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COPIOUS JEWELRY
Serenaded by lads with copious jewelry
Thick gold braided chains
Hanging from their necks
No lyric yet
But a bass rumbles through
On its celestial beat
While synthesizers drone, moan and cry
Lending emotion
To the cymbals, high hats and snares incessant beat
As they pulse in and out
As wind gusts dictate
While every child seems to have a mother nearby
Paying attention, ready to come to aid
How they bloom together –
Mother and son
Each learning about the other every day
Bond unbroken past final days
Each of us lifted innumerable times
As a problem arose
Carrying that feeling along
Way into far adulthood and beyond
That mother will come along and lift you
Carrying you away from the trouble.
Strong yet gentle arms
That are constant and calm
That emanate knowledge
And the beat stops
And in the silence, just waves
No arms, no lifting
Just blazing sun burning away the dreams
Leaving empty peanut shells on the beach
Waiting for hungry sparrows
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