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Aquillerelle Magazine 9
I'm happy to announce
one of my poems has been published in Aquillrelle Magazine 9
Jan-April. Please drop by Lulu.com and check out Aquillrelle's fine
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Kinds of Paths
Kinds of Paths
We all are born
unknowing
We all have many
questions
All look for answers,
and strive through our lives
As best we can
Humans are pretty dumb
creatures sometimes
And so try as we might
We've only come up with
two ways
For finding our way
across the land
There are those who
follow trails blazed for them
Then there's
individuals who strike out by themselves
Making their own paths
across the sand
Followers always find a
hero
Like Jesus, Mohammad,
or Buddha
They listen to his
words very carefully
And try to follow his
lead as best they can
Individuals follow only
themselves
Are very stubborn,
question everything
And listen to only to
advice of their choosing
Whenever, and from
wherever it happens to land
I've known lots of
individuals and followers alike
Individuals faults are
many and varied
Followers almost always
only have two
They always have too
much faith in what some other guy once said
And they always believe
their hero was something more than just a man
Individuals doubt
practically everything but their own right to choose
Followers sometimes
resent it if you doubt their hero
And always doubt most,
their ability to decide what to do
Often no love is lost
Between those who take
different kinds of paths
Followers think
irreverence is improper
While individuals find
devotion irritating
Better that each should
treat the other
Like fans of a
different baseball team
Because the only real
difference between them
Is what they aim their
doubt at
And how many different
kinds of advice they listen to
Now, I've always been
my own kind of man
And if you were to ask
me,
I would just have to
say:
Strive always to be an
individual
Summon the faith that
you can find your own path
Follow only yourself
Find wise words
wherever you can
And if ever we should
meet
With a grin and a shake
of the hand
I'll say “You know, I
think your leader is quite an individual
He is a wise, wise man”
If you insist on
following a blazer of paths
I suggest you follow my
good friend, Prophet Hank
Hank is Gods brothers
second cousin twice removed
Right next to Jesus and
Buddha
He's got a seat at Gods
dinner table
And when it's time for
desert, he always gets first dibs
On Gods special
peach-schnapps pie
He's got Gods word all
written down
On platinum plates
Inscribed with a silver
pen
He's got a nine point
plan
That will turn you into
an uber-man
Follow it faithfully
And pretty soon you'll
feel pure bliss
All Tuesday morning and
every Friday afternoon
To top it all off, I've
personally seen him
Wave around incense
Right up there with the
best of them
Dewey Dirks
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