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Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Date Line Blues

October 15, 2017 by Jeff Burkhart Leave a Comment

I’ve got a friend in Africa
We talk on social media
I saw something that made me think
In my encyclopedia

We live our lives in separate days
He’s living in tomorrow
I wonder if he’d give me
Information I could borrow

Maybe he might tell me
If my stocks will rise or fall
Or who will win the series
I could find out with a call

Way back here in yesterday
We’re living in the dark
Please warn me of tomorrow’s woes
Before I disembark

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