September 1, 2003

  • Taking Turns

    i'm sorry i
    probably just missed you and
    maybe i should've called you but
    spare time ain't been spare
    nor languid nor lazy,
    just crazy
    lately.
    and sorry i
    keep weaving in and out of
    open lanes of communication but
    damn i get sleepy
    on long bending roads
    of fate,
    at the wheel but not awake
    as places i've been,
    time and date,
    can't be spun back on this plate
    where all grooves lead to
    finally being centered.
    i can't see shit
    these paths are black as night i
    think that light by
    the side i
    saw was you but i blew right by.
    i'm sorry i
    just missed you,
    but if you can wait
    i'll be around again
    sometime
    before the song ends.
    and i'm sorry i
    am sorry i
    am sorry i
    just
    miss you.


    - hominy grits, Jerry Ponce