Ain’t Life Swell _ new poetry January 2026

Ain't Life Swell 

The tracks have snow on them 

But the wheels still glide 

Hop on a freight and take a ride 

It don't cost nothin' 

But if you fall you might die 

It's warm inside 

Box-car Captain Freddy 

He got himself a fire 

That he'll share with you 

If he like the first few - 

Sentences you speak of a story 

If he doesn't like A to B to D

He may say A to D to B to D

Or just say, "time you get off"

With a fur-ball cough in the key of C

Snow outlines branches of trees 

Frozen strata painted by Da Vinci 

The hillside whispers comes softly 

It's all coming back into view slowly 

While you calculate a jumping off point 

With good Filson boots hitting another joint 

Oh, gee, you see, ain't life so swell 

6:44 a.m. John Alan Conte' Jr. 

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Good wishes,

John

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Into Unknown (Finding Lost) _ new poetry January 2026

Into Unknown (Finding Lost)

The Franklin Expedition
Set off in superstition
Wandering through the snow
Loaded with lead cans down below
Inuits reported encountering zombies
Blue bloods that were freezing
Blinded by the sun
With a compass and a gun
But it wasn't sun but a cross
All gold & 7 feet with a note
Which read, "You Are Lost"
Glenn Miller found a plane
After missing the A-train
Trying to get to Paris for Christmas
Back when our allies could count on us
All aboard the Chattanooga Choo-Choo
Freedom is a good thing what say you
If you get a call to come play
Tell'em you couldn't find the way
And if they say it's the big white house
Show'em the cartoon of sailor Mickey Mouse