Who I Was
and I remember the pilled-doctor
rolling by, rolling by, and the beery
priest, in the sky, in the sky
and the woman in the taxi, oh my,
oh my, and her husband the pugilist,
big guy, big guy
and the lamp-posted street and the
beery priest and his altared feet,
all rolling by, rolling by
and the maggots in the trash can
meal long gone, meal long gone
and the yellow kitchen dish
squissh, squish,squish buttered
frying fish,buttered frying fish
and the black, smiling police woman,
come to bed, come to bed;
and the little bouncing snappy dog, bounce
the ball, bounce the ball
then the man in robes from Pakistan,
Pakistan, all the sights, if you can,
if you can;
and now I'm old, now I'm old,
with silver hair and linen shirts
and children three in pants and
skirts.
and if at night I stop and stare,
stop and stare;
I see who I was;
living there.
Copyright © Peter Lewis Holmes | Year Posted 2015
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