The Police

song-title sonnet and playlist

I’m a few days behind, alphabetically speaking, but I’m still having fun with Writer Pilgrim by So Elite’s song-title poetry challenge. I’ve been making them into pseudo-sonnets consisting strictly of song titles (allowing for some extra punctuation), and here’s what I came up with for the letter P. I like the post-apocalyptic sci-fi feel of it. Be sure to follow the above link to check other great P-poems.

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The Police 

So lonely 
next to you, 
Roxanne.

Don’t stand so close to me
walking on the moon,
demolition man.

Every little thing she does is magic
on any other day
walking in your footsteps.

Every breath you take,
it’s alright for you —
de do do do, de da da da.

When the world is running down,
you make the best of what’s still around.

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