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[title] => You, I and Jimmy Sunshine! by Rev. Dr. Fred M. Lessonde
[time] => 2014-06-18 08:27:06
[hometext] => Back when I played Basebal adn was a Farmer there were Shoeshime people and pay phones -back in a by gone era
[bodytext] => You, I and Jimmy Sunshine! by Rev. Dr. Fred M. Lessonde I remember the Day I Met Jimmy Sunshine Years ago now walking down a street I stopped to have get a shoe shine That is the blessed day I go to meet A young man named Jimmy Sunshine Now we had the day off and so I was a walking Decided to have a shoe shine and do some talking Met this young shoe shine boy who knew his stuff Sure knew how to shine shoes and give them a buff Yet there was much more to this young man For he was blind and did what he knew he can Shine them shoes is what I do he told me For me and for you even though I cannot see I have to do what I can for me and for mine Cannot see but my name is Jimmy Sunshine Shine your shoes and collect my pay Shine me good so you will come back another day Now we all have our lot in life and you can see mine I get up and go to make a living and I do just fine Mister Jimmy said to me, I do this cause I am free to make a living and doing just fine you see I said Jimmy next time I get off I will be back I will get my shoes shined so you wont lack That was 40 years ago now, shoe shining is a lost art Jimmy doesn't shine shoes anymore, he's lost heart As it is now things are far from fine It is amazing what has happened over time I will always remember my friend Jimmy Sunshine A proud young blind man once quite sublime Who would have thought our Nation would despise All those who aspire to work another day, another sunrise Who would have dreamed the "American Dream" would die Only the Ones who caused it laugh and do not cry The hopes, dreams, aspirations of the many in this Nation Have dissipated and seems to have all gone on Vacation Drugs, perversion, greed, envy, backstabbing and the whole lot Seems that is what most have now that is all they have got My friend Jimmy well he is as old as me and still cannot see Yet, like me, he can see in his disheartened way how bad its become For we are no longer self reliant and it is sad what all will be For going the way its going not much hope for most, only some The wealthy will get wealthier and the poor just more poor For greed, cruelty, and deliberate ignorance have seized the day Our once Proud Nation has been sold out shore to shore Our Leaders are out of touch and no longer care for our Way Our Constitution and our Values are considered outdated and Old People like you, me and Jimmy Sunshine now get the picture As we lived in a time when things were not so cruel and cold When people were still people, not treated like animals, for sure We no longer have a leadership in which God they Trust We are all viewed as sheep to serve them we must Better to be like Patrick Henry of old and die for the cause Than to live under Tyranny and all of its freedom taking Laws Now that is my take on this whole Treasonous matter You can sit sadly by and watch your Country actually die Or you can do what you can to stop the Treacherous Adder Remember it will soon be too late and it will do no good to cry! ©Fred Monte Lessonde, 2014 [comments] => 0 [counter] => 98 [topic] => 52 [informant] => fredmonte101 [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => goodbyepoetry )
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