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POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Shadow and Bone
will you steal time with me
or just seduce and fuck me secretly?
do you live your own stereotype
or just imitate the shadows you wish were your own?
if the world expanded
no further than your welcome matted door
who would call from beyond the wood
that swings open to expose a barricade of bricks
who would come to knock it down
when the morter dried between stones held far enough apart
their similarities will never touch?
squeezed secretly behind the wood where shadows cast unseen
take a walk where no path leads ...
or just seduce and fuck me secretly?
do you live your own stereotype
or just imitate the shadows you wish were your own?
if the world expanded
no further than your welcome matted door
who would call from beyond the wood
that swings open to expose a barricade of bricks
who would come to knock it down
when the morter dried between stones held far enough apart
their similarities will never touch?
squeezed secretly behind the wood where shadows cast unseen
take a walk where no path leads ...
364 reads
7 Comments
I Give Up, I Quit, Just Let Me Go
It's hard to smile, it's hard to laugh
When the only thing worth laughing at
Is my miserable fucking life
Filled with nothing and drenched with fat
It's hard to see in the darkness
That surrounds me everywhere I go
I close my eyes and embrace death
For love's embrace I'll never know
It's hard to love without a heart
I gave mine away so long ago
Now she is someone else’s wife
And I'm no one you'd want to know
It's hard to want without desire
I don't give a damn any more
I'd rather quit this...
When the only thing worth laughing at
Is my miserable fucking life
Filled with nothing and drenched with fat
It's hard to see in the darkness
That surrounds me everywhere I go
I close my eyes and embrace death
For love's embrace I'll never know
It's hard to love without a heart
I gave mine away so long ago
Now she is someone else’s wife
And I'm no one you'd want to know
It's hard to want without desire
I don't give a damn any more
I'd rather quit this...
285 reads
10 Comments
Tonight's The Night
I am alone in my quiet life
My heart awaits this haunting knife
In my hand the blade still dry
Longs for the fate I can't deny
I've walked this road in the distant past
I want this time to be the last
This tangled web I can't untie
Trapped within my own sordid lie
There is a weight I cannot lift
My heavy heart's been lost adrift
My soul sinks deeper from the sky
Tonight's the night I want to die
* 05/21/2001
Copyright © 2004 JJ Johnson
US Copyright Office Registration: TXu1-162-978
My heart awaits this haunting knife
In my hand the blade still dry
Longs for the fate I can't deny
I've walked this road in the distant past
I want this time to be the last
This tangled web I can't untie
Trapped within my own sordid lie
There is a weight I cannot lift
My heavy heart's been lost adrift
My soul sinks deeper from the sky
Tonight's the night I want to die
* 05/21/2001
Copyright © 2004 JJ Johnson
US Copyright Office Registration: TXu1-162-978
235 reads
14 Comments
Death Of A Virgin
I was in a queasy state all day
The clock was ticking in a digital way
The minutes crawled through swamp filled hours
While the seconds stung like sleeting showers
Eating supper seemed to make it worse
But I needed strength to overcome the curse
The one that's always held me back
Fear whispered of the confidence I lack
The time drew near, my hand reached the door
My feet stepped in on to the hallowed floor
My eyes explored the atmosphere
My ears listened for sounds I came to hear
I knew this time I would...
The clock was ticking in a digital way
The minutes crawled through swamp filled hours
While the seconds stung like sleeting showers
Eating supper seemed to make it worse
But I needed strength to overcome the curse
The one that's always held me back
Fear whispered of the confidence I lack
The time drew near, my hand reached the door
My feet stepped in on to the hallowed floor
My eyes explored the atmosphere
My ears listened for sounds I came to hear
I knew this time I would...
201 reads
9 Comments
Butterflies
It was five years ago this week
When I gazed into two beautiful eyes
She was a girl, not yet at her peak
And I was a boy filled with butterflies
And now so much time has passed
As I glance back into those eyes
She went from a girl to a woman so fast
But I'm still a boy filled with butterflies
She gave birth to a daughter
Much to my surprise
In my heart I'll always want her
And to see those beautiful eyes
Searching beyond my reflection
Through her eyes to her soul
Looking for a small section ...
When I gazed into two beautiful eyes
She was a girl, not yet at her peak
And I was a boy filled with butterflies
And now so much time has passed
As I glance back into those eyes
She went from a girl to a woman so fast
But I'm still a boy filled with butterflies
She gave birth to a daughter
Much to my surprise
In my heart I'll always want her
And to see those beautiful eyes
Searching beyond my reflection
Through her eyes to her soul
Looking for a small section ...
