Tricks Slip Quick critique away but its not a haiku
Posted to Action Poetry
by SeraRojas on 2001-03-28 14:57:00
get it ,grab it ,for you lose it
neighborhood tricks slip quick
hush,baby,don't trip
walk away,but don't turn that back
ignore that cokerap
they abuse their privileges
pretend to educate whole villages
just to throw us in jail
but at night they sneak thru
look on faces that disapprove
car window half-closed
grab their bags and cheap thrills
Gone til that next hit
We're out there,dress it up make
it seem sweet
all te while singin rhymesongs of misery
but still seein beauty
through it all
poetry in the ebb and flo
of these streets
held hostage economic slavery
still got them shackles round
your wrist when they push
you in that cop car
momma on the sidewalk cryin'
for years I watch this
break a few bones
write a few poems
scribblin in a cell
listenin to doors lock behind
just to write you stories
from hell
