for then we looked long back at history
found we were not exactly gracious or forgiving
then we looked at today and saw
by **** the same old hates rise up again
tell me when to open my eyes and read the constitution
again all men created equal
where is this more perfect union?
might this be the last breath of prejudice
the last sign of the
confederacy?
This day we seek prosperity
good will to all yet
a minority have hijacked our will our
morality to give a last call to idiocy and prejudice.
Can we make it through. I pray
we do.

am I to do now, grab a train the next one out,
is the answer , to where the man asks,
to where the whistle blowing takes you,
the man looks bewildered worried,
will it be a place more forgiving,
not our worry the chorus rises,
so he rode out of town, until
he got tired of being the outcast
stood up,
thing is this is not an old story,
it is now,
then the backlash came
the hate thrown back at the  hated
they stood in awe thought they were powerful
but,
the righteous shall overcome  
came a louder chorus
and so it was
the tables turned
even though they did not want them to
the righteous and right shall overcome some day,
watch out.

the bass voice singes the air
the woman counters with her
lullabye
the strumming guitarist plucks
the air with moss and gravel
the singers sing of breath
unravel the mysteries in the dark
there amidst the gathering crowd
the footbeats
the feeling begins
half of the world stops
the rest keeps on spinning
tapping round the
clouds so clear the mystery unwoven
just feel
and heart and air and earth

over the parade the clouds grew threatening
blacker
rain was an inevitability
so I invited all the ten people at the
Clayhatchee Christmas parade to my house
where we made egg nog
roasted chestnuts
later after we all had a buzz
we toilet papered
the mayors trees
she lives next door
matter of fact
she was there helping
we have a good community
for a southern redneck outpost.

dollars don't blush
around this time of night
rhymes don't work at twelve
midnight
science is all street
and biology and urges talk
the arithmetic is quaint and simple
twenty here for that
adds up to
another hit
I been taking notes
except in English
class