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TAMMY B. PATTERSON
Can I Get Your Mother's Number
A balloon was rescued
Something more precious as the feel of the moon
the smile of a child
You conversed with baby girl as if I was not there
Suave, and you were debonair, wrapped in confidence, I wanted your power
Baby Boy
Arms around my neck,
Legs around my waist
feeling your heartbeat, I begin to hum.
The vibrations make us one
Rocking side to side, I say,
"Halil, I love you"
and you grunt with embarassment
Lying on my bed, your favorite place to be. I can see everyone in your face.
Observing your body language:
Right leg over left knee, and hands behind your head.
I am seeing my father as a two year old man
The light around you says you've been here before.
I ask, "Halil, who do you think you are"?
"Mommy move, can't see tv."
Can You Feel Me
How can you see me if your eyes are closed
How can you caress the wetness of my woes
Will you ever see my light
This divine beauty that shines in the night
How can you hear me if your ears are deaf
How can you hear words I am to preach
Give me your heart
I can heal a spirituality God's child can feel
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Gentleman Wanted
Heaven send a gentleman
One with a song lovely as piano music
One that make me feel beautiful when we dance to it
Heaven send a gentleman
One with respect, honor, and security
One that will reform me to a little girl
Leaving Atlanta
+if you died today, what do you want done
-if I died today, you mean how do I want my funeral
+yeah
-who gives a fuck, I'm dead
+ok
-why planning on killing me or something, where did that come from
+I'm saying, what if you died, what do you want
-I guess if i did it would be you who would take care of things, I don't have anybody else
+I know that
-Man put me in a pine box and keep the money
+I'd tell your boy, "Kenny thought you was a punk bitch anyway"
Look at Me
Everybody knows I'm not smiling
Everybody knows my soul is broke
Everybody knows you hit pause and I'm not dancing
Everybody knows I'm in trouble
Everybody, except you.
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Catch some love and put it in your pocket.
Don't save it for a rainy day.
Love Music
Finger tips and lips, kisses in the middle of the night
Hugs, so tight, wish I could push back daylight
If you can catch a collection of butterflies, cast your net below my spine
Tina and the R sitting on the Hill, sounds are so sweet, loves are revealed
Mirror me, and make it two
Fantasy: One for me and one for you
To feel life, rest your head close to my womb, it's the secret of beauty,
Tied to Earth and Moon
Lover's Quarrel
It is a sin the way nastiness can pour from the mouth of
two Angels in love
All I want is for you to walk these finale days with a
Lighted umbrella
Mommy
I hope you're here forever
rubbing my arm and telling me I can do anything
Never let a man's wrong keep me from being strong
I love it even when you suck your teeth, because my
hard head won't accept the knowledge you preach
You seem to always know where I want to go. You feel my soul.
I hope it's reflection when I smile
Relax
Rise and inhle
Take my hand and relax
Slip into a comfort zone, I got your back
Fall into a dream, and release your fears
let your spirit fly
I'll kiss your tears
We are not ment forever, change is constant
Water a little love
Listen to your conscience.
Saturday-its mid morning
A gentle, you can't see me, but I got your back type of breeze
a life of her own she sashas through the house, sliding against me
just as I dezone from thought
Life like and full of play she carries the pine sol and spills it into the air
then dries the kitchen floor while I shower
what a pair
Take the Blame
I'll be the devil that robbed you of your trust
the demon that took control and made drugs a must
I'll be that bitch in your life
fuck her man and his wife
I'll be that thief, the violator in the night, got your security and your manhood, 'ight
I'll even be the liar, I didn't see, say, hear, or touch shit
all the while, tit and click getting licked
Your fam? Maybe your female friend or your man
Don't trust shit! Anyway. I ain't an all that chick
I'll be that fucked up individual, My man I'll still belitttle
turn off my pager and model sexy panties for a stranger
I'll be all of those things, if you need me to be
What I can be is the sun in the rain, the prescription for your pain
Kenny, I'm a flower in the storm. How long wil it last?
I'd like to be your future, not your past.
Niggas and Nickels
Come and go like time
Niggas and Nickels
aint worth a dime
Hard to live for the future and enjoy the now when you can still feel the foot of the past
on your ass. Mind over matter, and the strong survives. Careful not to kill my spirit,
because yours died. Count your moments to find they are intertwined with a thread of
waiting. Like I said before, I'd never take your shine.
Time to Go
I need you to go
I would love for you to stay
Together would be beautiful
I lost me when I found you
Maybe I should be stronger
Maybe you should lighten up
This is not love
This is not respect
This is not what I want.
Words of a Pig
Hey, what's up
I was sitt'n here reading your poems
and I fell in love over again
Baby I can't be mad at 'cha
So what's up, you try'n to see me tonight