John Coffey



Biggest of the big -- one John Coffey!
Freakishly huge, mammoth
mountain of a man!
Pure, plain, and simple;
just one humble, simple soul ....
per God's most simple plan
Such fearsome physical stature;
much the awesome specimen, he!
Beneath excessive brawn and bone,
dwells a spirit so kind, gentle, and free
Speaks from the heart, acts from the soul,
works for the good, despite costly toll!
Evil deeds, sheer ugliness,
and all that is horribly wrong,
are "taken back" so graciously
from where they just don't belong
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Submitted on November 04, 2016

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Words 87
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Stanza Lengths 16

Michael Donovan

*ME*: Singer/Songwriter; Somewhat-Of-A-Self-Appointed-Poet-Of-Sorts; Musician; Member Of A Journeyman Classic Rock & Blues-Based Band; Recording Studio Rat; Epicurean-Hedonist; Freewheelin' Free-Spirited Whirlygig-Flyin' Mofo (but otherwise quite Down-To-Earth & Well-Grounded Individual); College Educated; Military Veteran; Karaoke Crooner A-Hole; Terrible Dancer; Casual/Social Drinker (with hopeful ambitions and great aspirations to work hard and earn an eventual higher rating in that regard); Independent Contractor/Small-Business-Owner; Anesthesia Technician; Biomedical Engineer; Ordinary Average Garden-Variety American Male Horndog & Rare-Occasion Typical Male Douchebag (via "HARD-wired" -- please excuse the PUN -- genetic evolutionary DNA-programming); Formerly Soul-Murdered -- but now recovering -- 12-Stepper in an Accredited "Back-From-The-Grave" Leo Marvin-inspired "Death Therapy" (Baby-Step-Based) Institution; Cunning-Linguist & Master-Debater; A Crazy Lazy Leo Basket-Case of an Astrological-Sign Screw-Up Disaster of Mammoth Proportion; Annoying Street Lunatic; Moon-Howlin' Neighborhood Nemesis-Nuisance-Pariah-Type (but with a big heart); Archetypal Complaint-Letter Writer; Technical Writer; Spectator Sports Enthusiast (although not of the fanatic "Flaming" variety .... just simply a calm-observer); Tinkering Inventor-Type; Unskilled Carpenter & General Repairman/Tradesman Cockamamie-Haywire-Nutbar; Casually-Sophisticated Hermit With The Uncanny Ability To "Clean-Up-Real-Nice" upon the right occasions; Krayzee Ba$tard Blues Harp-Playing Tumblweed-Dodgin' Howlin' Coyote; Self-Taught Quasi-Ornithologist; Nature-Boy Animal Lover and Benevolent Devoted Master To Many Fine Pets (Domestic, Feral, & Wild); Wildlife Rescue Unit Volunteer; Veterinary Medic; A Dog, Cat, Raccoon, and Bird Whisperer; $hitty card-player and Even $hittier Pool-Player (oxymoronic in both cases); and I guess I'm also one hella pi$$-poor Bull$hitter (while were on the subject of all the things I'm not very good at) ..... and I'm gettin' a little better at sex -- just gotta keep-on-tryin', I guess ..... yanno ??!!!! *MY POETRY*: Loosely-based upon my existence (no matter how noble and/or grotesque); life-experiences; existential musings & overall wonderment; an outgrowth of lyric writing (and other creative-written-expression formats and platforms and things of that ilk) .... and also pretty much any and all things that inspire me, impress me, touch me, melt-my-heart (and/or tug at the ol' heartstrings themselves), motivate me, perplex and puzzle me, scare me, and/or outrage me in some way(s) (and in all other manner just pi$$-me-off in general). I consider both myself and my poetry to be of "the-diamond-in-the-rough" and "a-work-in-progress" type of classification .... although I would not join any club that would have me as a member !!!! more…

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