
Bad Memory
I have a bad memory, you said
Many years ago when we met
And I said, believe me baby
Forgetting is bliss
Remembering is agony
A long time has passed since
We had nothing but a single kiss
And when you left, without a farewell
All I was left where your memories
Which still drag me through hell
After so many months and years..
Your taste lingers on my lips
Your breath fills the air I smell
Like a warm summer breeze
Your hair still caresses my face
In my endless, maddening dreams
But I see it in those blue eyes
You have long forgotten these
So, do you believe me now darling
When I say
Your bad memory is such a blessing

Stillborn Baby
I’ve long moved on
And I am truly happy
We both knew
It wasn’t meant to be
So, yes I’ve forgotten her
She is ancient history
And there wasn’t much to remember
Our love was a stillborn baby
You see, I’d never kissed her lips
Never played with her curly hair
Or felt the warmth of her cheeks
Laying against my bare skin
On a lazy Sunday morning
So, really, what is there to forget—
I tell myself every day
And I know, one day soon
when the beating stops in my chest
Her love will have faded away
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You Ruined
You ruined every woman for me
From now till eternity
Every touch, kiss, and smell
Now reminds me of you
Since that day when I fell
Under your magic spell
I hope you are happy.
Cherry Tree
I will make love to you as we dance
You are a cherry tree, I am a vine
As I embrace you with a thousand hands,
You will drink the sweetest wine
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Kış Güneşi
Kış güneşi
Isıtsa da içimi
Bir türlü getirmedi neşemi
Bakışlarım soluk
Kalbimde bir boşluk
Gözlerim hep arıyor seni
Ve sessizce ağlıyor içimdeki
Mercan gözlü küçük çocuk
En sonunda anladım ki
Sensiz, California bile
Avutamazmış beni nafile
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Ballad of Online Dating: A Duet with my Wingman
The app says: —I know it’s awkward to write a profile
And to tell the world how wonderful you are
So, let’s play a game of pretend,
and write as if describes you a friend
I puzzle: —Which friends does it have in mind?
The ones who long ago bid adieu
Because they had little to say kind?
Or the ones whose friendship continue
Because, to my faults, they are generously blind?
A wise woman pinched me: —Are you out of your mind?
By friend, they really mean your wingman.
So, let him draw you… full of charm and flair…
an intellectual, a great dad, and a lover extraordinaire
—Yes, my wingman is great
But, how to say this, he tends to… exaggerate
The wingman said:
~~Stop it! You are not the boogeyman,
and I am not a snake oil salesman.
And I have heard some good things about you
from Ann, Suzanne, and Marianne.
Feeling the love in the air
and the summer breeze in my hair
(or whatever is left of it anyway),
I said, —OK then my friend, take it away.
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