Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.7 9/23/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!decwrl!amd!nsc!ken From: ken@nsc.UUCP (Ken Trent) Newsgroups: net.poems Subject: Re: Country Message-ID: <1631@nsc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 14:47:56 EDT Article-I.D.: nsc.1631 Posted: Fri Oct 19 14:47:56 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 14:58:36 EDT References: <1324@pucc-h> Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale Lines: 189 I wonder is this the line eater POEMS FROM THE HEART ORIGINALS Ken Trant PEOPLE FIGHT AND HATE AND KILL IT GRIPS MY HEART AND MAKES ME ILL THEY HIT AND STAB AND SHOOT TO KILL ALL GOD'S CREATURE'S FOR SOME GHASTLY THRILL THEIR BLOOD IS COLD THEIR HEART IS CHILL LIFE'S SWEET ESSENCE THEY SEEK TO STILL TELL ME PLEASE OH LORD ABOVE WHY THEIR HEART'S AREN'T FILLED WITH LOVE BY ALL THE WONDER'S THAT I SEE MIRACALS ON MIRACALS FROM SEA TO SEA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'VE SEEN THE GUN'S I'VE SEEN THE WAR I'VE SEEN ENOUGH I'LL SEE NO MORE SO TAKE YOUR PLANE'S THAT BOMB AND STRAIF AND GIVE MY CHILDREN A WORLD THAT'S SAFE I WANT IT NOW AND WILL NOT WAIT FOR A WORLD OF LOVE NOT RACIAL HATE THE NEWS ABOUNDS WITH CIVIL STRIFE OR ONE MANS REASON FOR TAKING ANOTHER MANS LIFE THEIR IS NO REASON OR JUST CAUSE LIFE IS MORE THAN SOCITY'S LAW'S A BABY IS BORN CLEAN AND PURE LET US BUILD A WORLD WHERE HE WILL ENDURE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE EARTH IS SUCH A LOVELY PLACE FULL OF LIFE AND LOVE IT IS NO WONDER WHY PEOPLE SAY THAT IT IS A GIFT FROM UP ABOVE SO BLESS THE LORD AND RAISE NO HAND TO BURN OR GOUGE OR TAINT THE LAND SO LEND AN EAR AND HEED HIS WORD TO POLLUTE THIS LAND IS JUST ABSURD WHERE WILL YOU GO WHEN THIS PLANET DIES HOW WILL YOU SILENCE YOUR BABIES CRIES THEY WON'T UNDERSTAND THAT FOOD CAN'T GROW IN RADIAITION OVERFLOW SO LET'S TAKE TIME AND PLAN AHEAD SO OUR GRANDCHILDREN AREN'T BORN DEAD PLEASE DON'T THINK OH HE'S JUST A RAD I'M NOT FANATICAL I'M JUST MAD I'M SO SCARED FOR THOSE NOT BORN WHO MAY NOT EVER SEE THE MORN OF GOLDEN LIGHT AND MORNING DEW BECAUSE OF THE GREED OF ONE LIKE YOU YOU OWN THE GOLD YOUR DOLLARS SOAR THEY PLUG YOUR EARS TO THE PEOPLES ROAR PROTEST MARCHES AND DEMONSTRATIONS FOR THE LOVE OF A BUCK YOU POLLUTE A NATION TO THOSE OF YOU WHO POLLUTE THIS NATION PLEASE LEAVE THIS EARTH FOR OUR SALVATION TO THOSE OF YOU WHO WASTE THIS LAND PLEASE STOP YOUR DESTRUCTION AND LEND A HAND TO SAVE THIS EARTH AND GIVE IT HEALTH A DREAM MORE TREASURED THAN ALL YOUR WEALTH I FEEL A SINKING DEEP IN MY HEART THAT THIS DREAM WONT EVER START HOW CAN MONEY MEAN SO MUCH TO YOU THAT YOU DONT CARE WHAT YOUR FACTORY'S DO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LIFE IS SWEET AND TENDER POTENT AND COMPLEX A BLESSING TO ALL FROM GOD ABOVE REGARDLESS OF YOUR SEX IT DOESN'T TAKE FORE KNOWELEGE OR EVEN SECOND SIGHT TO SOLVE THIS NATIONS TROUBLES AND RESTORE OUR EQUAL RIGHTS FREEDOM IS FOR EVERYONE NOT JUST FOR BLACKS OR WHITES WOMEN CHILDREN HANDICAPED IT IS THEIR BASIC RIGHT EQUAL IS A WORD TO LITTLE UNDERSTOOD TO PRACTICE WHAT IT PREACHES WOULD DO THIS PLANET GOOD I'M NOT A POLITIAN OR EVEN MOSTLY GOOD I'M JUST A GUY WHO WANTS THE SAME FOR EVERYONE LIKE ANYBODY SHOULD MY POEM MAY NOT BE MEMORABLE BUT AT LEAST IT IS SINCERE AND I BELIEVE MORE GOOD WILL COME WITH EVERY PASSING YEAR SO TAKE THIS AS A WARNING YOU BETTER RAISE YOUR GUARD JUSTICE WILL BE COMING AND IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN HARD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments are needed so I can find out should I quit now or keep on tapping the keys?? Thanks early I may not want to later Ken Trant