Music Orphans Series / A Different Way Of Looking

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2 bottles of milk

Sitting on the doorstep

Waiting for the silk

To tell the judge and jury

How much Mr. McBride

Regrets

His actions

On that cold winter night

In 1973

She had the power

To forgive and forget

Like an amnesty

Seeing as she couldn’t

Possibly

Understand what led to

His misguided

Misplaced

Misconstrued

Reaction

To another

Missed opportunity

That belonged to another

Era

And right here

Right now

He needed mercy

On the error

Of His ways

And he believes

That you will

See them too

If you are not too busy to

Consider

Contrition

Conflict resolution

As straight arrows

Fly south

With the migrating birds

Looking for warmer

More welcoming weather

Because they deserve it

They work hard

And should be rewarded

More handsomely

As those

Pulling shifts

Pulling pints

Pulling my legs

Out from under me

Yet again

Before Inertia

Sets in

Takes over the life

And times

Of ordinary people

Whose only claim

To fame

Is that they are indeed

Ordinary

It is tough to look at

A train-wreck

Truncated on a

Train track

Where the destination

Is predetermined

And you think you are

Going to one place

End up in another

Perhaps it is the perfect

Time

To look at things differently

Before the opportunity

Passes by

Yet again

Without change

To a system

That is inherently

Unfair

Unjust

Underwhelming

To the people

It serves


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