Romeo Had Juliette
Caught between the twisted stars the plotted lines the faulty mapThat brought Columbus to New YorkBetwixt between the East and West, he callsOn her wearing a leather vest.
The Earth squeals and shudders to a halt.
A diamond crucifix in his ear is used to help ward off the FearThat he has left his soul in someone’s rented carInside his pants he hides a mop to clean the mess that he has droppedInto the life of lithesome Juliette Bell.
And Romeo wanted Juliette,And Juliette wanted Romeo.
Romeo Rodriguez squares his shoulders and curses JesusRuns a comb through his black pony-tailHe’s thinking of his lonely roomThe sink that by his bed gives off a stinkThen smells her perfume in his eyes.
And her voice was like a bell…
Outside the streets were steaming, the crack dealers were dreamingOf an Uzi someone had just scored.
I bet’cha I could hit that light with my one good arm behind my backSays little Joey Diaz;Brother , give me another tote those downtown hoods are no damn goodThose Italians need a lesson to be taughtThis cop who died in Harlem you think they’d get the warnin’I was dancing when his brains ran out on the street…
And Romeo had Juliette,And Juliette had her Romeo.
I’ll take Manhattan in a garbage bag with Latin written on it that says:“It’s hard to give a shit these days”.Manhattan’s sinking like a rock, into the filthy Hudson, what a shock…They wrote a book about it, they said: it was like ancient Rome.
The perfume burned his eyes holding tightly to her thighs.And something flickered for a minute and then it vanished and was gone.