Recent posts and page post – on same page

Hello! I’m trying to create a homepage template with recent posts on a side and the page’s post. I’m not using a plugin because I want to customize the recent posts.. here’s the code

<div id="home_left">
     <ul>
    <?php query_posts('showposts=5'); ?>

    <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <li><?php the_post_thumbnail( 'recent_posts' ); ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>

    <li><?php echo substr(get_the_excerpt(), 0,80); ?>...</li>
    <?php endwhile;?>
    </ul>
</div>

<div id="home_post">

  <?php the_content(__('Read more'));?>	

</div>

<?php the_content(__(‘Read more’));?>

appears to display another post. Is there a way to display just what I have in my homepage post?