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The Sunshine Man
The sunshine man sells sunshine
That is for a rainy day
You can find him selling sunshine
In a cart on Drury Way
He sells sunshine in barrels,
And he sells it by the poke
But don't worry, for he'll cut you off
If you are going broke
For the sunshine man sells sunshine
Both for outside and within
If he made you sad for sunshine
That would be a sunshine sin
And a sunshine sin is worse
Than any you or I could make
For if he betrayed his sunshine
It would be a grave mistake
Sunshine likes to make you happy
And if Sunshine made you sad
Sunshine would turn on its seller
Sunshine would be very mad.
So why don't you take a little walk
To buy yourself a bag?
Sunshine comes in several flavors
And is good for girl or hag
Oh, the cart is draped with ribbons
And the cart is decked with crepe
And the sunshine man is splendid
In his sunshine colored cape
Beaming like a ray of sunshine
He will treat you like a queen
Sunshine will not tolerate him
Being rude or being mean
You can peek inside the bottles
(made of dark glass, for the glare)
You can marvel at the sunshine
That twirls and sparkles there
Sunshine dances in the bottles
And it puts on quite the show
Sunshine can do pirouettes and
It can gleam and shine and glow
Sunshine lives to give you pleasure
It is Sunshine's highest goal
When it's finished, you'll have sunshine
Dancing in your sunshine soul
And when you are finished looking,
Empty-handed you must go,
For you haven't any money
As you spent it all, you know.
And when you turn to leave,
The sunshine man may grab your arm
Do not worry, for the sunshine
Shall not let you come to harm
Oh, the sunshine man may gibber,
And the sunshine man may scream
And the sunshine man may beg you
And his eyes begin to stream
And the sunshine man may plead
for you to help him leave his cart
But don't listen to the sunshine man
My dear, harden your heart
For the sunshine man was bad once
In the far, far distant past
And his punishment was sunshine
Until the world breathes its last
Sunshine keeps him very quiet
Sunshine keeps him well-behaved
Sunshine breaks his sinning spirit
'til his black heart may be saved
There are many sunshine men alive-
He's not the only one.
But don't worry, darling daughter.
Sunshine makes sure there's only sun.
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| When you were talking about the dark bottles I thought you meant booze and I was anticipating a word play with moonshine, but then the poem turned and got quite serious when we found out about sunshine man's past. Nice repetition, and all that other technical stuff, blah, blah, blah..it was just such a nice read, I know it will dwell in my mind for a long while afterwards. |
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| The way the last part changes the course of the poem reminds me of one of Shakespeare's sonnets (Sonnet 130, I believe). I love the rhyme scheme and the mysterious nature of this story. |
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Comment by: Juan2 - 2006-10-29 17:11
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Wow, this really reminded me of a Native American myth story, but with a very different, darker feel. I like it alot though, very creative. It also flows really well, and none of the rhymes seem forced at all, which can be a real bugger to do some times. Well done.
Happy Writings. |
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Whoo! Always come back to read this ...
You should do a rainbow man or a moonshine man or something...anything!
Rawk On |
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Nice work. I'm looking at what this could all be about. As others said it has a weird sort of way of being dark and... well, sunny at the same time. It all seems very happy but kind of starts to turn around midway through.
I wanna be the sunshine man next Halloween. |
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