tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84768575762529952272012-01-11T19:43:28.163-08:00My Eyes, My WindowRusty Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516546041349597839noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476857576252995227.post-78420839642566882672012-01-11T19:26:00.001-08:002012-01-11T19:41:18.201-08:00Wind Over Harlem<div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6RnARYYF1YE/Tw5WRle3sgI/AAAAAAAAAAU/xvZ8r-wMy6A/s1600/wind+over+harlem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" kba="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6RnARYYF1YE/Tw5WRle3sgI/AAAAAAAAAAU/xvZ8r-wMy6A/s320/wind+over+harlem.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I belt </div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">the blues</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">echoing Lady Ella’s alto </div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>carving five-story </div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>red brick </div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>apartments on</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Harlem’s horizon</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>I carry </div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>sorrow like a violin’s whine</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>wafting through windows</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>harassing curtains</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>like ragged Mack</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>with his passers-by</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>down there</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>he clutches bottle and tin cup </div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>on the corner</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>I drift </div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>a thin line<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><u>balancing </u></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>my beat between </div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">b<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>r<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>e<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>e<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>z<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>y</i> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BUFFETING</b></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Sweeping leaves and cigarette </div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>halves across the street Carefully </div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>teasing Tessa’s tresses</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>braids new-set and shining</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>I was </span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>birthed by Papa’s</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>G A L E<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>F O R C E temper</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><s>smashing</s> <s>bashing</s></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>CLASHING</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>on cold-front Mama</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">No wonder </div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I feel right blowing </div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>my song Swaying </div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>the beat on</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>these hot-blooded streets</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8476857576252995227-7842083964256688267?l=myeyesmywindow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rusty Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516546041349597839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476857576252995227.post-68804202818414959242012-01-11T19:06:00.000-08:002012-01-11T19:42:58.882-08:00Cry<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This ephemeral release</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">does please this moment, </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">but teasing my heart’s song, it sits</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">like a monkey throwing ****</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">taunting my soul</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">haunting my wits</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">flaunting its toll</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">gaunt-like I fight to keep it, that peace, but</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">it’s just ephemeral release.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">If you so please</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>would you pass up that bit</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>makes me feeling like it </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>is not in my control, this role, this place we call WIFE</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This is my life, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">my life!</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">So don’t you mind if I find my way</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">with a few stray</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">tears here and there; they’ll cease.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">It’s just an ephemeral release.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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