Long Tellin Poems

  Another Cruel Link in their Chain 

1.   Beginnings

Her babe was her joy, such a beautiful boy,
	and he suckled her breast till the end.
The slaver sought cash, bestowed mammy a thrash,
	sold her...

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Oi be nowt but an auld country hick,
we a liddle bit of gall, an a lotta stick.
Oi baint niver afeared to speak me mind,
nor critizise folks harshly iffen Oi find
zummit I don’t loik.  Tis...

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You are now about to witness my lack of street knowledge
Straight outta lockdown,
lazy brother named THE DUDE
Formed a gang called diggers With Altitudes
Work is called off, I got a paid off
Strains getting quicker, and bodies...

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i may not be a mahammod ali but my words will float like a butterfly and sting like 
a bee
now there was this baby girl who was so unaware and didnt understand why 
daddy used...

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Her grand gals axed her one time
How did hers ever gits a date
Her done went ta a all gals school
Theys wudn't let no boys in
Ut makes me's won ders 
Yep ut sure do

Theys at that...

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The Camp Cooky’s singin again outa tune,
  about turnin 60 today around noon

"What good is there in it?" I hear him say,
  and it got me to thinkin . . . seein it...

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standin on a corner he looks up to the sky
his phone rings as he steps into his ride
no time to think
when it rings its because do's on the other side
red and blue
panicked, frozen like a...

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Folks think I'm a 
nice guy, to a fault I 
guess I am, if those 
folks only knew 
deep down I'm tellin 
them to scram,

I'm tryin to keep my 
language clean like 
crispy Franklin 
notes,...

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Sitting washing laundry, all I 
could do was think of you,
If I lost ya boy  forever I Don't 
know what the hell I'd do.
Boy your my babe, my one and 
only, and I'm so...

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Who can love me like you

Sin after sin and your bac i havent seen yet

No one is as forgivin as you

No on listens and understands like you do

When times get rough i know i can...

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It feels so good to be back home from school
I put my jacket on its starting to get cool
Sitting on my porch watching the wind blow
Wondering when it was going to snow
I watch as the...

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Fire, the flames of all my desires.
Heat, the sensation that makes me 
weak.
Emotions, my missions to keep 
discreet.
The more he knows, the easier my 
guard faces defeat.
Weakness, the tremble that 
unsteady's my feet.
Strength, is my...

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Nothing New Under the Sun.(Satan’s little helpers)

There’s nothing new under the sun, 
first came the sword then came the gun.

Gonna make me a spear, gonna build me a rocket, 
every bullet they fire is money...

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Well, here comes the sheriff and his boys a-strollin' t'wards my cell.
I say adios to the cockroaches, fleas and rats I've come to know so well!
"Lord, I want Ya to take care of my Ma...

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I love when ya lay ur head on my chest & listen to my heart
Every feeling I get from you has been real from the start
You love me for me, nobody has ever done that...

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Don't you worry bout my soul
Til you've been down all my lonely roads
And gauged the weight of my full load 
Don't you worry bout my soul
.
I see you on the tv conning, talking squawking walking...

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I wont hurt you baby,now turn the 
lights low,he whispers in her ear 
and his hand moves cautiously slow, 
down to her thighs,kissing every 
inch of her neck,lust on his 
mind,turning what was to be...

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Every Movie ever Made (Hopeful)

The Summer I fell in love with you
Was like a video montage of every movie ever made
part comedy, oh What fun the laughs!
the good times, some of the happiest times I've...

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Guess she  got tore up when we 
did part.
And after two nights in Vagas I know she'll
coming running back begging for a new  start.

And whats he got that I dont.
I mean besides good...

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wow what's that up over there let me grab my binoculars hmmm the nuclear powerplant. Late at night wit my night vision lens you know what i see i see 4 feet long giant red...

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I been on a different route lately cause I'm mentally focused
I rather heed God's voice then have curses come at me
remember the plague of the locust
I'm shinning so much I could blind somebody with this...

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The Midnight Roper
Written: by Tom Wright
5/27/99

His wrinkled face belied his age
he was only forty three.
I wondered, as he recalled his life
why should be telling me.

Maybe he just wanted someone
that his problems he could reveal.
But as...

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From out of the mist he traveled alone,
rising up from the sea.
A patch on his eye a hook for a hand,
he came to set the pirates free.
Sure they pilaged, burnt down part of the town,
for...

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The farmer sent his son to agricultural school for an education,
To see if he could learn anything about an agrarian vocation.
Professors filled his head with ideas about operating a farm.
Such nonsense caused the old man...

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The old soul classic 
Smiling faces got it right 

“Smiling faces sometimes
Pretend to be your friend
Smiling faces show no traces
Of the evil that lurks within (can you dig it?)

Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometimes
They don't tell...

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