Getting 'Down' And Funky Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Take all the time you need.
And if you choose to do it...
Go to each vacant room,
To sit.
Reminisce if you wish,
About those 'good' times spent...
While you were getting 'down' and funky.
Sustained in that soothing groove.
At a pace without forward movement.
Felt, dreamed or meant.
Listen to the echo to affirm a hollowness.
And when you leave,
Turn off the lights.
Since no one dares to keep these scenes revisited,
With such an appetite...
But you!
So turn off the lights when you are through.
What's more important,
Than 'gettin' down and funky'?
If this is what one chooses to do!