Beatles Cento

For my first installment I present a cento - a collage poem. This poem was created by using (and tweaking) lyrics from songs by the Beatles. Enjoy

Beatles Cento

Many times I’ve been alone and many times I’ve cried
there’s a shadow hanging over me but in my hour

of darkness, I saw her standing there, standing

right in front of me and all my troubles seemed

so far away; it feels like years since it’s been clear.

Somewhere in her smile she knows – she’s not a girl

who misses much; a girl with kaleidoscope eyes

wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door.

She’s the kind of girl you want so much it makes

you sorry but before too long, I fell in love with her.

It’s a love that lasts forever! It’s a love that has no past!

Words start flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,

where do they all come from? “Ooh I need your love babe!

Please believe me I’ll always be true and I don’t need

no other lover. Keep all my love forever ‘cause I’ll never

do you  no harm. Life is very short and there’s no time

so I hope you see that I would love to love you. Now close

your eyes and I’ll kiss you.” 

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