Josephine Dunn

Can I, Yes I Can

Can I look at a man
And see the boy within,
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You are my Golden Boy
Crowned
With a halo of sunshine.
Dreamer,
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Will you come to the wild woods with me?
The wild woods where once we lay together.

Come to the wild woods,
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The time has come
To bid old friends goodbye,
Without a backward glance,
Or question why,
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I love to kiss you softly
When you are sleeping
And with each kiss wash away
The worries you are keeping.
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Did my mother know,
When she taught me
How to sew,
That one day I would meet
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I did not mean to hurt you
My Love
With my words of criticism,
Only help you
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When passion has died
And the only remains
Are the dying embers of love,
We sometimes find that friendship
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I couldn’t love my Mother
Till she died
Her face was disbelieving
When I lied.
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Hardly Incest (Rap)

I ain’t your Mudda
You not my Fadda,
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He was a child of chaos
Blown into her world
By the winds of discord,
Riding the eye of the hurricane.
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Is your Black Dog a nippy terrier
Snapping at your heels?
Or a drooling Labrador
Who follows you at meals?
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My advice is this …..

Try love on for size.
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You drank deep from my cup,
So deep you drained even the dregs.
Bitter dregs of past hurts,
Sour on the tongue.
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My hawk,
You watch, pale eyes hooded,
In the shadows
Waiting for the chance
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Like the ocean I am
Drawn to your shore
But like the tide
You are still out.
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The Angel of Retribution
Spreads her leathery wings,
Flaps them and draws you
To her cold hard breast.
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Once you gave me violets
Whose fragile beauty
Lasted but an hour,
Then wilted, but fragrant
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One night there were two
Just John and You
Oh! And me,
In the middle
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Like the ocean I
Visit your shore, but like the
Tide, you are still out.
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