poems inspired by BOB DYLAN'S...

By BillTemple1957

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Poems inspired by the lyrics to this amazing song by Bob Dylan. It is an experiment in writing the first thin... More

Desolation Row ... Bob Dylan
Desolation Row (Bill Temple) (2018)
they're selling postcards of the hanging (BT)
they're painting the passports brown (BT)
the beauty parlor is filled with sailors (BT)
the circus is in town (BT)
here comes the blind commissioner (BT)
they've got him in a trance (BT)
one hand is tied to the tight-rope walker (BT)
the other is in his pants (BT)
and the riot squad, they're restless (BT)
they need somewhere to go (BT)
as lady and i look out tonight (BT)
from desolation row (BT)
cinderella she seems so easy (BT)
"it takes one to know one," she smiles (BT)
and puts her hands in her back pockets (BT)
Bette Davis style (MystresMyna)
and in comes Romeo, he's moaning (anonymous)
"You Belong to Me I Believe" (-FuturePresident-)
And someone says,"You're in the wrong place,my friend,you'd better leave" (BT)
and the only sound that's left (BT)
after the ambulances go (BT)
is Cinderella sweeping up on Desolation Row (BT)
now the moon is almost hidden (BT)
the stars are beginning to hide (BT)
the fortune telling lady has even taken all her things inside (BT)
all except for Cain and Abel (-FuturePresident-)
and the hunchback of Notre Dame (BT)
everybody is making love (ArcadiaM)
or else expecting rain (BT)
and the Good Samaritan (BT)
he's dressing, he's getting ready for the show (chickenteeth)
he's going to the carnival tonight on Desolation Row (BT)
Ophelia, she's 'neath the window for her I feel so afraid (Austin Creasy)
on her 22nd birthday (BT)
she already is an old maid (BT)
to her, death is quite romantic (BT)
she wears an iron vest (BT)
her profession's her religion (BT)
and though her eyes are fixed upon (BT)
Noah's Great Rainbow (Frewulandari)
she spends her time peeking into desolation row (BT)
Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood (BT)
with his memories in a trunk (BT)

Her sin is her lifelessness (most_bay)

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By BillTemple1957


Her sin is her lifelessness

His own is his intensity

Two souls destined to meet

Amid the concrete city


When her royal blue maze

Fell upon his ardent gaze

A glint of life lit up the haze

Unfurling her complexity


Her sin is her lifelessness

His own is his intensity


A smile, a keepsake offered

Although their mindsets differed

His hand politely hovered

She welcomed the perplexity


Her sin is her lifelessness

His own is his intensity


He held her up and wiped her tears

One by one he chased her fears

He poured holy water in her ears

Swept the shards of toxicity


Her sin is her lifelessness

His own is his intensity


Day by day, he cleansed her life

He never whined about the strife

And when he asked her to be his wife

She cursed her inner scarcity


Her sin is her lifelessness

His own is his intensity


She was afraid to lose control

Around her heart she built a wall

She didn't think she had a soul

Deserving of felicity


Her sin is her lifelessness

His own is his intensity


He sat her down and held his ground

Said all the life he'd lost, she'd found

He'd fight until the stars are browned

A promise of his veracity


Her sin is her lifelessness

His own is his intensity


She asked him why he'd been so kind

She'd never seen it from mankind

He answered "how can you be so blind?

I love you! in all simplicity...."


Her sin is her lifelessness

His own is his intensity

Two souls destined to meet

For love is a core necessity

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Just a few bits and pieces of poetry I've written over the years. |On-going|