Hands in Time _ new May2016 poem

Hands in Time

Put your hand in my hand

Put your hand in & we'll be fine

With your hand we'll move along time

With your hand I'll be fine in mine 

In mind ..

In my time,

I'll be fine 

In mine 

In mine 

I'll be fine

My..

My...

Oh my

Your mind

Your mind

We're all fine

We're all fine 

You're all mine

We'll be fine again 

Again. Again. Again 

The End ... 1,2,3,4

Again, again, again 

Fine, fine, fine, fine

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Written May 2016

John Alan Conte Jr.

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John

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Will "Feel the Bern" Be Forced to "Eat Cake"!? (Let me explain)

What about Bernie Sanders continuing with his presidential campaign & "feel the Bern" movement?

So, Bernie & his feel the Bern movement and the simple quest for real transparency, real hope, real change within the government that we the people have a social contract with as citizens for how the government protects & serves us - so we should all "eat cake" if we are mistreated to the point beyond malpractice and moreover often with a blatant disregard for our lives, Liberty & happiness not to mention inalienable rights, human rights, civil rights + individual & minority rights?!

Marquis de Lafayette - Frenchman who fought in the American Revolution and then from his experience with fighting for independence & rights helped shape new cutting edge politics in France more in-tune with the spirit of independence, freedom & rights for citizens under social contract with a government would probably agree that Bernie Sanders & the "feel the Bern" movement must fight on and not just Queen H. to carry on the status quo "business as usual" politics.

"And when the bottom fell out & I became withdrawn - the only thing I knew how to do was to keep on keeping on like a bird that flew tangled up in blue" - Bob Dylan

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John

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"Believing" _ new April 2016 poem

"Believing"

You would be seated in a pew

Unofficially kept for Attny John Conte

Our Lady of Peace mass at 12 Noon

With that intent I light this candle for you

Written 12 Noon April 17, 2016

John Alan Conte Jr.

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John

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The Doors Full Concert Pittsburgh May 1970: Jim Morrison singer-poet

@thedoors #Pittsburgh 5-02-70 Civic Arena Full Show:
Back Door Man 0:21
Love Hides 2:50
Five to One 5:14
Roadhouse Blues 10:30
Mystery Train 17:30
Away in India 25:20
Crossroads Blues 28:30
Universal Mind 31:55
Someday Soon 36:25
When the Music is Over 40:15
Break on Through 57:10
Push Push 58:40
The Soft Parade Vamp 59:10
Tonight You're in for a Special Treat 1:03:35
Close to You 1:05:05
Light My Fire 1:08:55
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6c_rqk7WNVU

Holy Thursday and on Good Friday

Holy Thursday and on Good Friday

In the light of a beam from the moon
The day ending not at all too soon ..
Everything is now. It's perfect tonight
And awaking at dawn walking the dog
Mindfully shaking fear from your hair
Focusing on the worth of being alive -
Appealing to the intrinsic good in people

Written by: John Alan Conte Jr.
Date: early a.m. March 25, 2016

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What is a true conservative? (Republicans 2016)

What is a true conservative? First maybe we should be asking to define "truth" and "is" with this crowd, though. Nevertheless, a couple years ago I began noticing a new kind of Republican that was a hyrbrid of Libertarian and Moderate Republican. This sensitive libertarian knows they can't just throw away safety nets like more established politicians and pundits love to easily use as a dismissive argument for libertarianism all together and also aligns with the liberal left when it comes to civil liberties and individual & minority rights to protect citizens from an ever so over-reaching big big government who to keep getting fed will bend, break and compromise the social contract of natural law which does indeed acknowledge all men and women are born free and equal. This hybrid does not focus on the Iowa norms, values and taboos of the 1950's that more or less molds qualified republican candidates but rather has evolved with the times on cultural changes and shifts yet still wanting small business and entrepreneurs to succeed and be protected by an enlightened government who can be prudent about spending with major major debt. .... So, Rand Paul is an example but he had been made a joke by the esteemed elite politicians and pundits and unfortunately out of the 2016 race for president and now there is talk about a bigger clown? an evil clown? ... at any rate, a couple years ago when I took notice of the new republican hybrid this Grateful Dead song came to mind:"New Speedway Boogie"

Please don't dominate the rap, jack, if you've got nothing new to say.

If you please, don't back up the track this train's got to run today.

I spent a little time on the mountain, I spent a little time on the hill

I heard someone say "Better run away", others say "better stand still".

