04-03-2015, 01:32 AM
Poetry in Real Time
It's not yet noon;
out my window
I hear the heavy heels
of staggered steps
and someone slurring--
no... singing:
“champagne don’t drive me crazy,
cocaine don’t make me lazy.
Ain’t nobody’s business but my own.”*
I smile. And share.
*"Nobody's Business But My Own" was written by Henry Fredericks.
It's not yet noon;
out my window
I hear the heavy heels
of staggered steps
and someone slurring--
no... singing:
“champagne don’t drive me crazy,
cocaine don’t make me lazy.
Ain’t nobody’s business but my own.”*
I smile. And share.
*"Nobody's Business But My Own" was written by Henry Fredericks.