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soul drifter
Senior Member

since 2004-09-08

Posts 711
Colorado

0 posted 2011-08-14 05:54 PM

The Big Heat

The Big Heat is comin'
tumblin' like a slum drummer
out of the steamy underground
to stare me in the face
and I dunno how long I've been on this case
or all the gasoline drunk on the chase
and all the girls of leather
and all the girls of lace

They all just wanna trip until the dawn light splatters
like a tomato thrown at a singer climbing ladders
out of key, out of tune
out of a cigarette fog moon

The weatherman said
it's gonna be a hot one tonight
a hundred n' ten in the shade
beyond the downtown light
and I swore a non-involvement clause
but somehow I get embalmed in her claws
and all the girls of chaos
and all the girls of laws

And I need a strong cocktail of doubt and self-pity
but it won't ever wash the grime from this city
in a pool of black blood
in the sound of an awful thud

The Big Heat is slummin'
thumbin' the interstate runnin'
into a palace of beautiful sin
to pass out on the dash
and I dunno how long this junk's gonna last
or the tequila sunrise pullin' up fast
over all the girls clear
over all the girls overcast

They all just wanna steal a drink from my gun flask
and keep me distracted from my hardest task
a mystery to unwind
in a bright white chalk outline

Yeah the Big Heat will come
the rain simmerin' 'round a bass drum
humidity of the sweaty underground
c'mon look at my face
and I wanna know when I get paid for this case
downin' shots with the devil at his place
with all the girls of leather
with all the girls of lace

Yeah I said
gonna be a hot one tonight
hell in the blood red shade
lit by the Zippo of downtown light
and I'm numbed, head over heels over feet
and I lie, I've got that damn Big Heat beat
cap the bottle, close the case
someone please look at my face

Yeah baby can't you see I'm frickin' drowning here tonight?

"If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts"

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

1 posted 2011-08-14 10:44 PM

"i need a cocktail of doubt and self-pity",
mine was a tequila sunrise.
enjoyed your poem,
Ebonygirl

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2011-08-15 07:53 AM

Ah, damn man, I'm sitting beside you as "The Big Heat" tries to suffocate us to keep us from getting the job done. I'm your sidekick, Tonto to the Long Ranger, but you don't have to kick so hard, if you know what I mean. I'm here to take the leftover girls of raw and those of chaste, I'm not proud, otherwise I wouldn't be a sidekick, Pat Buttram to Gene Autry.

We've got a long haul through "The Big Heat," and although it is our worse case every, just gimme a slug of o that gin-mill stuff and I'm good for another twenty-four.

~ I knew drugs weren't the answer. I just had to find out for myself. ~

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

3 posted 2011-08-15 10:06 PM

You just write so fine, you had me tapping my foot as I was reading.

You got the beat, soul drifter~....and then some.

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