Wait Up Baby
Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: Wait Up Baby
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: February/1989
The water/smooth
feathered
white suede
winter hat
was tilted
"Ace/Duece,"
to his head,
in the heat
of
summer -
His gait
was that
of a
Stepping
"Dap/Daddy."
He wore
a black
short/waist
zipUp
leather jacket,
Dark
teardrop
sUnGlasses,
a white
T-Shirt;
black
faded/Jeans,
&
black
patant/leather
(keen toed)
Stacey Adam
Shoes -
The
cigarette
that burned
between his
left index
& middle
finger,
Were
like
a
short fuse
(ready to explode) -
Explode
on who
he called,
"HisLady"
she was
walk'n
strides
&
strides
ahead
of
him -
"Say,
he shouted,!
I'm talk'n
to U
Damn/It.
Wait-Up
baaaaaby!
U/B
walk'n
to
fast."
She
was almost
out of
his
hearing
range,
&
his
dap-daddy
step
&
slurred
speech -
She wore
a
black
silk Tee/Shirt;
black/leather
jacket,
white mini
skirt with
BlaCk
knee/high......
high heel
winter boots
&
black nylons
N
the heat
of
summer -
Under
her
right arm,
was
a large
portable
stereo,
blasting
out
AciDrOck,
The cigarette
that
burned
between her
left index
&
middle finger,
was a
short fuse
(ready to explode)
Explode
on any one
who stood
N
her way -
Shhhhhhhit!
she wailed,
exhaling
smoke dragons
from
her mouth -
"Why kaint/choo
keep up
daaaaamn!"
she screamed,
shaking her
shoulder
length
brunette hair,
with a
blonde streak
down
the center
of
her head -
She
never looked
back
at
dap-daddy,
&
he never
stopped
shouting,
"Say,
I'm talk'n
to
you damn/it,
wait up baaaaby!
you be
walk'n too
fast!"
Copyright ©
Ken Jordan
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