreams and small feelings
Treats me like potato peelings
I'm hung up on a woman
Who can't respect a man

Lobotomized accommodations 
The sudden fall of mighty nations
I'm hung up on a woman
Who can't respect a man

Stupid people and stupid talking
Close my ears and just keep walking 
I'm hung up on a woman
Who can't respect a man

Cheats and liars getting wealthy
Surrounded by so much unhealthy
I'm hung up on a woman
Who can't respect a man

Stop my crying. Stop my stinking
Time for me to clean my thinking
I don't need a woman 
Who can't respect a man 

by Richard W. Bray

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