Ode to Lead belly

~*~

I would like to sing

Good night Irene,

Irene Good Night

I’ll see you

In my dreams

But that’s another man’s

Fantasy

Who wore a ball and chain

Striped black & white

Work clothes

As he sang

His remembered  troubles

While breaking rocks away

To forget the plight

Of a forgotten life

After taking one

For the love

Of a one night stand.

~*~

He Later dreamt of better times

When he sang to her

Of meeting 

Within his wanting dreams

At a distance he hears

The whistle

Of the midnight special

He dreams of riding

To freedom one day

Will the Midnight special

Make his ever loving

Dream come true ?

~*~

By: William Bonilla

“D’Artagnan”

01/07/08