red Alabama clay
between little dark toes
muddy from the rain
where the honeysuckle grows
~
tenement houses,
five flights high
up on the roof
catch-a-piece-of-sky
~
rows of corn fields
for childhood play
tall, green grass
rollin' all day
~
concrete jungle gyms
turn-stile hoppin'
front stoop day-dreamin'/
corner-finger-poppin'
~
back yard bar-b-q's
summer skinny dippin'
catchin' light'nin bugs
& lemonade sippin'
~
three-card monte
street ball playin'
50 meter racin'
fire-hydrant-sprayin'
~
do-drop inn
bathtub gin
~
subway cars
all night bars
~
moonlit lovin'
starry nights~
ghetto heaven
city lights...
...about a million miles &
almost 100 years combined
2 terrestrial bodies collide ~
their souls forever aligned...
Alyce (c) 2000
`
between little dark toes
muddy from the rain
where the honeysuckle grows
~
tenement houses,
five flights high
up on the roof
catch-a-piece-of-sky
~
rows of corn fields
for childhood play
tall, green grass
rollin' all day
~
concrete jungle gyms
turn-stile hoppin'
front stoop day-dreamin'/
corner-finger-poppin'
~
back yard bar-b-q's
summer skinny dippin'
catchin' light'nin bugs
& lemonade sippin'
~
three-card monte
street ball playin'
50 meter racin'
fire-hydrant-sprayin'
~
do-drop inn
bathtub gin
~
subway cars
all night bars
~
moonlit lovin'
starry nights~
ghetto heaven
city lights...
...about a million miles &
almost 100 years combined
2 terrestrial bodies collide ~
their souls forever aligned...
Alyce (c) 2000
`