So, with Portugal currently having the worst Covid numbers in the world, we are now on 100% locked down and sheltering in place until the end of February. We are allowed to go out for individual exercise and to grocery shop. That’s it. So, instead of eating all day, I did a little writing. Hope …
I wrote this poem in 2002, while living in Amsterdam. Cash Love makes the world go roundMoney makes the world go roundLove of money makes the world confoundOur classless, 3-Class society needs some common groundThe comedy is how everyone tries to make itThe tragedy is that some just try to fake itHe who has it, …
Mary Tranovich Hudak Savko, such a lifeDreaming now with lilies and angels in her headHow could anyone really know, what a life,Wisdom from her Tar Run Road headShe’s like Michelangelo, all her life,Moving pictures painted, influence with every word she saidFrom Hartzell Avenue you know, what a wife,Lessons taught to three, proven right insteadDestined for …
I woke up this morning & went right back to bedTangled thoughts keep pouring through my troubled headI feel like my heart, is no longer made of goldIt all fell apart, & now I’m just getting oldI’ll wake up tomorrow, and hope that I can tryIf things happen for a reason, well just tell me …
On the streets of LisboaLives interactExchange and move onVacant of possibilities ofWhat we could becomeOr what should we become?How much is free willHow much is puppet strings?The new normal sucksBut I can’t be negativeWe’re all in survival modeFeeders and trust funds alikeListening to monotone advice butThe preacher says we are in the last daysHead for …
The wake up callA cold showerOne, or two, or three sit-upsOne hopeful prayerA bird flying in wings of despairIs the world becoming a Pink Floyd video from an outtake of The Wall?Characters masked up moving in lineNo longer sure of what they’re supposed to be afraid ofThey just know they’re supposed to be afraid. But....Let’s …
Do it your wayDon’t cave to the crowdResist group thinkYour individuality is the core of your charismaYou give that awayYou give away your magnetismYour soulYour soul magnetsA couple years agoEverything I just wrote could be on the inside flap of any self help bookToday it almost feels dangerous to sayResist group thinkDon’t cave to the …
My parents, they met in a dance hall They were ten years apart I don’t think they even knew it Soon they’d be just one heartMy mother used to listen to Tom Jones My father, he sang in the church They were just so optimistic Daddy put her up on a perch They were so …
Keep SwingingThrough all the fuck upsThrough all the trials and tribulationsKeep swingingThrough everything you got rightThrough everything you got wrongKeep swingingThrough missions defeatedThrough missions bestedKeep swingingThrough skies on fireAnd sirens in the distance screamingKeep swingingThrough the ludicrous judgementsAnd begging for forgivenessKeep swingingEven when you’re knocked out and can’t get back upKeep swingingOr when your over …
Johnny Portugal 