Poetry Archives - Baltimore Post-Examiner

Here’s To The Brown Family Tree!

My rich family tree has long been watered by the blood of many a hero But in looking back now

When the school year has ended and classes are done, it is time to look south for some summer fun

I didn’t show up (and I’m not alone) as our founders sighed a celestial groan toward those who cheered and

He hears vicious voices inside his head “That self-serving sh*t would be better off dead, so we can restore everything

Slowly searching in the sea of life, The sound of birth echoes within me that night; I search for passion,

Before our opinions, you were as confident and brash as I was tentative and timid.

Couldn’t remember the day he was born So he couldn’t blame others for not knowing Except there weren’t any others

Fortunately, you can go out walking. You expect very little, only dusk foreshadowing night, the murmur of animal life at

So you think our small town’s

so damn pretty

while you get on your soapbox

‘bout crime in the city.

A Chesterfield fast upon her lips (She’s almost Dorothy Parker) A whiskey neat at her fingertips (She’s almost Dorothy Parker)