New Blues
--Calvin Forbes (1945- )
for Jane
Day in day out like a wallflower,
Miss Moon, the lonely lightbody,
She’s sleeping while I dig my hole.
No one to believe in, no one
To dance with, Missy wants to die.
I’m sorry but here I’m earning nothing
And wanting things God didn’t invent.
Missy, I tell you you betta quick
Grow up. Decide your mind before
The doctor remembers we’re not dead.
And before they raise the rent, enjoy
My love; under my covers what if I take
A flashlight and read me a dirty book?
Missy you listening? Don’t worry.
You show only one side to me.
A dark man shall see dark days Missy.
Calvin Forbes, Blue Monday (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University
Press, 1974), p.59.
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