Ghetto Sonata
for P.C.
big fight,
it’s just another day in Paradise
it’s business as usual
in our cesspool of life
Kemp Road rocks and rocks fly
when water boils, steam flies
arms flying, women arguing, name calling
up in every body part, insulting, sullying
women fighting, rocks flying
cuss words not enough to break bones,
armed with sticks and stones
these flung, these flew
big fight,
it’s just another day in Paradise
it’s business as usual
in our cesspool of life
© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
5:55 p.m. 05/10/07
for P.C.
big fight,
it’s just another day in Paradise
it’s business as usual
in our cesspool of life
Kemp Road rocks and rocks fly
when water boils, steam flies
arms flying, women arguing, name calling
up in every body part, insulting, sullying
women fighting, rocks flying
cuss words not enough to break bones,
armed with sticks and stones
these flung, these flew
big fight,
it’s just another day in Paradise
it’s business as usual
in our cesspool of life
© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
5:55 p.m. 05/10/07
posted by Obie Quiet at 6:24 PM
1 Comments:
Absolutely amazing. I can hear the music of this poem. I reflect on the music I heard when I wrote "Honey Please".
I love the sarcasm, the closeness and the conflict of this poem. How such mess can create such ordered perfection. It is a needed record of Kemp Road to add to the history of art and of The Bahamas.
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