Submissions by JohnVincent (JVD)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I usually just write whatever's on my mind. Could be anything. Brain-to-hand-to-page.
LOVE POEM
Published
8th Aug 2013 7:23pm
8th Aug 2013 7:23pm
Mlk + Hny
It seems it's always rainin'
But the Suns out today
And I ain't complainin'
Today I just wanna play
So sit right down next to me
As I press down on the gas pedal
The flowers in your hair keep blowing
The more I push the pedal to the metal
Your smile just makes everything better
And I smile when you smile
Never really was the biggest go-getter
But, babe, you put me in overdrive
Wanna go to the creek at the top of the hill
Step to the edge, hold my nose and dive
The words that keep spilling from your mouth
Like milk on the...
But the Suns out today
And I ain't complainin'
Today I just wanna play
So sit right down next to me
As I press down on the gas pedal
The flowers in your hair keep blowing
The more I push the pedal to the metal
Your smile just makes everything better
And I smile when you smile
Never really was the biggest go-getter
But, babe, you put me in overdrive
Wanna go to the creek at the top of the hill
Step to the edge, hold my nose and dive
The words that keep spilling from your mouth
Like milk on the...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th Jun 2013 1:47am
27th Jun 2013 1:47am
Girl in a Glass Case
Girl in a Glass Case
By John DeVito
Katherine Green probably had it more together than most of the girls I knew in high school. She was a star on the track team, she continuously made the honor roll and she was involved in more than a few extracurriculars. She was energetic, open and always quick to joke. She was also a die-hard feminist and any pseudo-negative remark made against women, in her presence, never went unpunished. She’d stab with her tongue and, more than a few times, kick an unsuspecting guy in the balls. She was a...
By John DeVito
Katherine Green probably had it more together than most of the girls I knew in high school. She was a star on the track team, she continuously made the honor roll and she was involved in more than a few extracurriculars. She was energetic, open and always quick to joke. She was also a die-hard feminist and any pseudo-negative remark made against women, in her presence, never went unpunished. She’d stab with her tongue and, more than a few times, kick an unsuspecting guy in the balls. She was a...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
17th May 2013 4:18pm
17th May 2013 4:18pm
In Vanity We Thrust
Now don't get me wrong
I believe in vanity
And you're vain as fuck
I believe in vanity
And you're vain as fuck
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
14th May 2013 3:36pm
14th May 2013 3:36pm
Where You Come From
God damns you in the sweetest way
With those six inch heels
You're on so much fire
The smoke drifts through the steering wheel
Lit up like the strip
Where we go on nightly field trips
You know what's good for you but you don't care
You're a fucking wild one and I know it
You know how to get things done
And you keep the place jumped up and lit up
With those green, green eyes you light it up
You clearly got no worries
Nothing really gets to you
It's the way you grew up
If you had let it get to you
You would never have made it...
With those six inch heels
You're on so much fire
The smoke drifts through the steering wheel
Lit up like the strip
Where we go on nightly field trips
You know what's good for you but you don't care
You're a fucking wild one and I know it
You know how to get things done
And you keep the place jumped up and lit up
With those green, green eyes you light it up
You clearly got no worries
Nothing really gets to you
It's the way you grew up
If you had let it get to you
You would never have made it...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
13th May 2013 3:06pm
13th May 2013 3:06pm
Work
So I start my shift
At 10 AM
Hours upon hours
Of nonstop movement
And running down to the basement
Bringing up boxes
Of candy
And cups
And popcorn bags
Constant flows
Of people
Customers
"guests"
So we have to call them
"You don't call over the next CUSTOMER
To your register
You call over the next GUEST."
So says my manager
OK, bitch
"Next guest, please,"
I utter with a smile
Can't wait to leave
It's around 5:30 PM now
A solid
7 1/2 hours
Through...
At 10 AM
Hours upon hours
Of nonstop movement
And running down to the basement
Bringing up boxes
Of candy
And cups
And popcorn bags
Constant flows
Of people
Customers
"guests"
So we have to call them
"You don't call over the next CUSTOMER
To your register
You call over the next GUEST."
