Influenced Jewels "Everybody Needs Somebody Sometimes," in her This Way Album
Published in Poetry Junction
The Buzz
Whats the buzz bumblebee?
Is your yellow flower blue?
Do you need some sugar honey?
Can I get some for you?
New York, old town
What's on your agenda
carting that millstone around?
Look at me when I'm not speaking
to him or her or anyone in particular
That's when you know its True
I'm speaking to all in you
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