Twas the days during COVID & all through every nation ...

All us people weren't stirring ... and most of the kids were playin' … play-station ...

The Stock Market was strung -- as if it were a balloon in mid-air...

In hopes that Doctor Fauci ... would get us ... yes US ... -- from here to there

All of us were quarantined …in place & at home
With ideas of normalcy – N bein’ able to work -n- to roam
And mamma in her sweatpants … & I in my P.J.s
Kept playin’ Words with Friends … N watchin’ … old youtube … sports replays

When on our front lawn … there was not a clatter
Time stood still for us …we pondered … “what does really matter”
Away from the window – but with a good view …
I whispered to myself – this sure is something crazy … and new

The moon still arises – each, and every night –
It has its lustre -- & still gives us a delight
When I stay up world wondering … I have inner peace
‘Cause our maximum effort --- will soon bring us our release

With this little old doctor – so lively – and so slick
I know that our country … our world … will get over bein’ sick
This storied physician … who courses through the data
As he’s quipped … -n- he’s quoted … & he’s told us … what’s the matter

Here’s N.I.H. – here’s C.D.C. – here’s W.H.O. – says OUR Doctor Fauci
and F.D.A. – and D.E.A. – and A.M.A. – and Doc’s own N.I.A.I.D.
to the flat of this curve – to the end of it all
Isolate! Isolate! – Isolate! – one and all

As free seasons were – before this viral trial
When we hadn’t met – an enemy that was this vile
So, under our house-tops – we get to do – what we get to do
With each day of in-doors … & learnin’ … something new

And while we’re hunkering down … under our roof
It feels like a rerun … a “Good as it Gets” movie spoof
As I knew in my heart … I was just churning around
I twisted my arthritic knee … but WHOA … the T.V. remote … I had found

I was impressed with my find … I can now binge NETFLIX
In my grungy PeeJays – popcorn & potato chips
A bundle of shows … now I can sit back
And I’ll feel like a smuggler … with another snack attack

These days are perplexing … & might seem a bit scary
And many a nay-sayer … might choose to be contrary
This toll on humanity … is such a deep blow
As this calamity … it continues to unfold

We were edgy & scared … to a person – to herself – to himself
Then WE scoffed & realized … & saw that we each will be our BEST self
In the blink of an eye … & no twist of my head
Then … yes, then … I knew that there was nothing to dread

We had been socially soft & clumsy … we were oft into our self
Now we are physically distancing … & not being selfish
We think now of purpose … that is beyond this today
Because we KNOW that life … life … is gonna be okay

I wrote all these words … & I’ll soon be back to work
I’ll be filled with synergy …and be so less of a jerk
I’ve avoided touchin’ my mouth … & touchin’ my nose
I know that our world’s … not comin’ to its close

We will spring to the task … in a very short while
And we will FLY … with gumption and … with guile
AND THEN … we will whisper … to each neighbor … and to each friend
Hallelujah … thank you … again … … and again 

​            AURORA HOPE
...
Let us share and shed very SAD, salty tears
Upon our loss – about our doubts – WITHIN our fears
This is our AURORA crossroad – this is everyone’s crossroad
This is a crossroad – that beckons each one of us
… … crossroad
...
When, NASTY happens -- it is a bit of an alarm
What am I going to do – to prepare – to prevent future harm?
I will share – and shed – some very sad, salty tears
I contemplate OUR loss – our doubts – my fears
What are we – what am I – going to do?
.
William H. Mollohan –02/17/19
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BACK TO BASIC
William H. Mollohan 8/17/2010 --copyright pending

I didn't see this coming – and yet I really did.
I held back & denied – and after that I hid.
So here I am NOW -- & it's now back to basic
I can’t and I won’t – be a victim or statistic

The past is the past -- & the future can be -- my (now) present
I can’t & I won't -- have regret, remorse, or resent.
I will travel so cautious -- so light and so free.
‘Cause I know that I'm meant -- to create, -n- I’m to be.

Back to basic … one step at a time … Back to basic

I am forgiven & faultless – so free and so fantastic
I am mindful & mentored – so measured and majestic.
Yet, it's the SHARE & the DARE – and just simply to CARE.
I am so in tune -- to BE in the present -- & that is what I share.

