jj jackman You appeared to me in leaves - index
shadow (3/21/99) Poet: i was talking to a shadow somewhat late last night i had never really talked to one before, he was up tight, we had a lot in common, even though he wasn’t mine i even told the bar maid “bring this guy a glass of wine” boy i understood him, boy was i amazed (she edged the glass upon the table implying i was crazed!) (she thought he was not clearly speaking in misty bar room light) at any rate these are the thoughts he asked me to recite (he’s talking aside to me now) Shadow: look i’m glad we had this talk i appreciate all those looks you took on my behalf they all thought i wasn’t even there you start telling these people about me they’re gonna think you’re a little strange enough introduction tell them this, for the kids you know the f....... word i’ll simply say f-dash and for the s...... word i’ll simply say s-dash etc etc.... but i’ve got to pour my heart out and tell them all just how i feel Poet (now he’s talking to you and you and you) Shadow i know you all know i’m with each and every one of you many times each day you move to the left i go there too you move to the right and so do i, but you never pay any attention to me, you act as if i’m not even there i experience all the same f-dash pain that you feel each and every day when you are crying can’t you see my tears falling, cascading on a nearby fence or wall the only time you notice me is when i’m ten feet tall and then you make a comment like i’m some kind of freak. and my poet, friend, he knew just how i felt he said people do it to him all the time too Poet: (that’s me me he’s tallkkkiing about) Shadow: now i want you all to f-dash listen to what i f-dash have to say you know that i am quiet every single f-dash, f-dash day ev’ry thousand years or so, i like to speak my peace, i’m thankful for this poet Poet: (that’s me me he’s tallkkkiing about) Shadow: he agreed to tell it like it is i’m in a room with each of you sometimes many hours pass away i pour my heart out just like you i cry and i feel deep pain just like you, my plight (you’re in the lime light) is just as f-dash real all attention is around you it seems to always go your way you seem to think that i’m just staring at you you let the outside light shine brightly so i’ll just go away oh i’m better in the dim light i see clearer in the gloom then you still don’t like my presence so you shut the f-dash lights off in the f-dash s-dash room but i’ve got news for you i’m still a burning image as you lie down on your bed science should have told you of a light called infrared and when you blast me off the stage with travel spotlight beams i’m still glaring down upon you in ultraviolet streams Poet: he’s taking over my craft, wow! he learned quick wait i can can can’t rhyme metered verse...... let me try again i be talking trash wit my girl she kinna short she ain’t too tall she got the cash my ass she’d bail i got hammered in the local cell girl, tall, bail, cell!! oh no! am i a rap artist now no worse yet, wait, i’ve disappeared no such luck no i'm a sha aaaaa dow! ow!