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Best Poems From
FAITH ELIZABETH BRIGHAM
(May 14,1953)
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Loving The Wrong Man
loving the wrong man
is what i do best-
the distant man
the man already taken
the forbidden one
who can't quite
get it (whatever
it is)
right at home
and you (with all
of your charms)
i'll probably end up
disliking you too
after i have gotten
all of the love
that i can get (although
i can't even imagine
that now) as we stand
here puffing on
our cigarettes
alone for the very
first time
making polite conversation
and sharing a
few good stares
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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My Dear Lucille
dear lucille, dear lucille
did someone teach you
the beauty of truth
did someone preach to you
when you were in your youth
to tell the truth even
when it rips apart the
canvas of constructed lies
or makes ripples in the waters
of the great mississippi gulf-side
the world needs more women like you
with guts glorious as they come
withstanding adversity at it's worse
with words weighs heavy, woman
let 'em flow, lady, let 'em flow
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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Never Love A Cold-Hearted Man
never love a cold-hearted man
his mind is full of trickery
and ice runs through his veins
he will break your heart into
a million tiny pieces and
you will spend all of your time
attempting to retrieve the pieces
bandaging the wounds his
careless remarks thrown like darts
have left on your battered ego
he, who in his own mind sees himself
as master of the universe sees
you as his puppet and
he gets some kind of thrill
from manipulating your strings
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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Outcast
God only knows
that could be me
bottle in hand
face down
in the street
he's been branded
by society
no doubt an outcast
in this age
of throw-away things
but no one
knows his pain
why must the drunkard
suffer for so long
a survivor in
a world gone wrong
why is he held
in such contempt
and not shown
a lttle mercy
skid row, skid row
it's the only
home he knows
gone are his hopes
and long forgotten dreams
left to die there
so it seems
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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