So says my manager
OK, bitch
"Next guest, please,"
I utter with a smile
Can't wait to leave
It's around 5:30 PM now
A solid
7 1/2 hours
Through...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
13th May 2013 2:56pm
13th May 2013 2:56pm
Nowadays
Back in the day
When the rain hit the roof
Pitter-patter didn't seem like much
But along with it came the truth
That nowadays things ain't so right
Nowadays, everything is a might
When you used to tell me
That I was the only one
Your sole source of confidence
All we had was lighthearted fun
But now, now it seems like a joke
A sick and twisted turn of fate
For the worst or the best, I don't even know
But all I have now is this disgustingly clean slate
Hanging on a hook like writhing, live bait
When the rain hit the roof
Pitter-patter didn't seem like much
But along with it came the truth
That nowadays things ain't so right
Nowadays, everything is a might
When you used to tell me
That I was the only one
Your sole source of confidence
All we had was lighthearted fun
But now, now it seems like a joke
A sick and twisted turn of fate
For the worst or the best, I don't even know
But all I have now is this disgustingly clean slate
Hanging on a hook like writhing, live bait
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
7th May 2013 6:50pm
7th May 2013 6:50pm
A Party I Wouldn't Mind Reliving
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Rum
Slurpees
Good music
Stunted moral judgment
Good friends, good times, good fun
Rum
Slurpees
Good music
Stunted moral judgment
Good friends, good times, good fun
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th May 2013 7:07pm
5th May 2013 7:07pm
I'm Only 21 and I'm Already Due to Go in 50 or So
I'm only 21
And I'm already due
To go
In another 50
Or so
We're not designed to last long
So it's very easy to become overwhelmed
If you look at the timeline
For everything
Living, dead, or inanimate
The length of existence they hold
Is so pitifully short
It makes you sick
It's like
A joke or something
We spend out lives
Preoccupied
Stressed
And
Filled with doubt
And by the time out end is near
We finally want to realize
That the life we've lived
Was not a life at all
More like
A...
And I'm already due
To go
In another 50
Or so
We're not designed to last long
So it's very easy to become overwhelmed
If you look at the timeline
For everything
Living, dead, or inanimate
The length of existence they hold
Is so pitifully short
It makes you sick
It's like
A joke or something
We spend out lives
Preoccupied
Stressed
And
Filled with doubt
And by the time out end is near
We finally want to realize
That the life we've lived
Was not a life at all
More like
A...
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LOVE POEM
Published
1st May 2013 3:15pm
1st May 2013 3:15pm
Love of My Sun and All of Her Ways
I sat there beneath the big Maple tree in the center of Sunkenwater Park. I leaned back onto my hands, peering over the compendium of countless smaller trees that littered the grounds like so many cigarette butts and beer cans. The Sun hung high, looking down at me with a smile you could only see if you were staring directly at it, which I did for a moment until my vision became bleached with Godlike light. I sighed, scanned the grounds again and then slowly descended onto my back. I stared straight up into the spider leg set up of branches above me, hanging there indifferently and silently....
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LOVE POEM
Published
30th Apr 2013 2:29pm
30th Apr 2013 2:29pm
To My Muse
"All walk the path of life,
But only fools attempt to walk alone"
My thoughts echoed as I sat
In my head a little light shone
It grew until it was blinding
And then I realized I was a fool
More so than I previously accused myself of
I was on the right track to lose
Up until now I thought only the weak
Needed others to use like crutches
But the older I grow, the more it is known
It is nice to have someone over for brunches
Not just a friend or a confidant
But someone with which to share a deeper comfort
That...
But only fools attempt to walk alone"
My thoughts echoed as I sat
In my head a little light shone
It grew until it was blinding
And then I realized I was a fool
More so than I previously accused myself of
I was on the right track to lose
Up until now I thought only the weak
Needed others to use like crutches
But the older I grow, the more it is known
It is nice to have someone over for brunches
Not just a friend or a confidant
But someone with which to share a deeper comfort
That...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
30th Apr 2013 2:18pm
30th Apr 2013 2:18pm
I Used to Think About You
The more I think (and I think a lot)
The more I realize how much of a fool I was
And how special I thought you were dont really make sense
I'm laying this out straight from the heart because
I'm not sure what I think anymore
All I know is that I loved you and I still do
But I guess I just don't care as much no more
So here it goes
You were the sky and the sun and moon on a clear night
I was just the blades of grass blowing underneath you
I used to think it was but now I don't think it's worth the fight
And now I'm almost settled I just thought...
The more I realize how much of a fool I was
And how special I thought you were dont really make sense
I'm laying this out straight from the heart because
I'm not sure what I think anymore
All I know is that I loved you and I still do
But I guess I just don't care as much no more
So here it goes
You were the sky and the sun and moon on a clear night
I was just the blades of grass blowing underneath you
I used to think it was but now I don't think it's worth the fight
And now I'm almost settled I just thought...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
30th Apr 2013 2:36am
30th Apr 2013 2:36am
Love Sound Blues
You hit that note with grace
Every time, every single try
It puts a big old smile on my face
And you never ask, never ask why
Now I don't know exactly where it comes from
And I don't care to even try to find it out
But when you're here and your vibe starts to hum
You induce a phase of long lasting doubt in me
Because you're too good at what you're doing
Don't know where you come from, baby
You're too fine as you walk that pencilled line
Do t know whether to go or come now
That sound, the sound you make
That buzz, that hum for God's Sake
Every time, every single try
It puts a big old smile on my face
And you never ask, never ask why
Now I don't know exactly where it comes from
And I don't care to even try to find it out
But when you're here and your vibe starts to hum
You induce a phase of long lasting doubt in me
Because you're too good at what you're doing
Don't know where you come from, baby
You're too fine as you walk that pencilled line
Do t know whether to go or come now
That sound, the sound you make
That buzz, that hum for God's Sake
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