I can glimpse a greener future, through the misty, "purple haze;"
But, "we've only just begun," inside of a fragrant, blossom craze.
"Here comes the sun," to shine on the "strawberry fields forever,"
is what "we'll sing in the sunshine," to laud the green endeavor!
I have "Georgia on my mind." I miss its skies of "rhapsody in blue,"
since our earth now has the "natural blues," in ways it never knew!
"I heard it through the grapevine." Yet, the way back isn't too far;
Earth, "where did our love go," as we were "swinging on a star?"
I met a man who had sex with a chicken
He had heard KFC was finger licken'
He must have felt fried
And cooped up inside
When his two eggs started movin' and kickin'
A New Bawdy Humorous Limerick Poetry Contest
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2/18/2022
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sweet lavender lips
I heard it through the grapevine
transform from sweet grapes
sweet lavender lips
I heard it through the grapevine
libation of wine
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I heard it through the grapevine
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A LETTER TO MY FIRST CRUSH
My Dearest Kevin
My hands shake nervously as I write this letter
The fountain pen drips the ink in heart-shapes
Pieces of my heart as it reach out to you
I just want you to know that loving you isn’t easy
My dozen of Harlequins and my entire Mill @ Boon
collection
Have'nt prepared me
To deal with a player like you
I heard it through the grapevine,
That you are heartbreaker and womanizer
With only one thing on your adolescence mind
My grandmother always told me, that
Why buy the cow, when you can get the milk for free
My grandma is a wise woman
More like a heroine in my eyes
I am the heroine of my life
More like a Nancy Drew
without a clue on how to love you
I am never satisfy, I am curious
And mysterious
However I am very chary
Kind of gal
^
I do believe that
I am in love with you today
However,
I might hate you tomorrow
Because you never know with a secret admirer
To the man I love today
They are nothing more than I can say.
I will wait for your reply my love
The Mocking Bird crooned
His melody of love all night
Whip-Poor-Will answered
"After Tonight" in loving delight
Finally she_ Mocking Bird
Answered, shhh! be quiet
I already "Heard It Through The Grapevine"
Cheating is your game
Around four a.m. I got a short nap
I took a dream ride through heaven one night,
It seemed that the stars were shining real bright,
the angels all seemed to gather round,
the main stage, where Marvin was getting down.
He started his set with a song called hitch-hike, while keeping time,
then smoothed it out with I heard it through the grapevine,
then he asked the crowd what's going on???
mercy, mercy me, as the all the angels began to sing.
He closed out his set with after the dance,
and all the saints smile and watched him walk of in the distance.
The next thing I knew brotha Ray soon followed,
tickling the ivories, like there was no more tomorrow,
He sang to Martin,Bobby, and John,
before the mood could sink in, he took us beyond,
a collaborration, with Jackie Wilson dancing and singing
moving throught time. Higher and Higher was the audience request,
they couldn't ask for more nore settle for less.
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