| DRAGON FIRE She would like to love to like the dead dragon that fell close to the house of a boy she would like to love with a love that burns He would like to love to like the dead dragon that fell close to the house of a girl he would like to love with a love that burns When her parents smile at her The closeness almost makes her want to speak Her ambitions and her fiery desire for secret affection On Friday parties of poetry exchange the girls there make her forget about indecisions He is with the boys and he loves to be there When walking on the pavement with girls he also loves But not a love that burns like the fire of the dragon But not a love that burns like the fire of the dragon This summer a kitten was born behind the barn Under a very tall and very green tree When boys and girls look at themselves Well they wonder "Will it take us as much time as the life of the feline to accept the way we exist?" This summer a kitten was born behind the barn Under a very tall and very green tree When boys and girls look at themselves Well they wonder "Will it take us as much time as the life of the feline to accept the way we exist?" © 2008 Jerome Lebel |