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Norman Goldstein

Norman Goldstein

a lost friend

Joy
A lost friend
When did you leave?
There was no fond embrace
Or hug goodbye
One moment here
And then you disappeared  
I shall travel on
Without you now
My new friends
Small comfort
Take what you get
It will happen soon
I shall abide them
Hopefully not too long.

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Altre opere di Norman Goldstein...
a garden tender

There is no capture for my words no pen or paper here inside me
twisted cloud

If I were a twisted cloud I would have the wind to blame For the awful shape I’m in But being not of vapor made wispy and spread across the sky
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a simple man

A cool breeze enters the forest ca… leaves are already falling and arr… in a circle beneath Keeping warm the smallest root Cupping the morning dew
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a Swiss chalet far away

Conspiracy They plot away In some secret mountain retreat Nestled in the Swiss Alps A chalet tended by deaf servants
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just a whisper

The endless road ends All that I denied is now accepted The blackness of eternity beckons leaving me this brief moment I cling to even
to Roscoe

My dog Hardly a fitting title For so vital a part of my life There is nowhere I go When he’s not under toe
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surprising Uncle Marcus

I walked through a graveyard It was dusk short of night I marveled at my sense of fright Expecting rising ghouls or bloody… Sticking through the well trimmed…
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fame

The cheer of the crowd Loud… reaching low lying clouds Shaking the angels From their soft sleep Attention now drawn
tick tock

The clock on the wall mocks me With its simple gears and a helpfu… A drop of oil here and there It will pass the time relentlessly Never having to stop and rest
give or take

Belief in what I know Indeed thin ice upon which to skat… With much cold water and little ai… My burning question has always been
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Hope

Hope is elusive Slipping away so easily Just when you have it And that secure feeling warms A bit of the frost so common now
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beware the buyer

The devil is a smart businessman If he’s going to buy your soul He’s going to get you cheap.. you… So he starts you young Just a tease or two when you’re re…
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Lost Eden

I speak of what was lost Since I came upon this place Once a garden tendered strong Now weeds and dry earth did replac… My Eden
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a song

There’s a song I didn’t sing, I have a tin ear. It goes through my mind tune less, Like a sound that almost was there… I so miss the music that isn’t in…
Survival

It holds us well An unbreakable spell Cast long ago In evolutionary creation “survival first”
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