Back to Basic … one step at a time … Back to basic

I daily rely -- and daily re-in-FORCE the I.
I am the I -- No question, I am I.
Distractions, retractions -- I know why I.  I know the I.
I am I.  No why.  No other way -- No why. No try … I do 'cause, I am I
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     I AM I … Back to Basic … one step at a time … Back to Basic

​SADNESS AND GLADNESS 4
 
            Life happens to us – to you, to others, and to ... me
            And life goes on – often sooner … than eventually
            Overcast skies sometime(s)  -- turn into nasty storms
            Cold, winter blizzards arrive – and we seek a fireplace that warms
 
                                    I want next week’s answer today
                                    I am not feeling very “okay” – okay?
 
            I have done my due diligence -- & now I feel punished
            I have been persistent -- & Wow! – I am being relinquished
            This ain’t right & I ain’t wrong – I do SO not deserve this
            I am gonna fight, oh so strong – despite feeling mentally squeamish
                                   
                                    I want tomorrow’s answers tonight
                                    I want to scream, yell, hide, kick, curse, and fight
 
            Do I NOT have a say in -- what is going on in my life?
            Is there not a way that I can -- pursue that does not cause me less strife?
            All this friction is vexing, taxing, and wanton
            This current, life rendition is perplexing – and something I am not wantin’
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                        I want ALL the answers to be right – and right now
                        I want tomorrow’s answers tonight –
                                    & I wanna dictate -- what, when, where, -- & how
 
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                               The West Virginia Mollohans -- -- A parody … sung to the beverly hillbillies -- 
 
IIIIIIII’m … gonna tell y’all the story ‘bout the mollohan Clan
Buncha new mountaineers -- startin’ in ‘merica’s promised land
When one day they decided tuh leave the hills
They moved into town – got jobs -- n even paid their bills

… … The MOLLOHAN CLAN
Jobs that is – indoor plumbing – toilets … … E-leK-tris-i-ty
… … The West Virginia Mollohans
…
Soooo – the first thing ya’ know … Bob’s not a millionaire
-n- mostah William’s family ... pert near got throwed out on its ear
-n- just when the families ... are gonna be forecl0000000sed ... ...
They build a sawmill -- -- Mollohan Mill
… … … …-n- started a-wearin' “city clothes”
​
… … The MOLLOHAN CLAN
…
Sorta civil types – hardwood floors (say whut?) – “what u talkin ‘bout William?
… … … … … shower-baths … … E-leK tris-i-ty
…
Nowwww -- I kaint tellya dat ...  none-tha boys did no 'shinin'
It were dere West-VA version … of dere Kreative Financin
It's been a durn pleasure meetin you-ins doin yur
... ... ... ... ... dub dub dub Face-Bookin'
While we're spread across our land n doing
…
... ... ... definite Quantity Time … and Roots retracin'
…
... ... THE WEST VIRGINIA MOLLOHANS
To be continued … … … 01/12/2019 … w h mollohan
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The Lost 7 Secrets     William H. Mollohan -- copyright pending
CHAPTER 5 (excerpt)
​
OVERVIEW

 1.   I am in a divine, harmonious universe that has synchronicity ... G.O.D.'s universe
                                 The Galaxies' Original Designer, ... G. O. D.

 2.   I value and respect all others, my neighbors -- Every person is valuable. I am respectful of all others.
​ … … I (strive to) love all others.

3.  I am valued.  I am valuable.  I am free, faultless, and forgiven in the eyes of my Creator --  I love myself.
 
4.  I am positive.  A Positive mindset and expectational attitude are (is) the pledge I make to, and for, myself.
... ... Positivistic, Realistic, Optimistic ... Behavioral "Expectational-ism" -- P.R.O.B.E.

5.  I am (and I feel) productive when I act productively — I am productive.
                         I feel productive when I am productive.

