DAVID GERARDINO Poems

THE hippo grows up in the weeds,
their moon light becomes a powerful
flashlight, like that big fat sun in the
sky,
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THIS love is full of sleep,
a wasted talent, a skeleton
thats waiting to sing a love
song, still the road is full
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MOMMA, bring some flowers,
for your son was killed in
this 3rd world place.
I fought well,
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DEATH, you plant your rust in blood.
DEATH, you take love, and kick it,
pervert it, laugh at it, untill
there is no more, not even a spoon
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THIS love is a atheist,
this love is a foreign
language,
this love is a phantom
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STAND up on that small boat, thats it,
now put your hands in the air, thats it,
now, dont fall, thats right, now lift your
right leg, thats it,
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IM just a kid in this big flat wheel,
my father tells me to fight untill i
see blood and bone, but id rather be
your friend, some one to throw a
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TINY sobs coming from a transvestite
mannequin, the swishing of movement,
the avalanche of light, the wisecrack
of a wrecking ball, and white lies
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Roll my eyes,
mutter some stuff,
jiggle my bellie,
then get a b12 shot.
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YOU break my fall, when i cry,
you take my hands, and we fly,
into a rainbow, thats made of
candy and gold,
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