I am l.a. I am the streets I am The orange [setting] sun And the dark crystal nights I am The watts towers, the billy club The dream and the hunger AND the fight I am the lady shouting at her lover The waving gown on the hot actor My fingers strings sounding the pulse Of illegal languages and a small flame of hope
I am my friend fito in his 2 room apt. for 8 kids, grandpa, mom and dad and toto and tito and half an American flag I am rose with her bottle of rose and vintage clothes And fluttering men on her tight silk ropes I am the queen with her stuffed panties and her bleeding knees The fallen wife and a bucket of steamed sin screaming “ too much too little too love too late more! More! More! oh my ruins/ed escape” I am the fallen star caught in the beggars cup swallowed into his eyes When I pass him by, I don’t give a dime, rattle ratlle cup my shiny rings, the stench of liberty My feet are new and worn out click clack slack A burden of doubt Look over my shoulder, through my window An old white man and a hungry war A vacuum cleaner vrrrrmmmmm and a gold bar Slaves to dollars, love, sex, and songs I am the winning ticket in the lost cause I never shut the window, you can always see up my skirt at what you’re worth I am the hot heated “hoo hoo!” the “Yeaaah!” and the “right!!!” I am the strippers shaking ass, the comedian, the lights the blow The glitz the ditz the boobs the pose I am the winning ticket in the lost cause I never shut the window, uh-ahhh, you can always see up my skirt at what you’re worth come, you, yes you, lay down in my streets, my cemented parks, in overcrowded jail cells, on stages , on your new starts, hear the trucks rumble, your heart skip beats so far to come for a dream shhhh, it’s okay, even if you don’t make it, shriveled hands and swallowed pride sucked in stomach and candy smile I’ll sing to you a while, “home” and when the only sound is alone my voice will pulse and you’ll stand up again and I’ll let you have a peak and you’ll start to run, even if but a moment, towards the dream
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