Hydrant Poems

What do you call it

...what do you call it
when a chica’s dreams melt faster
than the piragua man’s ice
on a July Harlem block?
when sweetness drips down brown fingers,
but the city never tastes it right?
what do you...

Shredding In The Ghetto

...
Intro
Out past the corner store, where the ice cream truck fears to roll,
Lies a block with more rhythm than a washing machine on spin cycle,
Where the cats wear sunglasses at midnight,
And eve...

Summer Carnival

...
He handed me the air-brushed t-shirt
and I thanked him, said I loved it.

He asked, Do you mean that?
I said, What would have possessed me
to utter it otherwise?

Then he kissed me with his ...

Melvin Purvis do you have a light

...Purvis you captured me doing taxes in my parking lot catering to my panty drawer looking for cigarettes I never smoked silence abodes over the treasury department lunch break wingtips flew in and car...

Oh yeah, baby!

...(Yo Bone hits the Mic, lights dim)  soulful Urban Funk/ Ain't no genre/ it's a feeling/ Downtempo Swing beats lovers in tight/
 Lo-Fi whispers through the city's roar, Urban Pop shimmers, not for gh...

Please!

...A car was parked illegally;
The hydrant wasn’t cleared,
Plus it was by a nursing home
And might have interfered.

I never would have noticed it,
But signage did impart
That a tow truck would b...

Deep In the Bug World

...Neverending street corner house behind the water hydrant,
hidden memories are long gone, few pictures around,
beautiful people, who has eaten their souls, the 
house is lonely, but the dark mold s...

Slab City Crisis Tamed

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Written: February 26, 2025, for Antony Biaanco Contest

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City hum drifts through spurious ways, 
teeming in a wild, woody w...

HUMAN WATERS JUZ FLOWIN-URINE INCONTINECE

...wAtErS flowin juz…
Urine gusting down my leg
---As open hydrant

2/24/25
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2025©

 S e n r y u Verse
Syllables Per Line:	5 7 5
Total # Syl...

The Mouse with the Hat

...The mouse jumped
Off the fire hydrant
His hat flies up
Into the distance
He munches some cheese
Spits on the floor
Makes a split
Tumbles over
Laughs in peels
Waves goodbye...

Victim 9 checker cab company arson not ruled out Ciro Gargano my abusive ex husband

...You still frighten me Ciro Gargano the way you control city officials after committing arson murders of 8 fire chief gene kalinowski was great in calling in that favour even though you and my abusive...

You!

...You.

    1.  The whole town gossips about your return. It is happening again.

    It is urgent like the pains of labor

    My streams of tears are making their way down the slippery slope of...

Remote Woman, from THE WOMAN WHO COULD EAT WOOD

...Remote Woman


Old Man Jim was 90.
He was simple, caring, and quiet. 
He loved watching TV.
He thought some shows were a real riot.

One night he went for a stroll on Oak Street
and stepped ...

At The Bark

...
 when the dogs went to the park
 an urge to pee was sparked
 So they lined up at a tree
 There was no fire hydrant you see
 And each took a turn at the 'bark'

 5-4-2024
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It's Not About the Salad

...Your frustration is bubbling over the pot
I see it, but I’m not sure how to turn the anger off
Arguing is such a turn off
We're headed home from dinner with the music from the radio fading away be...

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