POEMS BY TERRY BALLENTINE





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POEMS BY TERRY BALLENTINE





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MICHAEL POUNDS aka "Savage Grace"
B COMPANY  - TRIPLE DEUCE 1970

                    "KISS THE TRAIN GOODBYE"

          OH MY GOD, MY TIME HAS COME

          TO KISS THE TRAIN OR CONTINUE TO RUN

          THERE WERE FOUR AND NOW THERE'S THREE

          WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS IN STORE FOR ME!

          SHOULD I FACE THE TRAIN OR ONCE AGAIN FLEE?

          OH MY GOOD, WHAT'S IN STORE FOR ME?

          THERE ONCE WAS THREE AND NOW THERE'S TWO

          OH GOD IN HEAVEN, WHAT MUST I DO?

          SHOULD I FACE MY FEAR OR LET IT GO?

          SHALL I PULL THE PLUG OR MAKE THE SHOW?

          OH MY GOD, THERE'S ONLY ONE

          SHOULD I FACE WHAT I HAVE DONE?

          LOOKING BACK AS IT NEARS, I FACE THE TRAIN WITH LACK OF FEAR.

          I MADE A CHOICE SOME YEARS AGO TO LET MY FATHER TAKE CONTROL

          SO NOW THE TIME HAS COME TO SEE..

                    (to be continued)


COMPOSED BY:   IVAN B. DaPHISH          AKA       SAVAGE  GRACE

UNFLUSHED TOILET BY SAVAGE GRACE


If I were asked to describe my past
to write down to show it.
I'd have to say in some sort of way
it's like an "unflushed toilet".
To lift the lid and look inside
and find what appears to be.
All the shit through the years
that truly now haunts me.

There's nothing more I'd rather do
then push the handle down.
To rid myself of years gone by
     and all the shit I've found.

But it would take a plunger,
maybe and electric snake.
To penetrate the shit inside
and clear out all the aches.