Mexi-Americana Rockabilly Dream-coats
A poem about crazy beautiful colors and why we need to be who we are

I’m a rocker, I’m a roller, I’m a hopeful thrift store stroller
Finding threads, strumming strings, writing songs, working on dreams
I want people to stare at strange things I might wear
Green dots and hula girls on a buttoned jacket
Western tie, red hair dye and ripped jeans is my racket
Two tone shoes with pink laces and sea foam green guitar cases
Mix it up, feel free, be square, be rare
You are what you are, and who should care?
At last night’s show I jumped on stage like a bat from a cave
The black and blue argyle suit had the cats jump and rave
Jumping Joe grooved in slow, and he looked like I don’t know—
A grunge vampire with silver chains and purple leather of a hazy shade
Dolly Shay had her red skeleton dress tailor made
And it made electric concertos in my mind start to play
My friends, my family, and myself just dandy
Colorful, strange, and exciting like candy
It’s who we are, through the music and the melody of this life
It’s what we like in this mixed painting of joy and strife
Just remember when push may come to shove
Surround yourself with who you are and what you love


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