A LOST CAUSE

<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="#336633" TEXT="#080000" background="042b8573.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>                            BILLY'S  (FOOD FOR THOUGHT) "DAILY BREAD"</B></FONT><B>  </B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#336633" TEXT="#080000" background="043d2083.jpg"> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-94/cryingmyheart_da.mid" autostart="false" width="145" height="70">  </div> <bR> <div> sound control<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" BILLYS (FOO">BACK TO HOME PAGE</A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GUESTBOOK">TO  GUESTBOOK</A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04405053.jpg"> <div> <I>A LOST CAUSE</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>"A LOST CAUSE"</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>***</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>I was sitting in a chair </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>in the doctor's lobby there, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>when I felt the strangest feeling o'er me creep; </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>it gripped me like the claws </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>from a grizzly's mighty paws, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>and sent my nerves a'tingling down to my feet! </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>***</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>I came in feeling fine </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>with no special ills in mind; </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>just a normal check-up for the year; </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>but 'mid my deepest thought </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>of day dreams that I sought, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>came the vibrant, ringing pangs that I hear. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>***</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>I wondered what it was </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>like a riddle often does, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>anxiety seem to cause it all; </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>and could not point my finger </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>at the cause that seem to linger, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>so I just sat staring at the wall! </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>***</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Then came a loud and yelling voice, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>creating only noise, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>and sending crawling tremors down my spine; </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>no soft or pleasant tune, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>but like a knife or spoon </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>scraping on a sidewalk with a whine! </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>***</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Then I solved upon my quest.. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>a reason for the stress, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>and ( was not the dreaded visit to the "docs'", )</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>but an awful screeching sound </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>like a hound-dog in his pound, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>howling from a ceiling music box! </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>***</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>You hear them all the time </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>in restaurants when you dine, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>in shopping malls and even in latrines; </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>they are piped in over air, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>to lobbys everywhere, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>to comfort everybody.. so it seems. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>***</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>But I found I'm in a trap </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>when I hear some fellow "rap" </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>or a singer calling hogs to stew; </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>one can't get up and leave, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>or mute to be relieved, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>one just needs to bear it through. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>***</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Now, where on earth has gone </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>the soft and tender song, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>that kept the heart and mind at rest?</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>they're gone from radios, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>TV and music shows, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>and I'm sadden by their absence, I confess! </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>***</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>William E. 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