Sunday, June 14, 2009

sis




sis was the town tramp
but she wasn't a bad kid
when the police brought her home in the morning
they always bought her an ice cream cone

the city was ringed with ice cream shops
and dairy whip stands too
in winter there was dunkin donuts
there was no escape

the red and blue lights of the police cars
blot out the milky way
you couldn't see the andromeda galaxy
even if the town had outskirts

officer stone was a jets fan
and wanted to move to oregon
officer mcgovern preferred the philadelphia eagles
and liked to take his three kids on picnics

they stood on the front porch
with the fog laughing silently behind them
and said, mr and mrs america
here is your wandering girl

5 comments:

Harlequin said...

amazing how this can be both right now descriptive and still feel prophetic... I feel for the girl...

human being said...

the last stanza is a blow...
i love it!

very powerfully moves our limited perspective to a higher level... to see things more profoundly... more interrelated...


'the red and blue lights of the police cars
blot out the milky way'

'the fog laughing silently behind them...'

wow! you really open our eyes to see things differently...

timmy said...

harlequin
thanks once again for all your kind encouragement

hb,
a) i am glad you like these little poems
b) i am really glad you have the time and means to comment on them!

human being said...

oh timmy you cannot imagine how glad i am to find a way to be in this virtual world once again... to read you and other friends...
especially at this time when what i witness is unimaginable cruelty toward innocent people... lynching both their bodies and souls...
and not even being able to cry out your anger... to have a big lump in your throat all the time...

you cannot imagine how your beautiful poems on my blog along with other friends words saved me... to be able to crow once again...
the sorrow sometimes is so heavy one feels speechless... you saved me... thanks friend...
you help me live... tolerate... i need this... as more terrible things are happening here...

timmy said...

hb,
this is certainly very humbling ... i don't know what else to say ... except to continue to wish you luck