Time Spent

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Matt Ph.D Trusskey. Time Spent

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

THE PAIN OF TOO MUCH TENDERNESS. The Pain of Tenderness

Listen to the Wisdom of a Fool

A Man in Love

Yes, I Drink Whiskey

Hello Dad

Is This Just Another Song?

Changes

Seven Caught Eleven

Is This What I Get Out of Life?

I Don't Know About This Shit

I Spent a Night in Love

Do You See Now?

Which One Is Me?

Oh Honey, Why?

I Need a Dream

The DEW Line

Maybe Soon

The Dream

More

You Tell Me?

Dreams

Life's Other Side

When You're Not By My Side

Ruby's More Precious Than Diamonds or Gold

A Lot of Ladies

Medals

Ashes

Our House

I Have Always Loved You

ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT. Attitude in General

On Family

On Money

On Children

On Careers

On Health

On The Future, Past, Present

On Love

On Science

On Religion

On Vices

On Sexuality

Intermission

On Creativity

On The Unknown

On Learning

On Peace

On Happiness

On Dating

On Music

On Fear

On Crying

On Hate

On Presumptive Conclusions

Busy Streets. 6:43 AM Morning

7:32 AM Garden of the Gods

9:40 AM The Satelight Hotel

10:07 AM The Black Forest

11:50 AM Lunchtime in the Park

12:45 PM Afternoon

2:15 PM Pikes Peak

4:28 PM The Bluffs

6:11 PM The Airport

7:07 PM The El Pomar Great Hall

4:13 AM Night

AFTERMATH. The Promise

Thoughts

My Name?

Life

Today Tonight

We All Ride

Inversion to Understanding

Ode to Love

What Is It?

Human

Like a Dove

Rumors

REPRODUCTION

A Time for Speckles

Collision at 9,500 Feet

I Didn't Mean!

S. O. S

CONCLUSION

WITH INSIGHT ON THEIR DISCOVERY

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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I would like to take the opportunity in the publication of this newly compiled book to share a few thoughts with my readers. I want to express my thanks to the many people who helped and inspired me in this labor of love. Over the past 30 years or so, I have been fortunate to travel and experience many different and interesting people and places. Because of my upbringing and family background, I did not travel first class. I believe now that this helped me to be exposed to all types of individuals of several social and economic classes as well as countries. My travels and adventures came from an inherited longing to wander and wonder about the meaning of life.

The way in which I, as a young man, began the adventure was as a soldier. Being a soldier afforded me the luxury of traveling and experiencing without a big pocket book. I grew up in a military family, so the familiarity of it all did not hurt me either. It was later in my middle twenties that I was confronted by more of the realities of life and working for a living, as my tour of duty was over and so was the free room and board (so to speak). My poems reflect and embody these different times, cultures, people and economic situations that I have shared with the many people whose lives have become a part of mine.

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Over the past 18 years or so I have been on a writing sabbatical (earning a living). During these years, I have shared some of my poems with various friends. I was not very surprised when most told me that one or two of the poems really "struck their fancy." Out of kindness or just disinterest, the other poems went empty in their hearts. Because these works are all very familiar to me and I understand the emotion, passion, feelings and personal experiences that went into them, I wondered. I wondered how I could get the reader, my colleagues, critics and inner circle to appreciate or possibly understand more of my work without cramming it down their throats. Once again, it was you, the reader, that showed me the way.

One day a friend and I were on the topic and I explained the circumstances behind a poem that I thought they would surely appreciate but didn't. It was in the telling of the story behind the poem, when I saw the light go on in their eyes! At this point, all kinds of emotions poured out of this individual. This little bit of extra explanation of the circumstances that surrounded my thoughts brought the particular poem to light for that person. The light went on for me too!

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