Smashing Sitars

for 'tasha

Swimmin' in a hint of tea & green & nicotine
can't seem to get a wink in dis scene
surprised to see at all wit da lights off
breathin' heavy but a what I no stress
still forty hours after da bless/ed sun sets
where'da ya set my glasses where yo pants
different corner every time I hit da switch
appendages stretch muscles to full extent
braille body movements
no'ne choreographed da no sight
not even close to loud enough dance
SO SWING girl
lemme hear the music your heart makes
SO TWIRL a dervishin' dust storm
no foundation lefts loft unshaken
t'ings are getting certainly uncertain
why we undictate the means an' the ends
lover's amends
& that's of what we came to make 'em
whatever it is we want in the moment
it's mine it's yours it's ours
we're free to manipulate it
turn da taj mahal into our smoke pit
dance floor / dream more / smashing sitars
we gots a back room packed wit' a thousand more
'come fire wood keepin' us warm under the stars
drive far / don't stop never girl gonna ever look back
don't pick the scabs
don't 'member the scars just grab your deck
let's make like shadows
let's make a mess let's wreck this city let's leave a mark
a spark where da devious wind blows
boozin' schoonin' bustin' out the shop windows
so when the critics & the poets look back at photos
of the riots / the news reels and the headlines flash
they'll reference us by alibis and say they knew us when...