Pride

I was born today yet again
Feeding my red nakedness
To rainbow-eyed music heads
Bobbing to pseudo beatnik beats
Carrying curly smiles

I feigned wisdom through a cunning mouth
That invented existing rhymes
And sang flowered songs
In a hungry flavoured voice

So they came
The twisted claps and lauding lips
I saw the invisible rising of hips
And the encouraging aroma of darkness-drips
I stood and smelt my incensed pride

So I let my happiness climb
Through the evening of brand new handshakes
My name hanging starry bright
A legend in my head

And when the curtains dropped
The feet, they walked away
With them, each held the peal
That faded like a sunset
Leaving my smile to face the black felt of night