Now I don't know, but I been told it's hard to run with the weight of gold,

Other hand I have heard it said, it's just as hard with the weight of lead.

Who can deny, who can deny, it's not just a change in style?

One step down and another begun and I wonder how many miles.

I spent a little time on the mountain, I spent a little time on the hill

Things went down we don't understand, but I think in time we will.

Now, I don't know but I was told in the heat of the sun a man died of cold.

Keep on coming or stand and wait, with the sun so dark and the hour so late.

You can't overlook the lack, jack, of any other highway to ride.

It's got no signs or dividing lines and very few rule to guide.

I saw things getting out of hand, I guess they always will.

Now I don't know but I been told

If the horse don't pull you got to carry the load.

I don't know whose back's that strong, maybe find out before too long.

One way or another, one way or another,

One way or another, this darkness got to give.

Good wishes,

John

"The Life We Live" _ new 2016 March poem

We've all been in heavy patterns of traffic flow.

Some of us on the road are in it everyday though --

Statistically speaking that must increase those odds

And that's why I make a habit of taking it nice & slow.

376 East in Pittsburgh, Pa is gnarly any day of the week

On a late Friday afternoon of St. Patty's Day weekend

The back-up, stop & start traffic to the tunnel is a beast.

Through the tunnel headed to Monroeville it opens a bit

Those easily agitated arrogantly take off like a knee jerk

Reaction, key for survival. ..Not 100% you could be dead.

Traffic is now trucking around a modest 70 miles per hour

Suddenly the black SUV 30 yards ahead of me is at a stop.

I see why in the very left lane of three, we being in the middle

A huge bail of pink insulation bagged and duck-taped on its

Way to cause destruction and maybe even impending death

Behind me is an 18 wheeler big rig truck barreling on down ..

If I wasn't totally in the present moment I found in pre dawn

Keeping my hands on the wheel and my eyes upon the road

This 18 wheeler big rig truck would have nailed my rear end.

But a vehicle in that far left lane with the mobile death device,

Straight ahead of it, kept right on track and drove right on thru

And I darted too right at that point into that far left lane missing

The rolling big bailed bag of pink insulation now tracking another

I didn't look behind in the rear view mirror to see what happened

Rather, staying 100% focused in the moment knowing I'm blessed

I thought how glad I was I hugged my wife goodbye in the morning

How joyful it made me our 12 & half year old fur baby Lhasa Apso

Ran so so fast through the empty paved parking lot of St. Stephen's 

All the way from Walnut to Broad streets in the Sewickley Village way

Before all the stay-at-home mothers dropped their kids off for school

Happy I loyally send my mother 2 flower arrangements each month +

How religiously I go to my father's grave each week to light a candle

And how I'm delivering Pittsburgh Poetry Therapy for my boss man

Who honored me with the challenge of engaging an underserved age; 

The two sessions I did at two facilities the day before in my awareness 

Feeling good knowing I broke on through to the groups recalling that

One poem I shared called "Thought of the Day (in Pittsburgh)" was so

Stimulating for the participants of one workshop they had me repeat it.

Five times I recited it for them with the same Christmas morning result.

That poem was written from my first session with a Monroeville facility

And that's where I was traveling to so I could present the printed poetry-

I wrote at home from the participation of this amazingly thinking group.

Excited to share before I would come back later in the month continuing

The Pittsburgh Poetry Therapy curriculum via my innovative employer ..

Adding to the strangeness when I did safely arrive, my person secured,

The staff at the facility informed me one of the folks in the workshop ..

Well he passed away. He was actually a poet. They said everyone was

Upset. really upset because everyone loved him and he touched many ..

Reciting poetry and also playing the organ so everybody could sing along.

"Ok," I said. "We'll dedicate these poems to him when I'm scheduled back"

I also thanked myself for getting ready to launch "Whispering Angels" 2016

My new e-book of poetry coming soon with top-hottest NewEdayMedia list

written March 12, 2016

by John Alan Conte, Jr.

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#TopHottest NewMedia WhisperingAngels2016 coming soon ...

WhisperingAngels2016 e-book coming soon to mystrawhat.com & TheNewEverydayMedia.com including "Top Hottest New Eday Media" #WhisperingAngels2016 listing #top45

+ new poetry by John Alan Conte Jr.

Copyright 2016

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+ new poetry by John Alan Conte Jr.