6.  I am virtuous.

7.  I am diligent daily - Daily diligence.

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 ---      SOCK PUPPETS
 
Fancy and Silly … were just a couple of sock puppets
Lying in a sock drawer … without too much come-uppance
Dreaming of shadow-boxing … and even shadow dancing
Avoiding being darned – darn that – living large … OH! They were chancing
…
Ya’ know, sock puppets are so, … so misunderstood
You can mock their reluctance – OH! & say they’re really, not any good
Hey! – Don’t hate me cuz I’m White or a certain shade of Dark
Way! – No way! … That’s my style … it’s not a whim or a lark
…
I do know some Socks … the Red Sox … & the White Sox
The Old Skool, Black Sox -- had an attitude that still rocks
So, I won’t be a fool … I am gonna be my own … my very own sock
OH!, I won’t try to be too kool … I am just gonna take my own world … and ROCK
… … I AM JUST GONNA … R – O – C -- K … rock!
Being my own … color … and texture … and fabric … of sock
…
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​A LIMERICK LIMERICK
…
There once was an American who went to Limerick
Of the castle’s walls did he post a “faceplace” pic
This poem and his post -- may not ever go viral
Lest some of us boast –Yo, Bro!, I pray for your travel survival
…
01/20/19 – w h mollohan
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Kindred Spirits … … glimmerrevisited.com -- copyright pending
...
I am taking a telescopic view … a rearview-mirror look at our adolescent alignment
I am taking a look that is presbyopic … we were fortunate to be on each other’s assignment
… Kindred Spirits … class-mates, neighbors, and friends
… EMS servants … soulmates, fixing up loose ends
…
It is heartwarming to be … Kindred
From the criss-crossing, that many of us, and that you and I, did
…
Harmonious, brotherly feelings – Manly … actually, humanely … NO doubt
-- (okay eye-roll & smirk – I am getting a bit passionate here) --
Friendship, bonds of respect … pathways often circumspect … & then in, & then out
…
K – 12 classmates, social buds, neighbors, pathways that were roundabout
Not kinfolk … but Kindred Spirits … and solid friends
But, IT -- ain’t no joke - after each EMS moment … having been called upon to do -- tasks Herculean
…we did share, we were there - amidst, amongst, and for each other - Kindred Spirits
… … …  it will never end
…
Brothers, Sisters, Servants, Soldiers, First-responders -- EMS
Kindred Spirits
AMEN
…
… -- william h mollohan …01/26/2019
 
 
 

,     BAD STUFF WHY
 
 
Why does bad stuff happen to those we hold so dear?
When is my friend’s pain going to improve or possibly disappear?
It seems that so many individuals are in physical and/or mental pain?
It feels as if every new day’s arrival causes so many … so much strain?
 
All I can say is that I have a choice to be productive.
Despite my limitations and setbacks, I can still give and choose to share.
“Why?” is basically an enigma; is life really fair?
So, I consider life … and I suspect that – life … is not … unfair.
 
Everyone has a question about when they suffer a loss
We each remember the prior, or current, setbacks, & obstacles … our burden or ‘cross’
Why me? Why now? We ask(ed).  I asked it … thinking we/I were a victim
Only to eventually realize our attitudes & outlooks were … way, way too dim
 
So, I "undwell" on the “Why?” -- and I look at the task at hand.
And I choose to ask myself … “Why not?” -- the task is to be my own man.
 
All I can say is that that I have a choice to be positive … and to be productive.
I am a positivistic, realistic, Optimist – I daily make a difference … I share and I give
I do take care of myself and my family, too
“Why?” is basically an enigma; Is life really fair?
So, I consider life … and I suspect that – life … is not … unfair.
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0622/2010 … w h mollohan
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                                                THINKNG 
                                 
                                It has been said about … what I might see
                                “I think that I shall never see” –
                                                                          is someone’s quote
                                “A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse" ...
                                                Or a horse as pretty as a tree, I might denote
                                I think, I thought – or considered that I was
                                I reasoned –  reasonably … I thought – and I told my inner child, “just because”
 
                                Thinking leads to problems – at least, that was what I was … (?) thinking
                                Especially early morning mirror sermons – spoken without blinking
                                ** fantastic, fanaticism, flooding forth from feverish fellow
                                Mischievous, mechanistic, mayhem – malevolently, melancholic, mellow
                               
                                Thinking, IS a good thing – I do not think -- I know
                                ‘OVER-THINKING’ is over-analysis … and a waste of my time and energy
                                This, is why, I invented and inserted … UNDERTHINK – into my vocabulary
 
                                Thinking, IS a good thing – I do not think – I know
                                Yes! My friend – to UNDERTHINK …that’s the only way to go
 
 
                                W h mollohan … 11/29/14
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WONDER-ing                                               
 
                                                                “Never”, ever happens
                                                                & how often, doesn’t “Always” … ?
        
