LADIES OF MAGIC...by talile ali
IT'S A SHAME TO SEE
BUT IT'S EVEN HARDER TO EXPLAIN
WHILE YOUR OUT PLAYIN THE FIELD
YOUR KID'S ARE SEEIN' IT PLAIN
THEY SEE YOU GOIN OUT
AND COMIN BACK REAL LATE
SMELLING LIKE TIRED SEX
FROM SOME MIS BEGOTTEN THANG
YOU MAY'VE BEEN DRUNK A BIT
BUT THEY KNOW IT'S AN EXCUSE
YOU MAY AS WELL BE SOBBER
AND SAVE ON ALL THAT JUICE
YOU'RE THEIR LIVING EXAMPLE
OF WHATS CALLED WOMAN HOOD
THEY WOULD NEVER CONSTRUE ANY OF
THE THING'S YOU DO AS NOT GOOD
YOU ARE THE EXAMPLE THEY SEE
AND FOLLOWING IN KIND
THATS WHY YOUR BABY GIRLS ARE ALL
NOT DOING SO FINE
THEY HEAR STUFF FROM THEIR FRIENDS
THEY CAN NEVER TELL YOU
ABOUT THEIR MOMMA'S DOINGS
AND ALL THE BOY'S FROM SCHOOL
BROTHERS, COUSINS, NEPHEWS
FRIEND OF THE FAM, AND PRIEST
WHEN YOU SQUAT WHERE YOU LIVE
YOU NEVER WILL KNOW PEACE
AND THEY JUST GRIN AND BEAR IT
AND KNOW THATS WHAT MOM WILL DO
AND THAT'S WHY DAD IS STEWING MAD
AND THATS WHY MOM'S SO BLUE
THERE'S ARE A LOT OF STORIES
AND MOST OF THEM ARE TRUE
AND IN THEIR TRAGIC GLORY
THEY HELP TO MEND A FEW
THE PATH TO SELF ENLIGHTENMENT
THE PATH TO MAKING DOUGH
THE PATH TO BEING HUMANE
THE PATH A COUGAR MAY KNOW
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poem by Talile Ali
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