Nim Lee Poems

We was in Georgetown, sheltering from the rain
In the Chinese restaurant with the smelly drain
And the rain fell down more hard
And de stink got more rough
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The wide blue yonder
above our head
seen but never reached
a pattern of air and water
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It’s a dog eat dog world, a dog eat dog world, a dog eat dog eat dog eat dog world.
Live like a dog die like a dog, as the old saying goes,
The plant you water is the plant that grows, everybody knows,
Give blows, get blows
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The drug dealer drives his 4by4 along the road
He drunk as a skunk
But that’s alright
His windows are tinted black and his music goes boom
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Death came knocking at my door the other night.
It's not the first time he's come.
Twice he managed to sneak into the house
To squat there in some dark corner.
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I can talk
But no one can listen to me.
Where is an ear that wants to hear my words?
Does anyone want to listen to anyone else?
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Our young men, our strong young men, our sons, our brothers,
They have changed,
They do not know us now.
They look at us, but they do not see us, they only see opportunity.
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Silver light shining on the silver snow

That records the passage of time,
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The brown bull and the black bull were fighting on the shore;
I stopped and watched a while
Asked what they did it for.
The black bull said: “He thinks he’s boss! ”
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Fire creature, Father Christmas
With flame red coat and white smoke beard
With the fire birds robin and king wren, the god-bird;
Here in the middle of winter, in the Dark Days,
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