Yesterday was idyllic,

A kid I was again with custard to lick,

Had BBQ for dinner, nothing different from the norm,

Slept thru the night, but a nightmare I did have, just before the morn…

Inner city lost was I, scared to hell, couldn’t show it,

Rufuz kept running away, wanting to stay it seemed,

With junkyard dogs, didn’t realize how it was did he at that scene,

Had to get out of the city by dark, no weapon a defense,

Fear by the locals, of my “colored” skin, the situation tense…

Awoke with fear, had to adjust to my surroundings again so weird,

Still after a half hour I find myself to be feeling the same fear,

Can’t get it out of my head, just trying to figure out why & where,

It is one of my worst nightmares, this one being quite severe,

But do not worry as the day wears on I will find myself more cheered…

I know my two major fears in life,

Are, one, that of being locked up,

And two, that of being lost,

So the second is the reason for the dream,

But again why do we have them in the first place,

Could it have been the ice cream…?

                        © ed – 8/4/04