Dear illuv,
The poem you have in mind is "Pretend" by Buddy Wakefield. You can
find it, together with background information on the poet, on this
website:
The louderARTS Project: Buddy Wakefield
http://www.louderarts.com/poets/wakefield/
And here is the full text of the poem:
--
PRETEND
Pretend / On this side / There's a monkey
Makin' bass / In a jug / With'is tongue
Pretend / On this side / There's a pitch black woman / Dressed in a
slow
tornado
Who looks so much like the night time / She almost turns blue in the
sun
She's gonna carry us through this tune / With / Huntsville, Texas /
And The
Soul-Lifters Gospel Choir.
That's my back-up diva.
Pretend / Behind me / There's just one / Big / Bang.
Now it's you.
Pretend yer just bein' yerselves.
Pretend ya live for a living.
Pretend / Inside yer skin / You've got a friend / Who's willing to
give you
everything you ever wanted
In exchange for all you've ever been.
Pretend you're more obsessed with this moment / Less with the way it
ends.
And / For a moment / Pretend / This is a plywood lemonade stand
With a sign on the front / It reads:
I got no more lemons / Just my OPINIONS / yours, for a DIME-A-DOZEN
today
And they'll always be on the table / But only some gonna set ya free.
Now here's where I'll needya to believe
Please
Believe that here stands a man who pretends not to fall apart
Who gets so mad / His lips peel back / When we give out slack to the
dark
Who gets so God-solid nervous / Yer gonnawannatalkabouttomorrowagain
That he'll pretend to stand and listen / With a sharp look on'is face
While a monkey plays BASS / BASS
With a back-up diva / Pullin' back-up faith
For this one-man / Cross-universe / Relay race / To try and be more
than
human
Beginning and ending / Moment by moment / Rolled over / Re-birthing
again
Because history is repeating itself in record time, y'all,
And we gotta stop actin' like nothin's happenin'
When we've got 6-billion dawning truths setting 6-billion different
suns on
you
But we 6-billion gods are all still up-in-arms over what it will cost
to
follow through
So that YOU can be ME forever / My friend / At the same time I get to
be YOU
So ya can rock me, Brother Rock
And you can soothe me, Sister Soothe
Like one / Big / Bang -
Beause I don't believe the big bang really happened yet.
I think a small bang mighta went pffft.
But the big bang / Is just on its mark / Gettin' set
And is REALLY / Ready / To go
Kinda like a slow tornado / Growin' / Larger than 6-billion words
Movin' faster than a sky that flies farther away / From every square
inch of
us racing birds -
It looks a lot like it would if just / One brain / In the heart of
this
place / Rose up
To the actual size / Of the actual voice / It actually contained
Into just 1 head / Singing just 1 song / With a word
And 6-billion looks on its face -
To see a monkey play BASS / BASS
To feel a back-up diva / And'er back-up faith
Goin' off
Like one / Big
bang.
--
Source:
Litrave.com: 8.17.01 - 8.31.01
http://www.litrave.com/pomonaroadtrip.htm
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Hope this answers your question!
Best regards,
Scriptor |
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