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Draw The Line (John Told Me To)

from New Poems (Volume Four) by James Massiah

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Draw the line
I draw the line
John told me
To draw the line

Do it now
Don’t cut it fine
Draw the line
Just draw the line

Nip it now
All in the bud
Rinse it out
No soap no sud

Cut it fast
And hard and dry
Kiss your teeth
And cut your eye

Just draw the line
Call it a day
Don’t take on
Anything they say

Just turn it off
Lock off the ting
Turn off the tap
No showering

No basking
And no bathing here
So cotching
And no raving here

No eating and
No sleeping and
No drinking or
Drug taking here

I’ve drawn the line
You’ll pay a fine
And it won’t be
You’re crossing mine

Well if you are
I’ll straighten out
And you’ll see
What I’m on about

With drawing lines
I’m using knives
And carving out
This niche of mine

I’m seeing red
I had to be
Was pushed to the
Extremities

I’m cutting hands
I’m chopping feet
I’m drawing chalk lines
On the street

It has to change
They have to go
No more now no
No more no

I draw the line
Today’s the day
I won’t play
No eediat game

I draw the line
John told me to
Don’t make me draw
A line on you

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from New Poems (Volume Four), released December 7, 2022

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James Massiah is a poet and musician from London, UK

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