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04/10/2025 Joy Lynn Clark
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Things-LosMuertosEdit
By Joy Lynn Clark 11/3/2024 Since the lapsteel is out on lease, I decided to use the dulcimer version, special acknowledgement to Metallica who are famous for using this instrument. Things I love shiny bling. Jewels, gems, golden rings. We gon show em how we running this Take their chiefs chain and roll up in his whip Now the ground is thawed its spring Bet the old graves still have bling We gon show em how we running this Getting money insane now we got a grip We need these things, slaves to these whips and chains We need these things, for the pain there is no cure We need…
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Shopping in the burbs
By Joy Lynn Clark February 10, 2022 In middle school I moved from my mom’s house to my dad’s house. Mom took baby sister and her new hubby and moved to Indiana. I moved a few towns away but stayed in Illinois. I jumped right into my new life in a proper nuclear Family. Dad, stepmother, stepbrother, and I. Dad was always busy at work and grumpy. My step brother and I had a healthy fear. On the other hand, my stepmother was very welcoming and I came to see her as, “the good cop”. Saturday mornings were always shopping and chores. Stepmother would get up really early to go…
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D.A.R.E.
By Joy Lynn Clark December 18, 2021 D.A.R.E. stands for DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION. This is another social program that I was involved with in my youth. My favorite neighborhood police officer, Officer friendly stopped by our elementary school class to teach us about different types of drugs and their negative affects. Sometimes he would relate a story or two about his Encounters with drug offenders. I was fascinated and I really liked Officer friendly. In addition to dare, Officer friendly was always the cop that was posted in my neighborhood on my walks home from school. It is not like it is today. I would smile and wave as…
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The God of quickness
By Joy Lynn Clark 11/9/2021 Patience is probably a virtue: but I love when duty is swift. Grandma and grandpa on the other side were Catholics. I like to rap fast, I like Dance music and I even was a sprinter in track. So swiftness is also a virtue in my book. We go through the same thing with the Catholics as the protestants but, the Catholics are timely and on schedule. The Protestants will go on and on. If it’s good we will sing on – forever. Grandma would press my hair straight and help me dress – but more quickly. There is no Sunday school for me to…
