Crown
The sidelines outdo the parade, sometimes.. The odd twerk contest taped by wannabe Kim And the Selfie Queen unseated the Cash King As the crown rolled in the gutter the crowd was signing Bye, bye, Miss American Pie Drove my Chevvy to the levee but the levee was dry… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill […]
Holding hands tight looking at the cross Her sharp nails piercing his palm And his wound from a spear came as a humane gesture Freed from desire, crowned atop all the solitude of suffering This is the message of love from above You will suffer a thousand deaths Only to be freed by the promised […]
Like a water lily gently floating above the swampy crowd Borrowing the colors from a Ruud Van Ampel painting About little kids swimming in the sky’s reflection We carry our dreams on the top of our head like a crown They shine in the night to show the way We are kings and queens in […]
A young star spangled black beauty suddenly alights from a rig She steps down with grace like a queen in her yellow starry costume A symbolic crown set on her head and blue stardust cry from her eyes Traditional African bracelets and jewels as the finishing touch Now it is up to the humble subjects […]
On the festive days of Carnival there are more Queens than kingdoms You see no castles but the rulers have all come out wearing their crowns The moment unique of a celebrity conquered on the streets of the Hill Until the days and nights of celebration wind down to their end Garbage trucks driving in […]
Like frightened beasts we came to slake our thirst at the deep lake of her eyes We drank the burning stars that shone on the water down to the last twinkle But the fiery chalice of this unholy Grail that we held to our parched lips Turned our hands into ash so they may never […]
Wearing ha big golden woven hairdo like a crown Not just a Princess anymore but a Nubian Queen So the troop of her subjects can rally behind the panache Scantily dressed to show her irresistible advantages We have to beg for a look and grovel for a smile All the way down Chepstow, the Amazons […]