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JUMPING JACK FLASHED...by talile ali

HIT BETWEEN THE EYES
WITH AN IMAGE NEVER SHARED
BY THE ONE HE LOOKED UPON
IF IT WERE THEY WOULD BOTH BE IN BED

BUT IT WAS ALL ONE SIDED
AND THE PROBLEMS THERE WERE PLENTY
THE WOMAN BEGAN BY TRYING TO CONVINCE HIM
THAT HE WASN'T GETTING ANY

WITH FLAT DRY LIPPED KISSES
AND TELLS OF WOE AND HELL
THE MAN COULD SEE ALL TO WELL
THAT HE WAS RINGING THIS BELL

HE NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND
ALL THE RULES AND ALL THE GAMES
WHY DIDN'T PEOPLE SAY WHAT THEY MEANT
INSTEAD OF BEING WORDS BLOWN ABOUT TO BLAME
AND SHAME

BUT SO IT WAS FOR THESE TWO
THE HARLEQUIN AND THE FOOL
AND INTO FELL A ANOTHER POOR SOUL
WHO JUST WAS TOO HIGH TO KNOW WHAT TO DO

SHE BECAME INTOXICATED AND ENAMORED
AND EVENTUALLY LOST HER SOUL
WANTING TO BE THE DESIRE OF THE FELLA
SHE LEFT BOTH HER HEART AND MIND EXPOSED

SHE TOLD HIM OF HER FAILED MARRIAGE
AND HOW THINGS QUEERED IN JAPAN
AND HOW HER HUBBY LEFT HER
AND ONLY CAME BACK BECAUSE HE CAN

I LOOKED AT HE IN WONDER
SHE DIDN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE
SHE WOULD REMARRY THIS DUMB BASTARD
SO SHE AND THE KIDS COULD GET HIS BENEFITS

THE I SUDDENLY SAW MY BEST FRIEND
TWENTY YEARS LATER, AND WOE
SHE WOULD BE CHASING AROUND OLD FARTS LIKE ME
AND TELLING THEM HER TELLS, OH NO!

THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN
TO FOLK WHO DON'T LOVE TOO WELL
THEY END UP MARRIED TO MONEY
AND HAVING TO CREEP FOR TAIL.

AND MAYBE SO LONG AS THEY KNOW IT
IT AIN'T AS BAD AS IT SEEMS
CAUSE IF NEITHER OF THEM REALLY LIKED IT
WOULDN'T ONE OR THE OTHER LEAVE THE SCENE?

SO WATCHING ALL OF THIS DRAMA
WAS LIKE WATCHING JUMPING JACK FLASHED
I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW SO MANY PEOPLE
SO CHOSE TO NOT LIVE THEIR OWN LIFES

I AIN'T SAYING CHASING AROUND THE YOUNG
WHILE YOU ARE MARRIED TO SOMEONE YOU HATE
IS WRONG
I AM SAYING THAT WHY DO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?
THATS ALL.
WHY DO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?

BUT THIS WORLD IS SO DECEPTIVE AND DISHONEST
THAT THE WICKED AND DECEITFUL GET THE GOODS
MAKES IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL EVER BE
ANY BENEFIT FOR DOING ANY GOOD

poem by Talile Ali
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