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Odyssey Chesney Mash-Up · Vinnie Penn Poemcast

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  Speaker 1: Now from his breast into the eyes. The ache of
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  Speaker 1: longing mounted, and he wept at last, his dear wife,
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  Speaker 1: clear and faithful in his arms, longed for as the
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  Speaker 1: sun warmed earth is longed for by a swimmer. There's
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  Speaker 1: a blue rocking chair sitting in the sand, weathered by
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  Speaker 1: the storms and well oiled hands. It sways back and
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  Speaker 1: forth with the help of the winds, seems to always
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  Speaker 1: be there, like an old trusted friend spent in rough
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  Speaker 1: water where his ship went down under Poseidon's blows, gale
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  Speaker 1: winds and tons of sea. Few men can keep alive
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  Speaker 1: through a big surf, to crawl clotted with brine on
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  Speaker 1: kindly beeches and joy enjoy knowing the abyss behind. And
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  Speaker 1: so she too rejoiced, her gaze upon her husband, her
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  Speaker 1: white arms round him, pressed as though forever. I've read
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  Speaker 1: a lot of books, wrote a few songs, looked at
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  Speaker 1: my life where it's going, where it's gone. I've seen
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  Speaker 1: the world through a bus windshield, but nothing compares to
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  Speaker 1: the way that I see it when I sit in
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  Speaker 1: that old blue chair.