Ballads and Ballerinas

Ballads and Ballerinas    By: Husam (Sam) Salman

Hum me a tune of long days ahead While the man by the lunch truck Is shooting dice and speaking Spanglish, Red Jordan’s seems to have snake-eyes I don’t know if that’s a good thing, but he takes money from his honcho’s hand Laughs and rolls again. More words fly into the lunch truck At jumbled speed – circuslike With hands in pockets wielding The bills solution A day’s long hours are cut By the sounds of devices and horns Spilling in from streets through Open warehouse door Notes of humming drift in Signifying the feelings of the time And the closing of another day.