white lady
sparrow
rosebud cheeks
stilettos from the ghetto
once covered your feet
my brother from another
mother sold them to you there
down by the ocean
near the fisherman’s lair
checking out the blanket displaying his ware
you bought his Prada knock offs at 30 bucks a pair
white lady
sparrow
rosebud cheeks
look at you now
a company chief
a tiny rigid powerhouse
you perpetrate the earnings
of the power infrastructure
you set the public’s yearnings
power suit displays you
cunning in its style
sexy but no nonsense
with legs that run for miles
white lady
sparrow
rosebud cheeks
look at you now
all fancy on your feet
you got your Prada it’s the real thing
Gucci, Jimmy Choo—
those Manolo Blahnik pumps rock all over you
from here to there you made it girl
a real Cinderella
with a gigolo dressed up to pet
your dazzling faux fella
did you get him on a blanket,
checking out his ware
down by the ocean near
fisherman’s lair?
Brenda Warren 2012
Process Notes:
The prompt at NaPoWriMo asked that we take a line from a poem and create a new piece from it. The first three lines, which are repeated throughout this piece are lifted from an old poem I wrote. I’ve been wanting to try my hand at a rap style piece, and I think this one is heading in that direction. Thank you for your visits, and reading my work.
That’s ten poems, one each day, for ten days. Hoot! Hoot!
undercaws 
Good choice on the first three lines — they work really well. I especially like the first stanze and:
stilettos from the ghetto
once covered your feet
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Thank you, Annette. I like those lines, too. It was fun to see what would come from them today.
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Ha!! If you could only have heard me!! Rap indeed! That was fun, Brenda! Great words to be reusing, too!
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I’d love to hear your rendition, Hannah! Thanks for sharing your fun.
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Love the beat and rhythm of your rap poem, Brenda. I think I could almost jump rope to this one!
white lady
sparrow
rosebud cheeks
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Oh goody! I love the jump rope connection. LOL We’d have been great buddies back in the day, Marianne.
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rap ditty, indeed. this flows, big time…and would go straight to the top of the charts. 😉
i especially love:
“stilettos from the ghetto”
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Hee hee! Thank you for the great compliment. 🙂
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I definitely could hear this rapped! You’ve got the rhythm down pat.
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Thank you, Mary. I’m pleased that you think so.
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I think you did a great job with this style of writing, Brenda. Not an easy task.
Pamela
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Thanks Pamela, I appreciate your support.
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Formidable. I’d love to hear you read it.
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Thank you Viv. I’m pleased with this piece, too. I’ll keep tweaking it and “rapping” it. It might be fun to memorize…if I’m not too old. 😉
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