John Michael Elritz Gallo

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When it seems that the indoor star shines on you,
And the crowd screams for your bearing knack;
When it seems too exciting for the pounding heart,
The bearer in vanity shall be singing with pride.
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Teardrops wasted
Unfelt mouth water overflowing
Silent noise of the cry
The blanket now damp
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A child’s play:
Jealousy, greed, fantasy
The horror of the game:
Seeming angry mob, snob, sob.
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She turned on the lights on my concert stage.

While my fingers lingered on the keyboard,
She handed me her electric guitar
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He dreams for an Eden…
You would be Eve and
He would be him.
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He dreamed for an Eden
You are Eve and
He is him.
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And there was Eden
A dream come true.
Now, he dreams just for you
And for Adam to meet his sunset
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Has the painting faded yet,
The painting that dwelt on the eye of my dwelling?
For the tears of the heavens had shed
Have speared in and tickled the colors of my painting.
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Wonderful are the passing days.
One of these has just ended.
I couldn’t forget the fun of life’s maze,
And I can’t wait to embrace my bed.
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Raindrops glistened on cobwebs
Silver on twilight.
Promising on my sight,
Snowy and bloody roses,
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Hanging on the rusty chains of this dark lair,
I, trapped breathless, was rotten in time
My sweat trickled down to my cheek and
Drip- drop- drip- dropp all they went.
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The tale of a young girl
Of love with which bore to its opposite
Kept ringing in my thoughts
And eventually curtained its ego.
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