177 reads
2 Comments
When I'm Sixty-Five - Social Insecurity
will there be any jobs for this old man to survive
will I be able to stand behind a cash register and thrive
will I get behind the wheel of a taxi and drive
will I be able to find a job when I’m sixty-five
will my social security check ever arrive
will there still be health care if i’m still alive
will I get all from life all I can derive
will anyone pay me for my rhymes when I’m sixty five
will I think of something underhanded to contrive
will I find a partner selling scams we conive
will I apply for jobs teenagers will deprive
will they...
will I be able to stand behind a cash register and thrive
will I get behind the wheel of a taxi and drive
will I be able to find a job when I’m sixty-five
will my social security check ever arrive
will there still be health care if i’m still alive
will I get all from life all I can derive
will anyone pay me for my rhymes when I’m sixty five
will I think of something underhanded to contrive
will I find a partner selling scams we conive
will I apply for jobs teenagers will deprive
will they...
164 reads
4 Comments
Who’s in Control Here!?
"If you don't have a sense of humor, don't read this poem."
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I wanna make you watch all my favorite shows
Wanna expose your deepest secret so everybody knows
Wanna watch you cook my dinner from my easy chair
Wanna tell you I don’t care if you think life is unfair
Wanna hear water filling up the tub just before my bath
Wanna take all of your money and let you do the math
Wanna smell pancakes and eggs, from my waking bed
Wanna wash the puny brain in your pretty little head
All I wanna do...
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I wanna make you watch all my favorite shows
Wanna expose your deepest secret so everybody knows
Wanna watch you cook my dinner from my easy chair
Wanna tell you I don’t care if you think life is unfair
Wanna hear water filling up the tub just before my bath
Wanna take all of your money and let you do the math
Wanna smell pancakes and eggs, from my waking bed
Wanna wash the puny brain in your pretty little head
All I wanna do...
172 reads
5 Comments
In The Sky There Is No Limit
I see them every time, always looking up at the sky
They seem to be praying to meet a goddess eye to eye
Gazing and waiting at the alter for an answer from heaven
Faithful in their offerings, hoping for one of the seven
The disciples with little, are still willing to give it
Feeling so divine, for in the sky there is no limit
The touch of these eyes contacting the hope reaching out from theirs
They need the coveted smile to complete their passionate stairs
Teasing their desires makes them want for even more
Showing them just a little of...
They seem to be praying to meet a goddess eye to eye
Gazing and waiting at the alter for an answer from heaven
Faithful in their offerings, hoping for one of the seven
The disciples with little, are still willing to give it
Feeling so divine, for in the sky there is no limit
The touch of these eyes contacting the hope reaching out from theirs
They need the coveted smile to complete their passionate stairs
Teasing their desires makes them want for even more
Showing them just a little of...
252 reads
3 Comments
The Forest Or The Trees?
Anywhere, Anyplace, Anytime
Licentious souls combine
Craving to compose
A visual poem of unheard verse
In throws of passion merging their wish
The forest conceals the fetish
Creating one song
Drawn risqué lyrics to which two belong
Yet it's what can't be seen by open eyes
Silence to all ears
Carving howls into the wood
Making love, the art of hidden display
Licentious souls combine
Craving to compose
A visual poem of unheard verse
In throws of passion merging their wish
The forest conceals the fetish
Creating one song
Drawn risqué lyrics to which two belong
Yet it's what can't be seen by open eyes
Silence to all ears
Carving howls into the wood
Making love, the art of hidden display
303 reads
5 Comments
341 reads
8 Comments
Off The Wall Lovers
Take a break for a little seductive fantasy
And imagine making love in total privacy
With a microphone on to amplify every sound
Infatuation can be so passionately profound
Hear every moan and every groan rattling the walls
And on your bare bottom cheeks, the slapping of my balls
Many off the wall lovers would find it erotic
Even your parakeets would think this was exotic
I've been longing for a sexy make-up magician
A whole lotta woman and some sexual submission
This is getting outta hand so let's get into bed
Baby, I wrote...
And imagine making love in total privacy
With a microphone on to amplify every sound
Infatuation can be so passionately profound
Hear every moan and every groan rattling the walls
And on your bare bottom cheeks, the slapping of my balls
Many off the wall lovers would find it erotic
Even your parakeets would think this was exotic
I've been longing for a sexy make-up magician
A whole lotta woman and some sexual submission
This is getting outta hand so let's get into bed
Baby, I wrote...
538 reads
10 Comments
The Difference Between Night And Day
Hypnotized by a vision seen
A lipstick smile; sharp and wicked mean
Dark shadowed gaze connects eye to eye
Lips teasing an unspoken lie
Amorous scent blown through the air
Aroused her warm erotic glands
A soft massage designed to soothe
She gently melted in my hands
Off on a slow walk through the park
The air was cool, the night was dark
Holding more than hands felt good
Feeling everything we could
Pausing to lie on the lithe ground
Naked alone, no one came near
All we heard was a passionate sound
What a...
A lipstick smile; sharp and wicked mean
Dark shadowed gaze connects eye to eye
Lips teasing an unspoken lie
Amorous scent blown through the air
Aroused her warm erotic glands
A soft massage designed to soothe
She gently melted in my hands
Off on a slow walk through the park
The air was cool, the night was dark
Holding more than hands felt good
Feeling everything we could
Pausing to lie on the lithe ground
Naked alone, no one came near
All we heard was a passionate sound
What a...
289 reads
3 Comments
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