IN THE MORNING .. .

REVISITING A HUMOUROUS POEM

I FOUND ~ THAT I WROTE IN 1986  ..

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                              IN THE MORNING .. .

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Oh the damp and the unemployment

    the sun is shining but I am not feeling well

and its in the air, all over the place

    cannot get away, cannot run away

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Looking around I feel fine

    hearing the sounds, seeing the sights

my eyes are wet with lack of sleep

    my neck it moans and moans and I cough

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Never thought I would be in this place

    thinking these thoughts, knowing how it feels

and I am happy, and I am sad

    I have learned to write it down and this helps

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So much of it is down to conditioning

    our angst, our anguish, our fear

if I were an Ethiopian, no roof over my head

    no food to keep me alive,

    I might have something to say

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But my suffering is temporal

    yet real to me and others in the west

not happy with enough

    we are searching for Nirvana

    indeed the hippy’s are here

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Social upheaval, living with less

    the pressures of society,

    how should I dress?

I am uptight, I am running

    things don’t go the way I choose

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Enough food, enough heat

    so much today is a mess

oh the damp and the unemployment

    think I’ll get up and get dressed!

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©edenbraytoday8.6.1986