TURMOIL

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#555555" TEXT="#080000" background="03eb85a3.jpg"> <div> <B>FOOD   FOR  THOUGHT 3 - A  </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#330099" FACE="Arial" ><B>  ( TURMOIL )</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="about_us.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ABOUT US ">ABOUT US </A>   |   <A HREF="products_and_services.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Poems">"Special Poems"</A>   |   <A HREF="humor.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HUMOR">HUMOR</A>   |   <A HREF="inspirations.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="INSPIRATIONS">INSPIRATIONS</A>   |   <A HREF="memories.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MEMORIES">"MEMORIES"</A>   |   <A HREF="ideals.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="IDEALS">IDEALS</A>   |   <B>TURMOIL</B>   |   <A HREF="contact_me.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me">Contact Me</A>   |   <A HREF="guest_book.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guest Book">Guest Book</A>   |   <A HREF="the_toadmaster.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE TOAD MASTER">"THE TOAD MASTER"</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#555555" TEXT="#080000" background="03f08083.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FOOD FOR THOUGHT 3 A ">BACK TO HOMEPAGE</A></div> <bR> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-93/farther_along.mid" autostart="true" loop="true" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> SOUND CONTROL</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#663366" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>'' </B></I><I><B>TURMOIL</B></I><I><B>"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>SCROLL DOWN FOR:</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>''A TIME TO WRECKON"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>''THE MOOSE-HEAD POKER CLAN''</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>''TWO SIDES TO EVERYTHING''</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>* * * * *</B></I></div> <div> <B>A TIME TO " WRECKON "</B> </div> <bR> <div> <B>Old "Wild Bill" was a poor old dunce</B> </div> <div> <B>who joined a rail road poker bunch,</B> </div> <div> <B>the likes of which God only knows;</B> </div> <div> <B>he wonders now with time gone by,</B> </div> <div> <B>why he went where wildness shows.</B> </div> <bR> <div> <B>Where a group of men with a hostile grin</B> </div> <div> <B>showed no fear but to win!</B> </div> <div> <B>They played anywhere, in the washroom there,</B> </div> <div> <B>or in somebody's den;</B> </div> <div> <B>but where they came to play this game---</B> </div> <div> <B>'twas like there was no sin!</B> </div> <bR> <div> <B>For their hearts were cold and their bets were bold-</B> </div> <div> <B>with manners so appalled;</B> </div> <div> <B>through smoking haze with eyes ablaze,</B> </div> <div> <B>they'd bluff 'til some guys called......</B> </div> <div> <B>and the place was loud like a thunder cloud--</B> </div> <div> <B>and no one showed no shame;</B> </div> <div> <B>but no one knew, or had a clue</B> </div> <div> <B>of a lesson they would gain;</B> </div> <div> <B>that even kings with all their strings,</B> </div> <div> <B>are put down in their reign.</B> </div> <bR> <div> <B>Now old "Wild Bill" played tight until</B> </div> <div> <B>his pot had dwindled thin,</B> </div> <div> <B>so he thought it wise to tell the guys :</B> </div> <div> <B>"It's time to go all in"</B> </div> <div> <B>So in short while he lost his pile</B> </div> <div> <B>and made way to the door;</B> </div> <div> <B>and while he's there he heard the blare.....</B> </div> <div> <B>a siren's fearful roar!</B> </div> <bR> <div> <B>And with this noise, he warned the boys:</B> </div> <div> <B>"y'all better head for home,</B> </div> <div> <B>forget that dough, you got'ta go.......</B> </div> <div> <B>the cops are coming on!"</B> </div> <div> <B>And man for man, one file they ran</B> </div> <div> <B>to the backdoor that was closed,</B> </div> <div> <B>but the cops burst in and the rushing men...</B> </div> <div> <B>fell back like dominoes!</B> </div> <bR> <div> <B>In all my life in glee or strife,</B> </div> <div> <B>I've never seen the like;</B> </div> <div> <B>of the laugh that brought and a lesson taught...</B> </div> <div> <B>is respect when justice strikes;</B> </div> <div> <B>that a line of men so tough within...</B> </div> <div> <B>are reduced to simple tykes!</B> </div> <bR> <div> <B>By William E. Hardison (c)</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>"The MooseHead Poker Clan" </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>* * *</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>'Twas five o'clock when there I knocked at the rear of the MooseHead Club. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Three raps on the door, and then one more, and then some "dude" named Clyde ...</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>peers outside through a hole inside to check my ticket stub. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>When he sees it's me, he turns a key and the door comes open wide. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I went inside the smoke-filled dive and headed for the backroom game --</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>through smoke and dust to fill my lust, where no one knows no shame. