Crazy Rain

Ah the 80's...

Crazy Rain

..

We're doing the bump
to Michael Jackson's
Billy Jean...

It's a different kind
of Halloween and
youth had us on the

dance floor
showing our asses
on request,
where the D.J.
was dating my sister
and acne was the only
enemy and there was

never
enough hot pink lipstick
in the bathroom basket
at the bars,

when Prince ruled Westheimer
in a purple drag...
on a Cyndi Lauper
girl's night out
at the corner Marriott;
solar kisses at 2am
at the local
Red lights;

teasing up the hair

and
you ...

were the one...
me and Huey Lewis
were happy to be
stuck with;
in the
hurricane's and
crazy rains
that always seemed to be
racing against the
winds;

Antone subs on a summer
bench where
something of yours
had to be touching mine.

When cold showers were
taken together
instead of as a deterrent...
crazy rain,
crazy love...

I look out the back yard
and it looks like
the Seregeti
and there are no crazy rains,
now,
but there is a kind
of crazy love
of a different kind,
that has exanded
into many...

and I smile...
because you're
still you...and
you're...
...still

there...

..

Reviews

[...]

. wow, you bring the 80s alive with exquisitely crafted scenes and details ... and this piece almost plays like a classic 80s love song ... crazy poetry ... and so very captivating ... beautifully written ...

[Michael Lopez]

i totally dig this... "solar kisses at 2 am." that rock'd ...

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

What a great poem, love the imagery and the creativesness about it, a fun read!

[Eve]

lol, my only fan, but my truest :0) I love you back my awesome poetess friend! Did I really do it? Did I get you back into writing? pfffft pahlese, as if you COULD write a bad poem...hurry hurry!!! write write!!

[Tara]

OMG! lol....I LOVE the nostalgic feel. I am there! Right along with you....and him....and cyndi and prince and the lust of the night...Ok...that's it...Im writing I dont care if its good...I gotta get back to it...I love you!!!