The street lifer

“Hold on

Stay with me awhile”

The street whispered to me

The street appealed to the world

I Pricked up ears at the street

I Pricked up ears at the world going around the street

Even until that world is no more

The limit of the world’s servitude 

The world’s servitude to the street is as thin as a reed

“I’m the source,

All the power and gifts”

The world thundered to the street

The street hurled back to me

“If you don’t like the way I run things

Take it to the world”

I pricked up ears at the street

I Pricked up ears at the world going around the street

Even until that world is no more

The love I have for the street 

Has been eclipsed by the hatred I have of the world

I loved the street

I loved the street more than the whole world

The whole world just whispered to me

Asked me what I need

Offered me my release 

Offered me more sights to see

Ratified me bulls'-eye on the back

Laying claims to her fortunes

But I’ve seen enough of this world

Given her wretched appearance 

She won’t stay till the end

The street whispered to me

I Pricked up ears at the street

I Pricked up ears at the world going around the street

Even until that world is no more