Mark Nichols Poems

By Mark Nichols & Mehnaz Hoosein

Kismet kismet aye meri kismet
Tu mera lamha aye meri kismet
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One day I met a blobfish
Who winked its one big eye
Said, "You don't need to fix it, brother
Because all of us fit right inside"
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(For Warrior Girl)

My name is Takesalookatit
Nom de plum, some people say
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It's the spirit of invention
And it can make a song a horrible mess
Caterpillars are transforming
Wave your silver flags over my head!
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All these directions coming to us at the same time
This song is always changing
How did the universe know how far we could scale?
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A little boy passed on a bridge
Down below sat the little girl
Why do you cross? " little girl asked, in an offhanded way
To get to my piano teacher's house, little boy replied
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If the world is coming to an end, and it's
Too far gone to mend
And no amount of duck and cover
Will save mankind from one another
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3 O'clock, it was a sunny afternoon
I was walkin' home from work
They let me go too soon
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A is for apple, you're the apple of my eye
B is for baby, and baby I don't know why. Maybe it's because I
C you in my dreams, It's a vision can't
D-eny... It's an
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By Mark Nichols & Nicole Schoonover

Last night I dreamed a dream that had no color
The wind reached in and found me in my head
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