John W. McEwers Poems

If there was one thing
just one
that I would like to be
it would be nice
...

A little less shaking
she said, and a little
more making love.
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My heart tracks time at odd intervals
Like I remember it was eleven bread loaves ago
that I noticed this woman so sweet.
Six packs of ham since my heart skipped a beat,
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Would you live inside me
if I cleaned the place up?
If I worked out on a schedule
and junky foods I gave up?
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Some stuff's gross like
melty ice cream
that sticks to your hand
where it looks weird to lick
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The Captain calls noon
and poor boys, midshipmen, run
and up the coast a ways
where it cuts into the sea
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I'm a loose-lipped doe-eyed four-eyed rustlin' bustlin'
21st century man
who's two-toned mind-blown shark-skin big-boned
baby has left him
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If only you loved me,
you'd be able to see
that my heart only beats
when your lying with me
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