                                                                "Never”, ever happens ... it just does NOT
                                                                & how often, doesn’t “Always” … ?
        
          Yet, my (& Life’s) limits are nearly boundary-less
          So, why not write up a WONDER-ing list?
         
          To wonder about the places that “I … CAN” go
          To dream about – beyond -- the other side of the rainbow
          Dry, erase-board – blank, computer screen
          Now, I think you are "feeling" – what I mean
 
          WONDER - ing
         
          Boundaries ... limits ... opinions – OH! Please, -- just chill out
          This life … Yes! My life! – Oh!  Pardon me –
                                          Please – Please –
                                                          Do NOT – take … the thrill out
 
01/04/15 … w h mollohan
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                                             11/29/2018   w  h mollohan -- copyright pending
Years ago, a construction project got put away in a closet
The contractor mused, “not even one specialist wants it”
The blueprints and designs were wrapped up in butcher meat-wrapping paper
It sat there for years -- in the closet -- as if it were a police, cold-case caper
 
On occasion, new recruits would stop by and inspect it
After a season, the neophyte-newbies would eventually reject it
They each, to a man and a woman, considered it to be …
                                     an enigmatic, rubik’s cube, markedly crumpled
Their mental reach endeared, or rendered, them to become …
                                              problematic, reducible, and not humbled
One day, the newest newbie, asked to join the discussion …
                                                                                  and to join the discovery
 In his way – with his crude, “calculatorial”, mechanistic, old-school SLIDE-RULE …
                                    computation – he displayed the problem’s recovery
 
The problem, the theorem – at first – seems as if it presents itself straight-forward
To solve ‘em, and any conundrum -- remember it usually represents itself almost backward
 
Einstein said, “problems are solved … within simplicity …
                                  at a lower level of complexity” – when he was –
                                                                                                     a bit old
And what he meant was that –
                                   The problem                
                                    The person
                                    The project                 
                                    The people
Can, and will be, rectified when we let …
the work at hand – simply –
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unfold

 --​INSIDE                                                  w h mollohan       01-22-18  -- copyright pending
 
Inside -- is where I am
I am here – that IS, who I am
Nobody          else is here
It        is         just       me
 
Work         School             Daily Routine
The only one inside me                     is                     Me
I am getting comfortable -- being inside
& I am liking the inside                      the inside       of me
 
Inside is inside ... & that is all     that it is
My inside is    me & mine   --   basically it is    my own biz
 
Inside    is    where      I am
I    am here – this … that ... is who -- I am
I     am me – I am    I
Nobody else is    here
It    is    just     me
 
 
 
 

                                                                            CANCER                                                 02-07-15   w h mollohan
 
                                                                     cancer six letters
                                                         thoughts questions few answers        
                                                                     calendar changes

•                                               slow down speed up can’t catch up

                                                                   silent words are best
 
 
                   
                                                                      I am so unsure
                                                            timely words from the heart
                                                                    feelings frustration
                                                                 exhaustion trepidation               polysyllabic (big words) for "I don’t know"
                                                                      destiny changes

                                                              humble perspective notice                                      
                                                                 time precious moments

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                      SADNESS & GLADNESS III                     01-04-15 w h mollohan -- copyright pending
 
                          Join a club
                         Join a church
                         Take a yoga class
                         Go bird-watching
                         Start stamp-collecting
 
                        Pretty soon(er) – or later
                        I will get
                       To a place
                       Where I really do fit
 
                       F.Y.I. (F.M.I. ?) -- I may have to put forth some effort
                       Even if my new friends say,                                 
                                  “sit down, shut-up, and smile”
 
                       Because the best step forward(s)
 