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Down the hall past the bathroom stall.. to the last door on the right, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>where I rapped once more like I did before, and they opened upon my sight. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We meet each day in the same old way and play on through the night;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> with a game of wits 'til someone quits... a winner, or a loser's plight. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Poker is the the name, and "stud" is the game, and a vicious way it's played; </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>with "cut-throat" bets without any frets, without any mercy gave. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I never see any sympathy coming from any man, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>our blood is cold, and our hearts are bold, when we play in this here clan! </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>* * *</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I don't know why any normal guy is compelled to fill a void; </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>to work all day then lose his pay to ease his mind anoyed. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>So I guess by now you know my brow has gathered a lot of sweat;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> in dealing cards without regards for my family's strong regret. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But in this game I meet my fame, my ego's miles up high; </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>but when I lose, I'm in recluse and feel my end is nigh; </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>and through the years were many tears...just fighting a losing fight,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> but back I went in anxious bent.. to win, and end my plight; </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>for you always think that you're on the brink of winning something great; </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>with aces down my heart will pound, that this pot seals my fate; </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>but it often seems that some guy beams, when his card from the deck, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>comes to mate his "flush" or "straight", and leaves me a total wreck! </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>When there is no gain, I feel the pain but strive with new desire;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> to win so bad what I once had, to douse my gambling fire. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But all us men are hard within and won't give-up our ploy. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Each man is steel with a stubborn will to reach some height of glory.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>So through the maze and smoking haze, our piercing eyes go daunting;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> to find a way to make all pay, by "bluffing" and in flaunting. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But we gather here together whether luck is good or not, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>our fever now won't last forever, for time will cure this lot! </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I alwys hope not to be a "dope", or just an "also ran", </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>but it's not old news that I always lose when I play with the MooseHead Clan! </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>William E. Hardison (c) </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Two Sides To Everything</B></div> <div> <B>* * *</B></div> <div> <B>I may not have to tell you</B></div> <div> <B>that  our world is in a mess;</B></div> <div> <B>for it's saddled through and through</B></div> <div> <B>with corruption and unrest.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It's kindled by an awful trend</B></div> <div> <B>from whence our woes became;</B></div> <div> <B>a surge of hateful crime and sin</B></div> <div> <B>that feeds it's burning flame!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The world is now a battleground</B></div> <div> <B>between the good and bad;</B></div> <div> <B>the tools of war or who we are</B></div> <div> <B>and where our goals are bound.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The leaders are a choice of two,</B></div> <div> <B>The Devil or the LORD;</B></div> <div> <B>Jesus Christ, the one to choose,</B></div> <div> <B>will do away the sword!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>For those whom serve the evil side,</B></div> <div> <B>the blood is on their hands,</B></div> <div> <B>for they are on a rocky ride</B></div> <div> <B>that ends in sinking sands.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>'Cause somewhere in the vast beyond,</B></div> <div> <B>the good side shall prevail;</B></div> <div> <B>and evil ones will then succumb</B></div> <div> <B>to backfire's burning hell!</B></div> <div> <B>* * *</B></div> <div> <B>WILLIAM E. 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