derek@uwvax.UUCP (Derek Zahn) (06/04/85)
Through that dark and cloudy night
The sentries of the White did ride,
Searching for Zapata's ghost
With quiet tremblings deep inside.
And as they rode across the sand
The death-chilled wind made cold their bones,
And whispered of extinguished fires;
Of broken trees and weathered stones.
The senorita drove them on;
Her voice, remembered, would not fade.
Her dress was red with blood, and torn
In the schoolyard where the children played.
And to this day the sentries ride
On valiant steeds that make no sound.
Their fists are clenched, the knuckles white --
Zapata's ghost remains unfound.
derek
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Derek Zahn @ wisconsin
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derek@wisc-rsch.arpaken@nsc.UUCP (Ken Trant) (06/22/85)
Straight From The Heart
Ken Trant
My life is almost over
my cycle near complete
The treasure of my time on earth
lay snuggled at my feet
To him I'm mister wonderful
unable to make mistakes
I've tried my best
to do my best
no matter what it takes
For nothing gives me pleasure
so deep,so pure,so true
As what I've felt since the day
I first set eyes on you
I thought that I was ready
for a child, of my own, to hold
If I knew then what I know now
I could never have been so bold
From little runny noses
and diapers that always leak
To nights I walked you to and fro
that seemed to last a week
Not for mountains of gold
or years of good health
Would I trade in the time we've spent
The smiles and tears
that filled my years
and make up my only true wealth
What I feel is not measured
by weight or volume,or mass
But I know that in my heart
it will forever last
it carries with it a history
to cause ones hopes to soar
with just a hint of tragidy
of one whose heart was torn
But it causes mountains to rumble
and its made nations fall
Its the most powerful and pleasant
emotion of all
I love you Jarrod (My First and Favorite Son).