                       Is the one ... maybe ... the next one –
 
                       That I don’t take ... backwards
 


 
                                                 

                             SADNESS & GLADNESS II                     12-17-14  w h mollohan --copyright pending
 
                                    If, and probably when ... you or I wanna hide
                                    Let’s agree in advance, not to try ... suicide ... or homocide
                                    Even that one of us -- who, eventually, runs out of any more tears to cry
                                    Because it IS gonna be you, or me -- & sadness ain’t a reason to die
 
                                    Yea, that’s right – sadness is just a wake-up call
                                    But, not a reason to throw away – it all
                                    So, I WILL call a friend, the crisis line, or just dial 9-1-1
                                    That’s where I start – I don’t hafta hide – I don’t hafta run
 
                                    Yea, sadness is a big, bad mother of a nasty message
                                    Telling me that I am messin’ up & headed toward major wreckage
                                    But, I’ve got options, family, friends -- & I WILL get better …
                                    Anger turned deeply inward ... or outward -- ain’t nuthin’ …
                                                            but a weak ... terrible ... temporary, NON-answer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                       
                                    

​SADNESS & GLADNESS                     12-02-14                  w h mollohan -- copyright pending
 
                                    Phone a friend … talk to yourself … just talk …
                                    Laugh, cry, laugh, cry, weep – some more
                                   
                                    Count to 7,391 … then do it again
                                    Call a crisis line with a blocked call – punch *67
                                                            Then call
                                    I really wish that you will stall
                                    Maybe, I am stalling – Do you want soda or a water?
 
                                    You are hurting
                                    You have so much more
                                    There is some gladness beyond all the sadness
 
                                    I have been to sadness that tries to box one’s self up
                                   -- You want a cup of coffee?                                                                                                                                                     
 
                       
 
 

​                                  The Horizon After Darkness            w h mollohan  11/29/2018 glimmerrevisited.com
 
 
It's been a few --- a few
                        actually, 'factually' -- a bit more than a few minutes before my sunrise
 and it's been, too -- too many chapters         in the darkness
                                                               and near the dark side
but, the sun -- the sun ... the sunrise is breaking
 
I see that ever, so slight                                  glimmer of a sunray
 
'midst my tears, smiles, laughter, sadness, and howling – and … growling
                                     {note: take the “L” out of        growling … and I am           growing}

I see that ever, so slim, sliver of light                             glimmer of a new day
 
I am growing ... finally
                   finally, my horizon
my horizon
                                    is risin'
the darkness
the darkness
the darkness
                                                         was mostly, my avoidance
                                                               
                                                                     and my     creation
 
the loneliness
the depression
the sadness
                                                             it was my      ignorance
                                                                             it could be called ... my ... unawareness
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        and my     situation   
                            
             but,
 
 
sunrise
sunrise
SUNSHINE
                                                  is on my          horizon
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NEW PUP
 
If it had been so easy … why did I wait so long?
It’s not as if my old dog never did anything wrong
All dogs get old they only live so many years
After they’re gone we can cry only so many tears
 
Well then, I’ll make this basic for me and for everybody else
And again, I’ll take the high road simply, for everybody else
 
A new, young dog deserves a dog lover … we all know that
You can’t play fetch, neighborhood walk, or slobber-face with a cat
 
New terriers don’t take the place of old ones
New memories won’t replace old ones
But a new pup will make for new moments
And we’ll put up with each other
           And start at a place called innocence.

​07-21-17      william h mollohan
 
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,                             COUNSELING  
02/27/18
0049 a m
-w h m
 
Counseling is NOT to teach -- e-VEN’ though it of-TEN’ is
It is not promoting something out of reach … until WHEN the client realizes that it IS
 
                             hers or his
 
Counselors are modern-day ... nighttime, lighthouse watchmen
on the shore’s edge of a very long night of months … and quite possibly, years … but then

the sun rises to a day that is either overcast, foggy, or clear
the surprises of the daybreak are for the captain-student -child-client to navigate and steer

​Though counselors are not coaches, advisors, or parents -- they are each a type of a friend
 
​Human mirrors that help un-distort that very long, long deep night -- ‘til the fog comes to its end


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---​The basement mice ... they scurry about
They are insolent guests … waiting for the lights to go out
Hustling -- running throughout … all of the walls and the floors
They are in-no-cent pests … that no one ever adores   
​                                                      
Such a small creature ... without a single, cute feature
How do they survive? -- What keeps these mice alive? 
 
