Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Will work for beer, Singleton 2007

He spins stories on the sidewalk
and the five o'clockers gather round
hushed from their rush and tickertapes
by his words,
whispered

they linger and loiter and loot
his cache
parading in
trenchcoats
and pantyhouse
and breaktimes
listening
to their lives
in make believe
wannabee's,
and verytales
whispered

and she draws a circle in pastels
around his workaholic words
and the shady people grazing him
but noone notices
the colors
that
she's painting

just the barefeet
dancing through
the stories
leaving chalky footprints
on the sidewalk
and the way
she collects
his dimes

10 comments:

eric1313 said...

Inspiration grows, ten cents at a time...

singleton said...

We outa be rich!

eric1313 said...

I got Jimi on my Juke box right now. An album called Voodoo Soup, with rare songs like 'Message to Love' and 'Ezy Rider' and 'Peace in Mississippi'. Great CD. I've had it for years without really listening to it.

Of course, I have like two hundred CDs so it's ezy to forget things.

Inspiration, no further than the corner bar...

singleton said...

I'm still aching for my Janis cd scratched in a cat fight in Georgia.....ok, I could replace it for 11.99 so I shouldn't whine, but still.....
(And um, no, I wasn't the one scratching)

singleton said...

We need to punk our little club up a bit, you know, add a disco light, a ladies room, some links....
wander around when the lights are on and use your imagination....
inspiration....
the dimes we've collected
and the pennies....laden

eric1313 said...

Janice scratched by some cretin?

Obviously, she was jealous of your magic people skills.

I was thnking the same thing. We should hang pictures of our favorite musicians and artists.

And maybe a drawing or two, on the saide bar. I love the butterflys up top. They work out great.

What do you think?

singleton said...

We can do whatever we want.....Bang nails wherever we like....its our bar.....

You've got the key, my friend, just gimme peace,an ice cold beer, words and a smile, and it's home....

singleton said...

Oh yeah, and it was a he. A he that bunked up my Janis CD.....

eric1313 said...

Oh.... A dog fight. That sucks.


But you can call it a cat fight. I'm no sexist.

singleton said...

eric....LOL!
It was a fool's fight!