Jamisha Once Danced Dressed in Blue

when duck was a word that wasn't a duck
Kalisha drew in her coloring book,
and red kerchief drive by bullets flew.

So Grandma Sadie is raising Kalisha
far from beautiful downtown LA
where, Ladies and Gentleman, Exxon Mobil

and its Board of Directors proudly present
Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite
for your listening pleasure on Christmas Eve.

Meanwhile Keontae beatboxes a dumpster
to Come All Ye Faithful as Jayla becomes
a crip walking back alley ballerina

because he's asked her to be his blue diamond
while giant rats prance in the street.