Not Uptown

Inspired by Frontier at Writer's Cafe and Bob Dylan. Not for comparison purposes.

Not Uptown

Going up coming in

Turning out shadow's thin

Eyes crossed cauliflower ears

Teeth shattered hotel room bugged

Hallway twisted stairs a maw

Ceiling slipping from a buzzing saw

It's raining outside all year long

Dry ice whetted the bleach's smelling strong

The dude on the corner handing out bags

Keeps his face in pocket along with his rags

Police are prowling got their fingers glazed

The empty lot on 3^rd is getting razed

The fathers of the city spawning corporate babies

Grey cur mongrels out spreading rabies

Nuns in the habit of collecting shoes

The cooks in a manhole singing the blues

It's snowing inside not anywhere

Cotton candy in pill bottles down at the fair

The Bedroom closets locked up tight

Dresser in the basement off to the right

Tongue swollen abscessed cheek

Featherless parrot broken beak

Turning in back straight

Not never only late