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    A Bunch of Songs and Poems Vol. 85
    A Bunch of Songs and Poems Vol. 85
    A Bunch of Songs and Poems Vol. 85
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    A Bunch of Songs and Poems Vol. 85

    By Gary Hawkes

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    A book of poetry and songs, reflecting on the various emotions and feelings that describe the American experience. Processing both the myth and realities of the American Dream.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGary Hawkes
    Release dateJun 2, 2014
    ISBN9781310229084
    A Bunch of Songs and Poems Vol. 85
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    Gary Hawkes

    Gary Hawkes spent most of his child hood years on Whidbey Island in western Washington, aside from three years spent in Japan during his mother and step-father's Navy deployment. The experience of living in Japan and calling that country home and then moving back to the U.S., had quite the effect on the young aspiring writer; a unique perspective on what it means to be an American.Early on however, Gary's interests were mostly in music and sports. It was periodic encouragements from family and specifically a high school teacher that spurred Gary to pursue writing more diligently later on. Most of the writer's early work were simple short stories and some poetry.Several years after graduating college he published his first collection of poems and followed quickly after with several more books of poetry and short stories. Currently living in Washington State.

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      A Bunch of Songs and Poems Vol. 85 - Gary Hawkes

      A Bunch of Songs & Poems

      Vol. 85

      By Gary Hawkes

      Copyright 2014

      Smashwords Edition

      Forget

      Forget debate

      Forget history

      Forget what it means to be free

      Free to eat

      Free to speak

      Free to steal from people in need

      Right to be lazy

      Right to not care

      Right to charge extra to breathe clean air

      Manipulate the agenda

      Manipulate thought

      Manipulate the reason the wars have been fought

      End of reason

      End of the New Rome

      End of the country I call home

      This Time

      Can’t take much more

      So here, take a pill

      Lose yourself into the nonsense

      Fall in line to support the corporate’s

      Easy warm feeling to hide the truth

      Let go in the land with no rules

      The doubt and despair will soon be gone

      Replaced by complacent ambivalence

      Singing the patriotic song

      Sinister forces lead the parade

      March in cadence with a smile on your face

      Question nothing in the perfect world

      We are the chosen people

      That’s what we’ve been told

      Don’t worry of others

      Forget about the future

      Follow the mantras laid out before:

      LOVE IS HATE

      WAR IS PEACE

      What are words really for?

      Old Man

      Old man creaking around at night

      Unable to see the light

      Frightened by the darkness laid in waste

      Anything for just another taste

      Welcome the rich sounds the past makes

      Awakens again to make his stake

      Foolish life that fell behind

      Leaving the boy who could only cry

      Ignores the request to move again

      The ancient pull from the enlightened men

      Free yourself from the shackles of Dark

      Time to ignite a new spark

      Eternity waits in the distance

      Take the hand, right this instant

      Savor

      Great time to get lost again

      Continue to be ruled by damaged men

      Opportunity for all is just pretend

      No balance, destruction at all costs

      Let the whole thing continue to rot

      No one cares anyway, save that for another day

      Time to savor the last dance

      Time to savor the pending fall

      Time to savor the power of the ones who make the common man feel so small

      How long till the end

      Does anyone really know how or when it will happen?

      We know it is our destiny

      The price of our gluttony

      Only caring about what happens to me

      Time to savor the last dance

      Time to savor the pending fall

      Time to savor the power of the ones who make the common man feel so small

      New Energy

      Perhaps a new ending is being written

      Enjoying the current passage

      The fading enlightened age

      Any

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