John deVries Poems

The ocean waves curl, they curl and splash
They'd curl you too, if you did dash
And played among them
They'd curl you and kill you and bring you down
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God is perhaps a comedian
And life is all his joke
Something to keep them laughing
'Til now from first He spoke
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Fault day, balk day,
Bouncing off the walls day

Will she will,
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How lovely to be an annelid
How much do I hear? What am I bid?
It might be quite grand
To wriggle in sand
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It would be just fine
Says this heart of mine
If my nose had not
Been filled with her perfume
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Cheerful Channelle chucked chump churlishly -
Challenge? Chiasma chilled.
Childishly chide? Chicken.
Chemistry cherished? Cheapened.
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And in the dance they danced,
They would dance many and ever a step
He would move forward
And she would move back
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How utterly unutterably lovely you are
Glenda Lee, who helps attend the bar
At Lancelot's where the silver skulls gleam
'Neath the glow of bright incandescent beam
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As alone as lone can be
I've left you, can't you see?
Though I wouldn't t'were truly
your wish
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To find delight while dancing
I found to my surprise
I found you quite entrancing
With smiling Australian eyes
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