Catholic Boys In The Hood by Ted Sheridan

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Catholic Boys In The Hood

MC Samson sits outside on the row's front stoop
Watching the slow buses go by... one by one by tedious one...
Breathing in the poisoned particles of carbon waste
Before they can be deposited onto his concrete lawn...
Praying for a possible cure to his infectious afflictions....
He turns his head to cough for some needed anal relief
When he sees within his very limited peripheral....
AKA Solomon approaching from the Parishes alley
Gargoyles follow him whispering about transgressions and such
Snickering with gothic glee at his weak knees...
Solomon's hands are lodged in his pockets steering his stick
Some beef salami still stuck in his golden grille....
Flashing that brilliant smile for the cameras and the secret police
He takes his seat next to his friend and former lover...
The pigeons squatting overhead on the upper ledge
Eavesdropping....
As the two unpredictable men...plan what to do
About Brother Goliath... and his obvious attraction for little boys...
Where is a Snoop David or Missy Delilah when you need one they thought...
A coo cool pigeon cooes from above....
From your mouth to God's ear is as far as this goes...it coos
When a slow bus pulls up to the curb and finally stopped__

2007 © T Sheridan

Ted Sheridan

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Not a member No 4 (6/8/2007 1:38:00 PM)
Ted Sheridan, you can surely write man! ! It's intense but casual; it's brief but it's not short on serious content, and there's a weaving of image, abstraction and connection through it that makes it stand way out from the crowd. Exceedingly fine. I can see why this has been given two 1s. You might even be onto a third if I could bring myself to do it! But no, got to go with my own logic. You probably will get the ultimate accolade - the third one, for this one... The best from a very impressed historian of rock and roll.

Chris Mendros (6/6/2007 10:23:00 AM)
not sure i get this, but it is definitely compelling and evocative.

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