Main Street BluesA Poem by Abdul Batin Osman BeyTo the City of ChampionsTwo love birds holding hands While a prostitute chats up a John Fredrick Douglass lies on the pavement Skin head kissing a Jamaican princess Bearded homeless man pushes his carriage While a million dollar preacher gets out of his mustang Muslim woman with skintight jeans Flirty cape green girl at Supremes This is the Main street scene Asian man gives an awkward nod Drug dealers standing on every corner Secret couple makes interracial babies Crack head smoking in front of the new courthouse Cops drive by pretending not to see Woman has tits out while man has his penis out Father laughs as mother cries Hearse rolls up to a red light I step into neutral vibration Then I’m off again This is the Brockton scene © 2012 Abdul Batin Osman BeyAuthor's Note
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4 Reviews Added on September 23, 2012 Last Updated on September 23, 2012 Tags: love, birds, John, Fredrick Douglass, Jamaican, Skin, homeless, Supremes, Asian, Drug, interracial, Brockton, massachusetts, courthouse, tits, penis, father, Vibration AuthorAbdul Batin Osman BeyCambridge, MAAboutIt is said that if Johnny Thunders and Janis Joplin were to have a child then have him to be raised by the unwanted aspects of Society while having him schooled in Timbuktu that person would be me. I.. more..Writing
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