Copyright 2016 #writer #poetry #amwriting #ebook #new #newmedia #newmediaart #published #launch #tophottest #WhisperingAngels2016 #pictures #parentshome #me #guitar #poolcottage #kitchen #buddha #lotusflower #chateaumarmont #sunsetgate #gucci #billboard #losangeles #viapittsburgh

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John

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Calisthenics _ new winter 2016 poem #WhisperingAngels2016 e-book coming soon ...

70's Photos of Me Courtesy of Conte Family Archives

warm breath in the gymnasium.
despite a single digit of deep January,
the temperature is rising with movement 

there is a negative degree windchill
yet there's a positive organic reaction
manifesting a steadfast new year hope

it's different than most may think;
this boy participating in bounces,
smelling rosebuds saying their names

reflection from the clean sheen of the floor
like motion pictures showcasing February,
silvery wintry world mixing blue sky skies


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Calisthenics written by John Alan Conte Jr.
January 19 - February 2, 2016
new winter 2016 poem 
#WhisperingAngels2016 e-book coming soon
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"Perfect Storm Rider" _ new January 2016 poem

"Perfect Storm Rider"

Here & now
Disintegrated time;
Dander & dust
Busting out of the ordinary
Is the light within your vessel
In time you are atoms, molecules,
Proteins, protons and nuclei
Extraordinarily breathing spirit
Here & now
Here we go
Believing in yourself
With the faith of a hymn
You found in an old church
Your friends bought
Where later on you
Recorded a song;
Ride on ....

Written January 5, 2016
By John Alan Conte Jr
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Copyright 2016 "Perfect Storm Rider" by John Alan Conte Jr
Written for Conte's 15th book of poems
"Whispering Angel"
Coming soon in 2016 (including Top Hottest New Eday Media Listing _ 2016 Whispering Angels)
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Big Sweater _ (new Dec2015 poem)

Burdened flannel
She kinda sown
More than enough
It became a big sweater
An Eddie Vedder
1990's indefinite style
Walking a cow-punk's mile
Bringing in a new day
Singing about a good year
Drinking down 10 cold beers
Strumming your guitar
Knowing you're a star
The "X" generation
Negating hate & racism
Evidence of life on Mars
Burdened flannels
Nanu - Nanu
Big sweater
Big sweater
An Eddie Vedder
Big sweater
Burdened flannels
Nanu - Nanu
It'll soon be
30 years ago
So remember:
To really get-off
You don't
Have to
Cut a
Head-off.
It'll soon be
128 years ago
Robespierre
Was forgotten
As a despot
Lessons to be
Always learned
Soon to be
30 years ago -----{{{@
Written 12/26/15 a.m.
Copyright December 2015
By John Alan Conte Jr.
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"Christmas in my Heart" - by Video Feed _the band -----{{{@ john alan conte jr &

Wonder how many recording studios get requests to take on a client who wants to record a number that covers a birthday in December & Christmas gifts + make her cry happy tears (as a benchmark for success)??? Thank you @mikesperanzo + @liz_berlin & Erik Cirelli @mrsmallstheatre recording studios for helping out an old-school friend  -----{{{@ 

"Christmas in my Heart" - by Video Feed _ the band -----{{{@ john alan conte jr. & theneweverydaymedia.com productions = studio recorded @mrsmallstheatre (watch here): https://vimeo.com/148175949

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"Christmas in my Heart" - by Video Feed _ the band -----{{{@ john alan conte jr. & theneweverydaymedia.com productions = studio recorded @mrsmallstheatre (watch here): https://vimeo.com/148175949

"Christmas in my Heart" - Video Feed (with lyrics included below):

Liz Berlin - vocals

Erik Cirelli - guitar

John Conte - lyrics, vocals

Mike Speranzo - beat programming & percussion, bass guitar, piano, producer, engineer

Recorded at Mr. Small's Theatre - Recordings (church2studio) Millvale campus Pittsburgh, Pa.

Copyright December 2015

By John Alan Conte Jr.

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+ Video Feed _ the band

"Christmas in my Heart"

Chorus:

Merry, merry Christmas

It's a Christmas in my heart

Verse 1: 

With your English roots

And your business suits 

Sure luv you in your SUNDANCE boots

Chorus:

Merry, merry Christmas

It's a Christmas in my heart

Verse 2:

At a New Hope Inn

Cross the Savannah in a boat

Telling me not to forget a coat

Verse 3:

On a cliff in Bodega Bay

Telling me you're on your way

Home is where I love to say

Chorus:

Merry, merry Christmas

It's a Christmas in my heart

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Copyright December 2015

By John Alan Conte Jr.

