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JUNE SWOON (FOOL’S GOLD EDITION)
When May turns into June
In the place of gold
(Our trip to old
Johannesburg)
You won’t be jealous
Of the tune
Some ladies sing here
You’ll judge less
In your jovial dress
Out on the jetty where
It’s hard to be petty
I’ll make a joke
About my javelin poke
That you’ll keep in a jar
To justify
Your silliness
When life gets
Too serious
You’ll let it out
Hardy har har
See I can laugh!
You’ll swoon
In early June
In the place of gold
(Our trip to old
Johannesburg)
You won’t be jealous
Of the tune
Some ladies sing here
You’ll judge less
In your jovial dress
Out on the jetty where
It’s hard to be petty
I’ll make a joke
About my javelin poke
That you’ll keep in a jar
To justify
Your silliness
When life gets
Too serious
You’ll let it out
Hardy har har
See I can laugh!
You’ll swoon
In early June
Published 17th May 2019
Author's Note
I set out to write a June Swoon poem for MadameLavender's "Letter J" competition, with all its challenging words. I ended up writing something genuine without any of the words but June, so that is the other version of this poem. This is the "Fool's Gold" version because I have to falsify things up to make all the words work.
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