Breakfast at Valerie's

Breakfast at Valerie's

Be sure to stay for the after party
cause the bluesing don't start
till after midnight when
the breakfast club crowd
starts to gather in the workshop
where the only glow is
moonlight and candles
and everyone came to
party till dawn
when breakfast is served
on the patio overlooking the lake
and the rising sun

Dancing with My Baby

I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!
I will smile at a hundred cuties
And not pick one.

I will look at Divas and Swedes
With quiet eyes,
Watch the leaders queue up for Virginie,
And see her smile.

But when the music begin to play
Straight from lindy hop heaven,
I will take my baby's hand,
And invite her to the dance!

apologies to ESVM

I ain't seen

I ain't seen no poems stop a .38,
I ain't seen no stanzas brake a honkie's head,
i ain't seen no metaphors stop a tank,
I ain't seen no words kill
& if the word was mightier than the sword
Pushkin wouldn't be fertilizing russian soil
& until my similes can protect me from a night stick
I guess i'll keep my razor
& buy more bullets.

Don L. Lee (Haki R. Madhubuti)