Juan Olivarez Poems

There is a corner of my house,
Where only shadows play.
A little corner of my house,
That shuns the light of day.
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Love makes you happy, is what they say,
Love makes you wake up, for every new day.
Love makes you leave, love makes you stay,
Love lets you find, needles lost in the hay.
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This little mutt, you just have to see,
he bolts and he runs, carries on like he's crazy.
Fifteen pounds of pure dynamite,
he does everything, except maybe bite.
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There's a bright golden moon,
o'er the mountain high.
It will rise soon,
o'er the desert sky.
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A cacophony of sound, for miles around,
Anounces to the world, the cicadas are in town.
The yearly concert in the trees,
fill all who hear with happiness.
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Long ago and far away,
I fell in love with you.
And yes I still can see the day,
In my minds eye, a love so true.
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The Beavertail is blooming free,
out in the open wastes,
magenta colored majesty,
all through the spring it lasts.
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All hail, all hail, the cottontail,
a spartan's life lives he,
faster than a sudden gale,
with boundless energy.
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From a rocky hill he glares my way,
as if to say, i'm here to stay.
Don't you dare bother coming here,
this is my desert is that clear?
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Tarzan Gonzalez, a wild Mexican man,
drinks beer after beer out of a can.
He is a hero to all the young men,
who idolize Tarzan just out of the pen.
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