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Haunted

dreams call on me rarely now

my visitors are mostly regrets

with gifts of grief and remorse

what conscience never forgets

 

the love I too often spurned

women I so routinely forsook

bad decisions or no decision

benefit from a backward look

 

yet the past is a willl o' the wisp

easy to install ideal outcomes

where everything's simpler, a

perfect tune hindsight...

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The Girl I Sold My Horse For

rambling wide was what I did

saloons and bars near and far,

winds alive behind my back

horizons lit by a guiding star

 

I never thought much different

till she caught my horse's rein,

she taught me to settle down,

didn't need my horse's mane

 

she's sassy and bright and clever

I grew to love the kegs she wore,

she's the mother of my kid now

she's the girl I s...

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Benchmark Woman

The rot set in with the Ten Commandments

Setting standards that can never be met

Its the same when it comes to women

There's always one that you can't forget

 

Benchmark woman you haunt me

None ever compared with your charms

Lovely women come and lovely women go

None repeated such magic in my arms

 

A prototype female is a bit of a burden

A touchstone to make your ...

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