The Front Line

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Sailor55
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The Front Line

Post by Sailor55 » Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:13 pm

1.

Step back take a look at her
She’s thin as a wafer
With curls and tapers
Sequins and lasers

Jump back take look at me
I’m not getting stronger
My face has grown longer
My mind likes to wander

I'm on the front line
No bullets in my chamber
I'm in the path of danger
A victim of this crime


Hey Jack, it’s a tragedy
I’m so insubstantial
She would burn down my candle
She’s too hot to handle

2.

Hey boy it’s a lucky day
To slip away
Leave your buddies on the step
Clear them from your mind

Stand up take a look at you
There’s no conversation
Good bones and foundation
With endless duration

Up on the front line
You’re just another gamer
How can I make it plainer?
You’re wasting precious time


Step back take a look at her
Then check your reflection
Change your direction
Make your selection

3.

Hey Jack, it’s a tragedy
Take a look at me
I’m the man you’re going to be
And you don’t see

When you hesitate
When you show up late
When you make the lady wait
You better get this straight:

Up on the front line
I can’t be there to save you
If everybody blames you
For wasting precious time


Step back take a look at us
We’re dying by stages
In opposite phases
On separate pages
An easy read is a hard write.

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Re: The Front Line

Post by Eternum 1 » Wed Dec 24, 2014 10:02 am

Still the adept composer of poetic symmetry, offering sage advice and personal insight. Nicely done Sailor and just in time.
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Re: The Front Line

Post by Sailor55 » Wed Dec 24, 2014 10:44 am

Many warm thanks sir... You know, until yesterday, I was unsure if I still 'existed' here. But it seems I do, and a glace at my start date shows it's coming up on ten years since I first posted. There's been a lot of water and several PC's pass under the bridge since. It's good to see the place is still in full force and that a fellow countryman is still present to greet me. Here's hoping this season finds you and yours happy and healthy. I'll think I'll have a look around. All the best E.T. - Daniel
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Re: The Front Line

Post by heinzs » Thu Dec 25, 2014 11:26 pm

Good to see you , Sailor. It's been a long time :cool:
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Re: The Front Line

Post by Sailor55 » Fri Dec 26, 2014 4:59 pm

Hello Heinz,

Great to hear from you as well. I hope life is good for you in California these days.

Having been on long voyages to both Lilliput and Brobdingnag these past years it's good to cast my eyes on familiar shores. My output has lately been, of necessity, confined to the lyrical. This post is no exception and indeed forms the vocal component of my most recently penned pop tune.

I have a few others that perhaps stand on their own in a poetic sense and will post these soon. But not until I can peruse some of the current work that has collected here in my long absence. Cheers to you sir.

:cheers:
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Re: The Front Line

Post by bags123 » Sun Dec 28, 2014 4:27 am

I'm on the front lines too my friend,....well said. :hello:
I prefer to keep an open mind,....but not so much that my brains fall out.- Carl Sagan
Your brain is like an umbrella. It only works when it's open- Someone Smart


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Re: The Front Line

Post by Sailor55 » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:32 pm

Hi Gerry,

Yep, it's a tragedy. But we make do somehow. Hope you are keeping well. - Dan :cheers:
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