Roseland Taxi Dancer
I am unknown in a madcap crowd
In Roseland where loneliness is
The most popular stranger
Wearing the true face of a lie
Playing taxi dancer with the blues
Where jazz is the epiphany of poetry
I dance with you when no one can get
In your head once you are out of reach
Out of town Out of sight Out of mind
I listen to the woes of those who squandered
Cherished kisses from a whirlpool of deceit
With ingratiated flattery and hype
You can’t get everything by giving nothing
But I will love you only when we dance
A fearless waltz or a seductive tango
Your mood swings are my songs:
How profound when someone
With wit knows your worth
Whispering, “Return home
Where your sea legs belong.”
And I, a seagull, old as stale bread,
Smiled like a lovable pirate.