"For Seren"

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For Seren

There are days now when I am paralyzed with my love for you, my daughter.
An ancient and powerful connection seizes my heart and mind and I see your face before me.
I am overwhelmed when I think of you, only two, and your mother, two gifts to me that I somehow cannot fathom.
I am so thankful that you are here and that I am learning to know this new and beautiful you.
This new and beautiful love.

(c) 2005 S. Sarkozy-Banoczy (27 Jul)

"How Many Towns?"

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How Many Towns?

One more crumbling mining town
One more AM radio station gone to static
It's a long road back and even further going forward
Mud covered pickups dot the landscape
They sit waiting outside the coffee shops
Shuttered houses and patient hearts
One more swollen river drifts under bridge
Somewhere in this and that old mining town

Right or left down a lonesome highway
Flatbeds loaded with life's possessions
Crooked crosses mark the path
Humming tires and startled animal eyes
Keeping company with Spring's first battle
Fight the night and cabin's fever
How many towns show me the way?

(c) 2007 S. Sarkozy-Banoczy

"By the Line"

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By the Line

By the line is fine
One word, one sentence
No sadness
No guilt or penance
Put them all together
String them along
Like a song
Then remembrance
Then it comes
By the line

(c) 2008 S. Sarkozy-Banoczy (Nov)

"Grams"

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Grams

Hello boy
Scottish plaid and a royal name
Homemade apple sauce
Oatmeal, whipped honey and shortbread
Mama's little baby, grandma's little baby
Loves it, loves it a lot
To Canada, oh Canada
The farms, the family, the farms
Knuckle crunch, snap on the watch and hugs
Ewww, kiss on the lips
Watch it now
How do you like them apples young man?
Love you boy

(c) 2005 S. Sarkozy-Banoczy

"Pushkinskaya Square"

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Pushkinskaya Square

There, just off Pushkinskaya square
There, in Tchaikovsky's shadow
A walk to the Pekin Hotel in the snow
They told me that KGB still lives
Food under the glittering lights
A last supper that they never get
The taste of a success that was a guess
A shiver, a gust of damp air
There, just off Pushinskaya square

(c) 2000 S. Sarkozy-Banoczy (Aug)

"Long Nights"

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Long Nights

We enter the long nights
The days struggle in the deepest valleys
Old, old shadows return and the spirits walk the forest
Still, still stars and moon, our companions
We awake at night and listen for the coming dawn

(c) 2008 S. Sarkozy-Banoczy (14 Nov 2008)

"Stones"

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Stones

He stared at the stones
Looking for the word
Looking for the sign
Traffic just a blur unseen
No matter for the immortal
The stones aren't talking today
Shuffle on by

(c) 2008 S. Sarkozy-Banoczy (28 Oct)

"My Brother"

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My Brother

My brother, they may try to drag you down
They may try to damage you
They may try to destroy you
You must resist at all costs, no costs to your soul
You must prevail at all costs, no costs to your soul
Save your family, save your children
We can fight on our own
We always have
Save yourself, my brother

(c) 2008 S. Sarkozy-Banoczy (31 Oct)