John Zeller Poems

Jump into a raindrop
from the sunny side,
It’s really quite simple
and a peaceful kind of ride,
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The dishes are piled up in the bathtub,
she says she wants to take a shower.
She sends me out for a walk,
and says dinner will be in an hour.
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the night drags a plow
turning over sunlight
babies howl for breast
thirsty in the midnight
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Life is like a picket fence
Has a beginning and an end
Neighbour’s to your left
Neighbour’s to your right
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blue sky resting on my shoulders
rose petals covered with dew
dew drops hanging from eternity
above thorns without a clue
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eagles soar over my dreams
so I guess my dreams are still within reach
my dreams are all in a cup
and my cup spills over onto your beach
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laughing bears hunting pachyderm with
water balloons on the island of sweet sorrows
as I sit picnicking under a palm tree with a parrot
and a panda watching a Sisyphean fiasco
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Small child
Staring at me
Talking about me
Admiring my haircut
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I trapped a hurricane
in a windsock and a
thunderstorm got loose
rain and wind pourin' in
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rain notes falling
notes of falling rain
falling through the skylight
notes of falling pain
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