This poem is part of the art work Dee Dee created for the cover of the Bowery Electric single. The poem has four parts, each one of the parts corresponds to one of four paintings. The paintings, alongside with other artworks by Dee Dee, will be exhibited at the CBGB Gallery starting with an opening party on May 19th.


JOEY
I LIKE DRAGONS SO MUCH THAT I LOOKED UP AT THE SKY
AND TRY TO SEE ONE, I SPOTTED ONE IMMEDIATELY IT WAS
A SEA DRAGON DESGUISED AS THE TIP OF A CLOUD
FRAMING ITSELF IN A BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY

IMAGINE ONE FLYING OVER ONE OF THE MEADOWS
HIGH ABOVE NEW YORK CITY'S CENTRAL PARK ONE
CROWDED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MAYBE THIS DRAGON
COULD BE JOEY RAMONE.

HE'D HAVE TWO FLASHING AND LOVING EYES AND WOULD
WINK DOWN AT EVERYBODY STEARING UP AT HIM IN
AMAZEMENT. THEN HE WOULD SPREAD HIS FIERY WINGS
AND FLY TOWARDS THE SUN TO CALIFORNIA TO BE
WITH ME AND JOHN.

I DON'T SEE WHY NOT HE COULD BE A BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN
AMBER ONE WITH A SILVER LIGHTENING AMBIANCE
RADIATING FROM HIS BODY AND HIS WINGS.

DEE DEE RAMONE