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Played Out Retromania

January 16, 2026 

We wrote down recipes 
And kept em in a box
Magic and Stockton
Had really long socks

Retromania
Boomer egomania
Singing in the rainia
On a plain in Spainia

The olden days 
We're golden days
Bless those vintage bygone ways

Time to break the chainia
Pour it down the drainia
Before we go insania
With played out retromania

We sang some happy true songs
And broken-hearted blue songs 
Now it's time for new songs

Time to break the chainia
Pour it down the drainia
Before we go insania
With played out retromania

by Richard W. Bray

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Don’t be a stupid needy Nimrod

January 8, 2026 


You've been acting pretty odd
Just like a stupid needy Nimrod

Frustrating friends and your relations
With all your crazy expectations

I can’t paddle your canoe,
Wipe your nose and tie your shoe

Frustrating friends and your relations
With all your crazy expectations

You whine and then you whinny 
Like you’re a goofy little ninny

Frustrating friends and your relations
With all your crazy expectations

Always jumping to conclusions
To support your lame delusions 

Frustrating friends and your relations
With all your crazy expectations

Thinking truth is what you feel
Take a look at life for real

Frustrating friends and your relations
With all your crazy expectations

by Richard W. Bray

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she loves me like a penguin

December 30, 2025 


she knows everything about me 
and we've never even spoken 
if she ever stops following
everything will be broken

she loves me like a penguin
she always follows me around
she waves her little penguin wings
all over town

you know i've always had a notion
love is really just devotion
when she wiggles cross the ocean
she warms up the arctic night

she loves me like a penguin
and you know birdies mate for life
she loves me like a penguin
and penguin love is pretty nice

by Richard W. Bray

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The spirit of the trees comes out at night 

December 20, 2025 

The universe is charged and wondrous
Feel the force that floats among us
Resist the anger hate and greed
Only take the love you need

The spirit of the trees comes out at night 
Dogs and children see the hidden light 

Dynasties will rise and fall
Nothing's written on the wall
Seeking truth out day by day
We stagger on our wanting way

The spirit of the trees comes out at night 
Dogs and children see the hidden light 

Every breath is blessed and free
Share the joy and dignity
Love and kindness never cease
Live with hope and work for peace

The spirit of the trees comes out at night 
Dogs and children see the hidden light 

by Richard W. Bray

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Attention is the air I breathe

November 15, 2025 

No memory of having starred
Atones for later disregard,
Or keeps the end from being hard.
–Robert Frost

You're the water 
I'm Narcissus 
You're the source 
Of all my wishes
When the pool
Begins to dry
That's when I 
Begin to die

Everybody, look at me 
Attention is the air I breathe

When my latest
Book won't sell
It's like the deepest
Ring of hell
People won't
Return my calls
Like Icarus
I fall and fall

Everybody, look at me 
Attention is the air I breathe

I used to be 
Among the guys
That everyone 
Would recognize
Invisible
And seized with pain
As seasons turn 
And fashions change

Everybody, look at me 
Attention is the air I breathe

by Richard W. Bray

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There’s lots of hurt to go around

October 18, 2025 







She scrambled up my insides pretty good
I drank myself past crazy, knock on wood

I grabbed my hounds and packed my sled
And prayed for better days ahead

I never cared for that old town
There's lots of hurt to go around

I thought she'd be the one to make me true
I end up sad no matter what I do

The best laid plans don't guarantee 
A life that's free of misery

I tried so hard – I let her down
There's lots of hurt to go around

We did the Tallahassee do-si-do
Then she left me bleeding in the snow

My chariot is flying low
I guess it's just my time to go 

Harps and horns make lovely sound
There's no more hurt to go around 

by Richard W. Bray 






									


				
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Rimsy Rosey Dipsy Dapsy Dozey

				October 3, 2025

				

					












Rimsy
Rosey
Dipsy dapsy dozey

Brizzy
Brayzee
People think I'm crazy

Hipsy
Hopsy
Flipsy flopsy frozey

Dimby
Damby
You really understand me

Ohzee
Nosey
Tipsy tapsy toesy

Freedoo
Weedoo
I really wanna see you

Bimsy
Bamsy
Boomsy woomsy toomsy

Meedope
Beedope
You sunshine me with hope

Richard W. Bray

									


				
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A little heaven big enough for two

				September 28, 2025

				

					












A funny movie on a rainy day
Things we’re feeling but we cannot say
 
I say goodbye to all the gloomy doom
Just by knowing that you're in the room

A gentle symphony of you and me
Dissolving into simple melody
Greatest beauty that could ever be

Like a fire on a frozen night
You bring the heat and keep it burning bright 

So many hurts and stings and scary things
Shelter me with all the love you bring

A gentle symphony of you and me
Dissolving into simple melody
Greatest beauty that could ever be

More contentment than I ever knew
A little heaven big enough for two

A gentle symphony of you and me
Dissolving into simple melody
Greatest beauty that could ever be

by Richard W. Bray

									


				
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can we listen? can we talk?

				September 17, 2025

				

					












can we listen?
can we talk?
can we walk around the block?
can we solve our problems
with words instead of rocks?

can we listen?
can we talk?
are we able to be free?
can we plant a garden
without a Poison Tree?

can we listen?
can we talk?
can we ever be certain
it's not a big lie
not the man behind the curtain?

can we listen?
can we talk?
can we walk around the block? 
can a man have an opinion
without losing his job?

can we listen?
can we talk?
frustration festers below
keep it out in the sun
and let your flower grow

by Richard W. Bray

									


				
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Ain’t nothing on the outside that’s gonna make you whole

				August 21, 2025

				

					











To fight aloud, is very brave —
But gallanter, I know
Who charge within the bosom
The Cavalry of Woe —
–Emily Dickinson

You always loved the thunder 
And you're scared of the light 
Hiding from your insides
So you pick another fight 

It's time to shut up 
And listen to yourself 
Your neverending squabbles
Are ruining your health

Scrolling through the profiles
And it makes your body burn
Life is not a scrapbook
Some people never learn 

It's time to shut up 
And listen to your heart
Stop flailing around
Or you'll tear yourself apart 

You're over there and everywhere 
You're talking on the phone
In everybody's business
You can't stand to be alone

It's time to shut up 
And listen to your soul
Ain't nothing on the outside 
That's gonna make you whole

by Richard W. Bray

									


				
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