To have a few mice -- is better than to be rat-infested
But, I’m getting a feline -- so each one can be ingested
“Turnabout is payback”, I shall whisper to my new tabby
And she will roar and prance … acting like a New York cabbie 
 
The house is Oh!  Oh so silent! -- each and every night
This kitty is so, so reliant -- and much to my delight
Two cans of tuna, some milk … what a small, small price …
Because these nighttimes I hear no noises … 
                                        Because now … finally now …   



I have no mice        
 
                                                                                                                                                             
​William H. Mollohan December 16, 2014 

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CHOICE                                                      {where is my where]                          
                                                                                                   
I questioned life, and then life questioned me
I felt so un-planned, then my life beckoned me
It was not a crossroad but an epiphany
I smiled -- [then] I knew … I knew that I could choose my destiny
 
There ain’t no them … there is only me
Yes, there’s my choice -- to be truly free
There ain’t no then, there is only now
My decision is to chart … what, when, where, and how
 
The conversation went right … then left … then high … then low
Interrogating my inner self, “What did I really know?”
Others can tell only by the actions that I show
I am the one aware of the way to act and to go.
 
There ain’t no them … there is only me
Yes, there’s my choice -- to be truly free
There ain’t no then, there is only now
My decision is to chart … what, when, where, and how
 
Life is an open-ended question -- essay style
The key is to go steady … ready … with a big ol’ smile
Not a sprint or marathon but a journey to where … I’ll
Be the erudite athlete with goals, guts, and guile.
 
There ain’t no then … there is only now
My decision to chart … what, when, where, and how
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03/21/10 ... ... william h mollohan
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AMERICAN DREAM               BY WHM 3/20/10
I grew up (materialistically) poor and I grew up slow -- don't ya' know
Three steps forward and two steps back …
that was my style ... but then I started to grow
It was with a family giving me ... little flack ... and lotsa slack.
 
What do I want and how much? ... and really, how bad?
It is my choice daily (living) my American dream
It starts with attitude and not to get mad
That’s when I begin (living) my own American scheme.
 
So, I gotta’ a little older and was living a little bolder
So full of what I called confidence and self-reliance
Acting so much colder and giving a frigid, cold shoulder
I became a rebel, Rip Van Winkle … full of defiance
 
What do I want and how much? ... and how bad?
It is my choice daily (living) my American dream
It starts with attitude and not to get mad
That’s when I begin (living) my American scheme.
 
It became time for a new day … a new style
Time for less “selfing” and an outlook approach, for more sharing
Giving wasn’t a choice -- but giving was a privilege that made me smile
I didn’t have to be so daring … just more caring.
 
What do I want and how much? ... and how bad?
It is my choice daily (living) my American dream
It starts with attitude and not to get mad
That’s when I begin (living) my American scheme.
 
        There ain’t no them … there is only me
 Yes, there’s my choice … to be truly free

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 ​                      WHAT AM I                                                         w h mollohan 11-29-14
 
Call me a name, push me a bit, call me dirt
That is just false shame, I’d rather be hit, but it does not hurt
Stares, whispers, glances, attitudes, and disgust
Wow for now!  A person that I will not hear or trust
 
I am so far from a nobody – because I am somebody
I am so near to close – I don’t have to ask anybody
I am your neighbor & your buddy – I am here on planet earth
I am gonna stay here for everything – EVERYTHING that I am worth
 
I am NOT nobody’s nobody – because I AM me
I do not have to prove to anybody – that I am free
I talk like this, this way –I walk like that, that way – being 'the who' I chose
A somebody does not seek popularity –whether, if today I win or if I lose
 
Learning, competing & excellence, yes those do count
Those others’ antics – yes, other people’s games – those I refuse

I am NOT nobody's nobody -- because I AM me
Yes, I am ... my own version of me ... I AM my own ... somebody
 
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