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photography & videography

by John Alan Conte Jr.

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John

"Christmas in my Heart" - by Video Feed _the band -----{{{@ john alan conte jr & theneweverydaymedia.com

(Watch here): https://vimeo.com/148175949 

 

 

 

 

 

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John

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Unforgettable Time_ new 2015 poem

Walking the ley lines 

An iconic figure burns itself 

into consciousness of a century

Slipping into the space of dusk

The days of rewind & future musts

Composing poems like Moon beams

Penetrating darkness to set us free

Reward is assurance we won't bore

Video Feed the Band is user friendly

Application not fabricated folk lure

Elaborated sure nothing shocking 

As I alluded to before it's in the allure

- written by John Alan Conte Jr 

autumn 2015 for e-book Whispering Angel 2016 on mystrawhat.com

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Coming soon 

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John

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Rebooting Ley Lines _ new 2015 poem

Monitoring ley lines along the River 

Exactly where to the city you placed your heart

Found myself thrusted at this vortex

Protecting when, where & why to start 

Gritty & yet still pretty 

An urban landscape

Disrupted. Reported

With flashes of eyes

Cars roll on bye

Typing from within

An everyday new media

Instantly shared connecting

Toll by toll HWYS & souls

-  written by John Alan Conte Jr 

autumn 2015 for e-book Whispering Angel 2016 on mystrawhat.com

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... Coming soon

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John

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Charleston Place _ new poem composed Nov 5th 2015

Walked out and there she was

Morning's breeze like a dove 

On Meeting & King Street too

Elegantly translating talk, "coo-coo"

Soft gentle morn mist coating it all

Historic buildings & palms so tall

Whispering oaks with draping moss

Savoring everything - nothing lost

On me with sweet southern charm 

It felt like always there arm & arm

Good Wishes,

John Alan Conte Jr.

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Charleston Place _ new poem composed Nov 5th 2015  a.m.

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Written for Whispering Angel 2016 e-book coming soon ... ... ... ...

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John

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University Job _ new poem Oct 2015

University Job

Got a job at the university

Testing answers not yet seen

We need empirical evidence to 

Conclude my theory is correct

Sometimes I feel like the rat lab 

Hardly getting out of the cage &

When I do they keep injecting me

Caught up for tenure in this race

Unknown answers will cure cancer

As we work away to "Tiny Dancer"

We use Petri dishes for cymbals

Music inspires my university job

Maybe I'll change your world

And you'll remember me in mine

I hope to discover it in my lifetime 

Riveting science made by design 

For all of you walking sidewalks

I see you. I feel you. I love you.

And I'm geeked like a dog in heat

Pursuing knowledge like it's tail

I live in a hotel room & if I fail

I'm gonna have a mighty big bill

And when I win I'll buy a house

Rescuing my favorite lab mouse

Written by John Conte October 29th - October 30th 2015 on the road passing thru West Virginia University to the Jefferson Hotel / Virginia Commonwealth University  

 University Job _ new poem Oct 2015 

Written for Whispering Angel 2016 e-book coming soon ... ... ... ...

Good Wishes,

John Alan Conte Jr.

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John

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Is 2015's biggest music event yet to come?! ...

"He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor
He said I never engaged in this kind of thing before
But yes I think it can be very easily done....
We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun and have it on Highway 61...Highway 61" - Bob Dylan

Dean Ween (Mickey Melchiondo) of the glorious Ween and now out touring with Dean Ween Group who started off its tour in Pittsburgh at Mr. Small's Theatre back in July 2015 wrote via a new eday media outlet that there was a magic on the air now that he has felt before ...

I agree 2015 has been pretty neat, pretty cool, indeed.

my Grateful Dead interview w/ #TheEndlessTourProject 2014 didn't predict @JohnMayer w/ #GratefulDead 2015 yet here's Mayer doin' it w/ #DeadAndCompany So, what is The Legacy of the Grateful Dead? http://theneweverydaymedia.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-legacy-of-grateful-dead.html

So is 2015's biggest music event yet to come?! One really for the books"?! ...

