CUFFED AT THE CURB
By Charlois Lumpkin
careful
kick’n it down Canfield Drive
listen up
this ain’t no jive
don’t
talk smart
but don’t be too dumb
don’t
look angry
or hav’n too much fun
don’t
hang with too many
but don’t walk alone
don’t
walk too slow
n’ for God’s sake don’t run
Cuffed at the Curb” first appeared under the pen name Mali Newman in the anthology Crossing The Divide, from the poets of St. Louis published by Vagabond Books in 2016.
|