Poems and Songs by Rex Sexton
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email to RSCohen@uic.edu
or snail mail to Rex Sexton, 100 W. Chestnut St., Chicago, IL 60610.
Bio of Rex Sexton and synopsis of the
novel Desert Flower
Desert Flower, excerpt from novel by Rex Sexton
Fiction
and Painting of Rex Sexton on CD includes his novel Desert
Flower, fvie short stories, poems/songs and images of 20 of his paintings,
plus classic works of fiction by some of his favorite authors. His fiction
introduces you to worlds that outwardly seem familiar, but that operate
in accord with their own eerie rules and expectations. Once you get caught
up in the characters, reading one of these tales is like watching your
own recurrent nightmare -- you can't stop reading, and you'll never forget.
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by Rex Sexton
The morning sun I never see
The evening stars aren't meant for me
I ride the road of misery
It just travels on
The world was born to dark and light
Good and bad
Wrong and right
I took the wrong turn on the road of life
It just travels on
The good die young
The bad don't live
The good ride the sunlight to the pearly gates
I chose a road no one should seek
It just travels on
The sun comes up
The sun goes down
I ride the night
And I'm hell bound
I ride the road where nothing meets
It's a long and lonely road
It just travels on
Into the night
by Rex Sexton
Into the night
Riding that mare
Man on the run
Danger Beware
No where to go
No where to hide
Into the night
Grim reaper behind
Made the wrong move
In the wrong town
Crossed the wrong path
at the wrong time
Played the wrong game
Witht he wrong crowd
Wod on the street
"You're going down"
Into the night
Mazes and mirrors
Shadows and smoke
Panic and fear
Dead man in flight
Going nowhere
Into the night
Grim reaper is here
Life's on the line
Racing for time
Got to make tracks
Get out or die
No where to go
No where to hide
Dead man in flight
Into the night
You Were the One
by Rex Sexton
You were the one
You were the one
It's over and done
You were the one
The heartaches begun
The sad days will come
I sure blew that one
You were the one
I had my fun
Playing love on the run
Sexy and young
saucy and fun
I sure got stung
I sure was dumb
I had life's plum
You were the one
You were the one
You were the one
Sun of a gun
You were the one
Nocturne
by Rex Sexton
There was a nightclub in a cellar (in my dream) small, dark, empty.
A black woman in a gossamer gown sat at a piano under a spotlight. She
was haunting beautiful. She sang this song.
Man in the moon
Lord of the night,
Talk with the whispering
Winds in their flight
Man in the moon,
Tell them to sigh,
I have a new love
Gentle and bright.
Under the stars,
In each other's arms,
We'll find enchantment
In each other's charms.
Here in the dark,
In each other's hearts
We'll find contentment
We'll never part.
Maybe she was night, night dressed in stardust, lulling my AIDS ward
sleep with melodies to soothe my fevered brow.
Night
by Rex Sexton
The lonely strangers
Come and go
They bow and take
Your hand
You dance around
The room of smoke
To the music of
The band
The bar is just
A haunt for ghosts
Lost souls at their
Dead end
They watch you glide
With broken hearts
Wishing you were
Held by them
Like the star that lit
The Holy Night
Like the glow in the
Magic lamp
LIke the pot of gold
At the rainbow's end
You're heaven's gift
To the lucky man
The lonely strangers
Come and go
With money in
Their hand
You dance them to
Your hotel room
You come back and
Dance again
My dreams of you
Died long ago
Life stole our
One small chance
What might have been
We'll never know
The stars were set against
The lonely strangers
Come and go
The music never ends
I leave to face
The night alone
While you dance
Through smoke and men
Hell Woman
by Rex Sexton
Hell woman turn the night to flames
Hell woman set the stars ablaze
Hell woman melt the shining moon
Hell woman you're the fires of doom
Hell woman driving me insane
Hell woman you're the devil's dream
Hell woman set the winds a rage
Torch the cities, burnt he small tank towns
Scorch the forests, boil the seven seas
Turn the mountains into molten ash
Hell woman flaming in my soul
You're too hot to handle but I can't let go
Hell woman with your flahsing eyes
Body heat and lips of fire
Heart from Hades and soul from ehll
Banshee daughter of Beelzebub
Hell woman raging in my brain
Hell woman you're a fever dream
Love Ain't Blind
by Rex Sexton
Play it cool
Bide your time
Shrug it off
Let it ride
Let it be
It's OK
There's no rules
To this game
He can't win
They won't last
He's not for her
It's no match
Women want
What they regret
He's all jive
She'll see it yet
Cause love ain't blind
And hearts are true
so ease your mind
Let It Go
by Rex Sexton
Let it go
Walk away
We were fools
Sad to say
What went wrong?
Who's to blame?
Why did our love
Fade away?
We were young
We were gay
Long ago
Far away
Hearts as one
Souls the same
We chased rainbows
Raced the sun
What went wrong?
Who's to say?
Was it just life
Gone astray?
Did we wake up
From a dream?
All we were
Died one day
Hand in hand
Through good and bad
Side by side
Through thick and thin
We shared laughter,
Joy and pain
Blind Alley
by Rex Sexton
Hard time
Dead time
Hard line
Marking time
Hole blind
No mind
Bottom line
Do the time
Walk the line
Feel the bind
Toe the line
Lose your mind
Thank about
Your life of crime
Day dreams
Memories
Sleep streams
Reveries
Candyland
In my hand
Lift them high
Or you die
See the gun
Better run
Wild babes
Wild nights
Easy street
At your feet
Hard time
Hard line
Hole blind
Marking time
Cell block
Dead lock
Cage rage
Dark days
Stir craze
Blind maze
Pace the cell
Life in hell
Walk the yard
Mind the guard
Hard time
Dead time
Do the time
Feel the bind
Day time
Nighttime
Hell penned
Dead end
Bio of Rex Sexton and synopsis of the
novel Desert Flower
Surrealist paintings by Rex Sexton
Desert Flower, excerpt from novel by Rex
Sexton
Fiction
and Painting of Rex Sexton on CD includes his novel Desert
Flower, fvie short stories, poems/songs and images of 20 of his paintings,
plus classic works of fiction by some of his favorite authors. His fiction
introduces you to worlds that outwardly seem familiar, but that operate
in accord with their own eerie rules and expectations. Once you get caught
up in the characters, reading one of these tales is like watching your
own recurrent nightmare -- you can't stop reading, and you'll never forget.
Review
in Large Print Reviews
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