Sometimes we have to take that midnight train
Back to Georgia, Phoenix, or 187th and Webster Ave.
It didn’t work out.
What we thought was going to happen didn’t.
The freeways weren’t free.
The jokers went wild more than once.
Back to basics, again.
Look for another path.
Play it in a different way.
Get with your lover.
She’ll make it better.
You’ll be home free.
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I Have Learned to Wait
I have learned to wait in traffic jams without cursing.
I have learned to wait for the boss to come without sweating.
I have learned to wait for the light to change without tapping.
I have learned to wait for the pizza man without drooling.
I have learned to wait in the airport security line without complaining.
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Elevator Connection III
It’s just me and an older woman.
We’re going down.
We get to 2nd floor parking.
She takes a deep breath…, and says,
“Got to get in there and work…,
Gotta pay the bills.”
And I’m thinking,
“Alaikum Salaam.”
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