Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Originally published online Feb 18, 2021 & in the collection I Do Heroin On The Train Line So You Don’t Have To: A Hitchhiker’s Guide To My Galaxie — available here

Old Town Shuffle by Melodie Yvonne

Everything’s real quiet as we sit in the car
We’re a little down the road, but not very far
How long this’ll take really nobody knows
Right now a pin drop’d make canyon echoes

Then all of the sudden Ike jumps in the car screamin’
“Drive! Motherfucking drive! It’s the motherfucking law!”
“What the fuck?!?! I can’t go! What about Susie?!?!“
“They done got her ass! Now we gotta move, babe!”

We lurch on the road, headlights slicin’ the dark
I point the car north, gonna slide by our mark
It’s 20 and windin’ on 7 through old town
I slink through real slow tryin’ to see what the fuck’s down

I snake ‘round the curve, red and blue lights the sky
I’m paranoid as fuck ‘cause I’m guilty and high
Just a matter of time ‘fore those pigs come and get me
‘Cause I’m that dumb bitches number one enemy

But wouldn’t you know, I got me some luck
I guess it’s a good thing that whore likes to suck
She’s been spreading those beef curtains all around town
And I guess there’s a line to take that dumb bitch down

So I done got there late and didn’t take a number
And I mighta set fire to that skanky ass dumpster
But even the cops thought that bitch was pathetic
And everyone ‘round town was taken the credit

Well, what could I do besides let ‘em all have it?
I been there and done that, survival takes practice
And the only thing better than gettin’ revenge
Is stayin’ squeaky fuckin’ clean in the end

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