July 1988 - page 1

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she felt things slipping away

down into the hollowness

of her worst fears....

"I just want this chance to love you,"

she said with tears in her eyes,

"if I don't take it now, I'll

never get it again..."

2.

no one beat the system

they only learn how

to play within it.

3.

you thoughts come back to me

like solid little ball bouncing

their way in and out of reality.

4.

morning prepares me not for exercise

but for your memory and the last time

we were together...  and they pass

quickly until the next time together.

5.

I wanted to imagine her at

home with me but there

were too many other forces

always standing in our way.

6.

there was the photograph she had

give him...  the one she wanted

him to look at and think of her.

7.

down the road dogs

bark at a lonely moon

as another summer

weekend comes to

its inevitable end;

the last can of beer is

tossed in the ditch of

a neighbor's yard and

we see ourselves as 

adult-like in behavior.

8.

I caught the fever of

loving you and paid 

the price for it...  you

would be passionate

and daring for as long

as it pleased you to

make it so then stop.

9.

I worry out of ignorance

that you have less to loose,

and as long as my passion

can conceal your guilt

you're happy to remain.

10.

you've said a lot of things

and I wonder just how

serious you've been...

it seemed more at the

time but I could have

been fooled by you.