Here's something big i dreamed-up:

John Mayer DeadAndCompany out on tour fall / winter 2015 have Taylor Swift join them on stage live for "Going Down The Road Feeling Bad" and it is as smoking & fresh as when Edie Breckel sat in with the Grateful Dead live on tour of '93!
Then *RYan Adams comes on stage and they all do " Playing in the Band"

*RYan played Jerry Garcia's custom Wolf guitar with Phil Lesh & Friend in Colorado and also has a history with Swift & recently recorded her explosively produced 1989 in his fashion song for song & it sounds rather good + I'm confident RYan would pay homage yet contribute his own voicing to compliment the scene in the scenes I've dreamt about here = an amazing concert & moment for the books, for sure

2015's biggest music event yet to come "for the books"?! ...

By John Alan Conte Jr.
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15th book of poetry from me to you coming soon in 2016 titled "Whispering Angel" as an e-book for
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Savannah _ new Oct2015 poem for 2016 WhisperingAngel e-book

Spanish moss hanging down

Wet stoned streets where real

Pirates used to meet & tumble

Inside riverfront taverns lit up

Listening to music in Double E

Now his 2016 message sings

"I just wanna be your lover, 

Babe, I don't wanna be your boss"

And the tavern scene carrying him

Across the River where he rides off

Towards the ocean the direction

Almost navigating itself he's there

Atlantic sands crashing on shoreline

Churning years of darkness & light 

Top to bottom and side to side

Keeping his head within rhythm 

Tide calling him out in moonlight

Where's your lover tonight, gone?

Written Tuesday October 6 2015

By John Alan Conte Jr.

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John

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Santa Monica Girl _ new Sept 2015 poem for 2016 Whispering Angel poetry book @ mystrawhat.com & TheNewEveryDayMedia.com

Santa Monica Girl _ new Sept 2015 poem for 2016 Whispering Angel poetry book @ mystrawhat.com & TheNewEveryDayMedia.com

Now I know I'm an average guy
And she's a hot pie-in-the-sky
On an average salary with chivalry
I'm gonna make her more than merry
With big blue eyes & lips cherry red
She'll steal your face off your head
Yeah that girl living in Santa Monica
Strutting down the Boulevard to132
Meeting her at Ye Old King's Head
For a beer but not having any food
Hope you're in the mood for a ride
We're taking a handful of HWY
Been waiting all week for the beach
Not in Santa Monica it's at Topanga
Sure my six-pak may be a little weak
It looks ok laughing with sandy feet
Feel'n hippie chic at Topanga beach
Making her laugh without making fun
Of anyone else. Don't need that debt
We walk along the beach town - let
Me say it as I said before - I
Know I'm just your average kinda guy
And she's a hot pie-in-the-sky
On an average salary with chivalry
I'm gonna make her more than merry
With big blue eyes & lips cherry red
She'll steal your face off your head
Strutting down the Boulevard to 132
Now back at the Ye Old King's Head
Back to where today we got a start
Money won't buy a key to her heart
She's already got a life out of gold
Say goodbye Santa Monica Blvd.
I'm headed back to Topanga Canyon

Written Sunday September 2015
By John Alan Conte Jr.
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(Chris Robinson Brotherhood is in town tonite at Mr. Small's Theater)

Santa Monica Girl _ new Sept 2015 poem for 2016 Whispering Angel poetry book @ mystrawhat.com & TheNewEveryDayMedia.com

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John

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"Mind Curator" _new poem for upcoming 2016 Whispering Angel poetry-book on mystrawhat.com & TheNewEverydayMedia.com

photo credit: me Sat 9-19-15 Local, S. Side Pittsburgh, Pa.
(photo art - view of the sun filled street from the bar)


Mind Curator

Dreams flash on by
Counting how many times
I had to say good nite
When you know I didn't want to too

It's all right we don't fake it
It was never a fight to make it
You can break my heart, Karma
Is gonna wipe my chalk slate clean
You can break my heart, break my
Mind you won't get to have, no, not
When you lay back deep at peace
Now see me curating your dreams

Counting how many times
I had to say good nite
Yet I didn't want to

When you lay back deep at peace
Now see me curating your dreams
Even your new man says you forgot
I'm the mind curator of love's art
You can break my heart, Karma
Is gonna wipe my chalk slate clean
You can break my heart, break my
Mind you won't get to have, no, not

Now see me curating your dreams
Even your new man says you forgot
I'm the mind curator of love's art

Written today Saturday September 2015 by John Alan Conte Jr
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