Josephine Dunn Poems

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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Hardly Incest (Rap)

I ain’t your Mudda
You not my Fadda,
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My friend, mein freund
For one and thirty years
You remembered my innocence,
Guarded it carefully
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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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