Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Asleep Is the Opposite Of? _ new poetry October 2025

Asleep Is the Opposite Of?


There goes 

     another rubber tree plant

Says a man like an ant 


25 years? Is that 

                    how long?

I was in a marching 

         band to nowhere.


Ants meet Bojangles 

Mr. 1940's big band 

guitar, drums, bass 


Dance. Dance. Dance.


Sleep well marching Sunday 

Through next & next Sunday 


While the real one-ness 

Stays and prays 40 days 

And 40 nights without fright 

The opposite of sleep 


10-8-2025 a.m.

John Alan Conte' Jr. 



Good wishes,
John

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Suitcase Head _ new poetry September 2025

Suitcase Head


There was a man

Lived in a suitcase 

Room by room 

He could compartmentalize 

What a story he could tell

And play punk - reggae 

Reggae - punk bass

An alliance against hate 

Everybody meet Keef

Chill. Groove. Peace.

If someone's out of hand 

Call Sam Cutler.

Unpacked. Music. Drink.

Unpolished acoustic rose 

Glistening in red light 

From the amplifier on low 


9-26-2025 3:30 a.m.

John Conte 

Poet 



Good wishes,
John

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