Folks You Can’t Forget
There are people
I hope to see
lolling on a cloud
in Heaven some day
but hope never to see
on Earth again
when I go out to buy
a cherry Coke
at a drugstore counter
with silver stools
and red seats
and a girl
named Norma Jean
on one of them
legs crossed
but not a blonde yet.
These are people who
have been a problem
in my life
nice people
I hope to see
lolling on a cloud
in Heaven some day
but hope never to see
on Earth again.
Too many homicides
as it is.