Juan Olivarez Poems

Heads I win tails you lose,
Whoever wins gets to choose.
Will we have coffee, or will we have tea,
Since I'll be winning, it won't matter to me.
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I'll take a shower, it's saturday night,
Then we'll go dancing till early light.
Have a few cold ones, that's ok too,
Out on the dance floor, just me and you.
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Reflections of a youthful face,
Are mirrored in a pool.
From a distant time and place,
Face of a youthful fool.
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Sail away, on a sea of dreams,
In a clipper fast and sure.
With gossamer sails that brightly gleam,
And a crew strong but demure.
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There is such venom in your words,
And you have no idea.
That the venom that you spout is heard,
By the victims that haven't healed.
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A woman is beauty, simple and pure.
God made her for man, of that be real sure.

All women are beautiful, there is no doubt.
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I was eating some sushi,
At Susie Ling's,
On Tokyo Bay.
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We go through this world,
Like leaves in the wind.
Just blown everywhere,
From beginning to the end.
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Not all angels have wings,
Or a halo of gold.
Or a white robe that clings,
Or blue eyes so ice cold.
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Lying in the grass, so long ago,
I whispered in your ear.
As the moon made your brown eyes glow,
That I'd always want you near.
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