Don't YOU Know? ?
Don't YOU know what YOU All are doin'?
Havn't YOU any care in YOU at all?
How do Ya' ever sleep at night?
Down this old River Walk...YOU Fall;
The Seasons they are a changin'...
The leaves of time are blowin' 'cross the plains...
Frost and icy wind comes hollerin' after YOU...
And the ole Sun is Beginning to wane;
YOU all need to face up to all of YOUR Ghosts, pronto...
YOU need to check in, on your skeletons too...
'Cause the Winter White...its a comin'...oh ya! ! !
And in the end of it all (Just past Fall) that there blame-
(Its headin' straight for YOU)
October 3,2009
From The Attic Of My Heart
With great thoughts of Tom Sawyer
And of Huckleberry Finn***
Also: Elizabeth Barrett Browning***
Robert Browning***
Their son: Paul O (C. Browning)
And With Thanks To My Very Good
Friend Nan.
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