Lousy Crocodile Tears Just Let Them Fall
I wrote you and you answered me not
I sent you all my love, and all I got
Your beauty fantastic but ears are not
Went to a bar and got drunk as a sot
Dawn marched in, my mind cleared right up
I then drank my coffee from golden cup
No, I did not forget your pretty face
My dear, your character is a disgrace
Selfish is certainly your middle name
My dear love and romance is not a game
Pure truth and light is in its vital core
Truth is, I do not love you anymore
Lousy crocodile tears just let them fall
I am happy now dancing down the hall
This is my last note, so please cry some more
Man am I, but sorry you are a who**
Robert J. Lindley. 16 verse sonnet
NOV. 11TH 1971 , written at age 17..
Note.
Adios, please do not write me or call
We are done, you cheated and that is all.
Note:
Stop calling my mother, she has no way to make me see you anymore.
We had a most horrid schoolteacher,
And us children did all hate her,
She’d shout at us for no real reason,
And threaten to see us later,
She had a dip on a Florida trip,
And was swallowed by an alligator,
But only crocodile tears were shed,
‘Cos we were all just … gladiator!
When you feel
No guilt whatsoever
Rolling in uproarious laughter
When you see
Some kid "crying"
On the witness stand;
Houston does have a problem
And something
Is really rotten
In Denmark.
Date written: 11/13/2021
though croc may look sad
lying alone on river bank
eating life brings joy
Brian Johnston
July 12, 2015
Poet's Notes:
In the Malaysian language and culture, the phrase "land crocodile" is commonly used to describe a "playboy."
He made her life a living hell.
Her heart immune to the death knell
She breaks down and cries
Tears spring from her eyes
Her acting days now serve her well.
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Contest: Open Poetry
Sponsor: Charlotte Puddifoot
11th July, 2015
Placed 7th
Damsel in distress,
she plays him like a fiddle-
They're crocodile tears.
I put a smile even my heart is on vile
Dreading each step I made on each tile
Spikes of bounty promises, curves of guile
With you on top, an all around the bush lie
Selfless service we forgo never denied
You repaid nothing but your useless pride
Hopes afire, spirit wanting to soar high
Yet it seems everyday your deeds all a defy
I greeted you with warm sweet hello
Similar to white angels with golden halo
Yet you dismissed and discharged so cold
I wish I still can hold... strongly behold
Of dreams unforgotten 'til dawns of tomorrow
Didn't barrow, bravely wandering like a sparrow
Bearing all thorns and cross, I absolutely follow
Is Tunnel of success on six feet under hallow?
(C) olive eloisa
8:02 pm
May 14,2014
i ate the chocolate mint
in typical hedonist fashion
i devoured it
licked off a bit of sweet
that clung to the
crocodile picture
enclosed
slathered my tongue over the wrapper's
inner side
envirocandy
endangered species
read the card
felt
something
if you were tied in a chair
like Alex in
A Clockwork Orange,
with your eyes pried permanently open
with a mechanism built to do just that &
you were forced to look out at the terrible things happening in the world &
you could not turn your head & look away
& you could not seek conversation with a loved one
or find distraction in any other way,
would you then cry an honest tear &
not a load of crocodile ones?
city fellas dey come to the bush,
the Crocodile barks from his moosh,(mouth)
they think they smart feller, fool ole yella,
more meat says the croc, n goes woosh,
death roll in the donga,
no more linger longer,
don't come to his table,
coroners label,
says eaten by croc,
butt n toosh...
thank you Vienna Bombardieri...
Don Johnson
hanky to dry eye
I join the thick drift
mourning my foe's death
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