John W. McEwers Poems

There's a wind too strong to carry scents
A lingering winter is culled by spring
Warm air drifts up to our latitude
and gets caught in the undertow
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Somewhere in the icy teeth of February
back when we still shared each other's warmth
Kate and I happened across a duck, on a short hike
to the cigarette shop, crouched alone in the center
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Da Gibbawaba Gita gotta goody goody girl.
Da Gibbawaba Gita gotta git da girl a gift.
Da Gibbawaba Gita gunna git da girl a goat.
Da Gibbawaba Gita gunna git it from a thrift.
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Billy Butterbean was a boy who wanted to eat ice cream
So he dreamed up a daydream that would make his mom seem
To think he cared about his body such
That they were on the same team.
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Beatnik belly-aching
John
has a big time come
for a one way run
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I'm up, I'm up.

Jeez.
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Little Tommy Trotter took a trip with all his family
to the big ole' Country Music Hall of Fame.
Tommy wanted Disney and his sister Tabby favored Sea World
but their daddy loved his country music so.
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Her inner beauty found its way to me before I ever found my way to her.
I was sitting on my couch, upset with my life, wondering how I ever fell so far.
The TV was on in the corner of the room for days and days and the cable bill wasn't getting paid.
And the WB was on.
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