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John Dewberry Sep 2019
Pick a card any card
Except for the queen
She stole my heart
And now I’m a zombie

I’m looking for Alice
In the woods
But all I see
Is a red
Where have all the men gone
And why is there
A been stocks worth of wedding rings
In front of me?

Goliath still exists they
Made him out of wood
Must be painfully awkward
When he wakes up in the morning

Little boy Bleu
****** a hag in a shoe
He yolked as he died
Humpty Dumpty is alive
but can’t pick himself up
He’s got no game

He lives with Aiken Drum
And a street dog
Whose owner died
When she saw him smoking a pipe
Their landlords a crooked man
Who keeps raising rent
They gut him
And put him in a stew with the theee little pigs
Humpty falls in
“ Aw ****” says Aiken
“Well at least this’ll be a valences breakfast
I couldn’t help but wonder what some nursery rhymes would be if they were written for a more mature audience...
John Dewberry Sep 2019
Lexicons created from
Meandering consciousness
Creating streams of thought

The images of something good
The notion of creation
And the strains of reason we create

We call that human nature

Dichotomy of soul and mind
A path intertwined
Expressed through color

No  art is replete
No love complete
No loyalty depleted

The spectrum we see is never full
But nobody’s a fool
Life’s about the colors you don’t see
John Dewberry Sep 2019
Beauty on sight


She slipped me
Her room key
And an empty tab
“ Room 313
And I’ll be off in seven”

She looked like Rapunzel
Spoke in a Slavic dialect
Better yet
Maybe I’ll leave the rest to your imagination

Beauty and the *****
Fell in love with the moment
Please don’t be mad
I don’t recall your name
Did I ever tell you mine

We awaited the sunrise
After the fact
Watching the stars
Admiring the scenery
Making love on the bow
To the backdrop of the Danube
John Dewberry Jul 2019
Let’s talk about faults
For a moment or two
Cause we’ve all got a few
Yes it’s true

It’s about hiding
Putting up a front
As if we’re infallible
But we’re

Flammable
Ticking time bombs
Don’t strike a nerve
Sensitive
We ain’t much for
Literacy
Cause we’re Hard to read
John Dewberry Jun 2019
He sits at the bar
Lamenting his fall
From grace
Scars on his mind
Support his honesty

He tells of Black Daffodil
And nights on the sunset strip
recounting in detail
The glory days

“Everyone knew my name”
He said
“ when I meant my press agent
my career went to ****”

“Curses
To all who who’ve ****** me
I may be free
But I’m living my life as
Someone’s prison *****”
John Dewberry Jun 2019
Smooth, sweet
Saccharine
I’m addicted to the high
Of being young
And you’ve forgotten
The blessed nature
Of naivety

Any moments right
when you’re living in
sin— it’s been affirmed:
we’re only human

Milkshakes and libidos
A requiem for forgotten
handkerchiefs and soggy tears
Washed away by
Milkshakes and libidos

Cocktails
Created by insurance of
Mutually funded assurance
Without second thought
Regret not the momentary decisions
We make
Whatever happens

We knew the risk


Milkshakes and libidos
A requiem for forgotten
handkerchiefs and soggy tears
Washed away by
Milkshakes and libidos
John Dewberry Jun 2019
******* to *****
******* pointless
What?  We’re only human

What a weak excuse
For infidelity
Self serving *******
Should be put on trial

Think for yourself
Be yourself
Act naturally
Think for yourself
Be yourself
Act naturally

I guess you like
The thrill
I guess you have no chill
Why put yourself through
The ringer
Just to get too attached
For a brief moment

Think for yourself
Be yourself
Act naturally
Think for yourself
Be yourself
Act naturally
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