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what if john berryman wrote love songs?
III.

if john berryman wrote love songs
he would put the 5th in 5th beatle
mccartney said hey jude
but he really meant hey judas
the fake name on cupid's passport
i'm calling to you          in my "stop in the name
of love" voice, he could always
be heard coughing

if john berryman wrote love songs
he would have to share
songwriting credit with roy orbison
because only the lonely
would ever turn to poetry
for answers
knowing that it's more important     to ask the questions
which had no doubt, leapt from his lips
like pieces from a jigsaw
soured whiskey daydream

con't.

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