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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Hardly Incest (Rap)

I ain’t your Mudda
You not my Fadda,
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Are you tired of travelling
My blue-eyed boy?
Do you long for comfort
Instead of passion and joy?
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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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My hawk,
You watch, pale eyes hooded,
In the shadows
Waiting for the chance
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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 love is not finite,
It is not measured by rule.
There is no rhyme or reason,
But do not take me for a fool.
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She will make you king
In the tiny kingdom of her heart
She will crown you Oberon
And pray you never part
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You have taken my name
Numbered me
Photographed from front and side
Processed me
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Joy

In the bedroom
You were mine
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You are the sounds of the city,
The sirens sing a morning symphony
As we lie down, not to sleep
But to entwine ourselves in languid lovemaking,
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Warpaint. Painted on,
Go to war. Does just
What it says on the tin.
Frightens the natives,
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Remember me as loving you,
It’s better left that way.
Now everything is over,
It’s all I have to say.
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