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J'Merican Boy

from That Towering Blue by James Wylder

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From "Cascade".

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J’Merican Boy

I.
J’Maple James
J’Maple you.
not like the syrup, far less auburn
like the syrup you bring me Joyeux,
though I still don’t understand the “x”

II.
Your hair billows as your Norman flag
your foot on the prow
raiding my shores
and turning the angles
to francophone wannabes
crushing my halls
and raising your castles
who ever thought it was a good idea
to teach Vikings French
saw you in that helmet

III.
I am grown, in some ways,
and you sold me on the precipice of
“Le Grande Illusion”
I asked a learned teenager
what “woman” was J’words
he replied he didn’t know

you could be aged
and your beauty cold
but you’ll always be better
then a 17 year old

IV.
as you parle vu le france
and I non, non, non
I amore you more and more
but there is no end
it doesn’t come
You bat the bang behind your ear
and I long to be
your J’Merican boy.

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from That Towering Blue, released May 1, 2016

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James Wylder Elkhart, Indiana

Author of "An Eloquence of Time and Space", "10,000 Dawns", and "Cryptos."

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