DANGER TANGO

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DANGER TANGO

We don't have to kill ourselves

All at once

We can do it bit by bit

Like burn all our art in frustration

Or engineer a big financial hit

Do something so heinous

Society pushes us aside

Let an addiction get worse and worse 

Until all hope has died

Drive drunk like a maniac, gain 500 pounds

Smoke while using an oxygen tank

Play with guns or bombs

Death has a weird fascination

As we watch daredevil stunts

And there is always time to turn things around

If we don't die all at once.

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TRIP TRAP

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TRIP TRAP

Don't book a cruise on a sinking ship

Or check into a hotel that's on fire

Nowheresville is a trip you should skip

Turn around if you glimpse Hellfire

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PRECAUTIONS

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PRECAUTIONS

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While she was asleep someone tried all her doors

Which she had prudently locked

He tried to look in her windows

But her curtains had them blocked

He looked in her car for something to steal

But the car was empty and clean

So the serial killer moved on to easier prey

And her home was not a crime scene

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MAYBE YES MAYBE NO

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MAYBE YES MAYBE NO

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If I approach a situation with preconceived notions

I limit my ability to spontaneously respond

If I go into a situation with an open mind

I can choose to keep going mindfully

Or see it is not worth the effort and abscond

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ROAD RAGE

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ROAD RAGERS

The Fiat was in a tearing rush

Passing cars left and right

It blew right past a Mercedes Benz

Who jumped in for a fight

They flew down the road neck and neck

Weaving out and in

The normal traffic drove safely

They weren't trying to "win"

The ragers passed car after car

Both were stopped by the light

Cursing and swearing the hotheads revved

Their engines, both were hyped

When the light changed they peeled off

The gestures were obscene

The lane opened up and the Fiat took off

Never again to be seen

The Mercedes was furious the Fiat prevailed

They cursed their rotten luck

Hit the gas, crossed the double yellow line

Went head on into a truck

The Fiat got home, the driver had a nice meal

Thus the tale of his road rage ends

Three weeks in the hospital for the Mercedes guy

Visited by family and friends

Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose

Sometimes we just turn the page

Life is a gamble and your life is the bet

When you can't control road rage

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MATURITY

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MATURITY

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When your playmates are now inmates

And the things you did for fun are all banned

You have entered the zone called Reality

You are exiting Never-Never Land

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SEEK WISDOM

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SEEK WISDOM

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Lesson learned, it is what it is

We can't go back to our past

But we can clutch Wisdom to our hearts

Because only wisdom lasts

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We gather rosebuds while we may

But eventually they fade

Only Wisdom remains in the end

Like a fossil from the Naive Age

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Wisdom can be written down

Wisdom can be shared

Others may benefit from our mis-steps

They might be better prepared

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If your burden is sad or heavy

If the situation is not clear

Seek Wisdom, my Friend, seek wisdom

That has been passed down through the years

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