Transformation
Now When I Die Bury Me My Hat Luck’s Roach Livin’ Mmmm Snake Crawlin’ Bite Across Town Hot Red Light Blues Mama Baby Only One Around Old Cryin’ Blues Sung Her Bedroom Lots Red Hot Thigh Slappin’ Jazz Man Heated Me Up Transformation DarKen Sneak Night Day Tourists New Suit Kiss Sweet Baby’s Ass Goodbye Bad Thunder Town Witch New Orleans Blues Jazz Poetry Jack.
Now When I Die,
Bury Me in My Hat.
Right now my Luck’s, so so,
Some Roach been Livin’ in My Hat.
Mmmm mmm mm m,
Mmmm mmm mm m.
Beautiful Snake,
Crawlin’ in my room.
She look she about,
To Bite.
Shake out the Roach, put on My Hat,
Head Across the Town.
To one Hot Red Light Blues Mama,
Baby, she Only One Around.
She sings Old Cryin’ Blues,
Sung out her attic.
She sings Old Cryin’ Blues,
Sung out her kitchen.
She sings Old Cryin’ Blues,
Sung out her dining room.
She sings Old Cryin’ Blues,
Sung out her living room.
She sings Old Cryin’ Blues,
Sung out her bathroom.
She sings Old Cryin’ Blues,
Sung out her basement.
She sings Old Cryin’ Blues,
Sung out her courtyard.
The only room she ain’t singing,
Old Cryin’ Blues, Her Bedroom.
Lots of Red Hot Thigh Slappin’,
Jazz Man.
Sung out,
Her Bedroom.
Heated Me Up so,
Transformation.
I turned DarKen,
Now I can Sneak better at Night.
Always thought,
Day for Tourists anyhow.
Gonna buy me a New all white Suit,
for under My Hat.
Kiss Sweet Baby’s Ass,
a Goodbye.
Bad Thunder it out of Town,
Before a Witch come my way.
Transformation
Metamorphosis
Now When I Die Bury Me My Hat Luck’s Roach Livin’ Mmmm Snake Undulating Bite Across Mississippi River Hot Red Light Voodoo Blues Mama Baby Only One Around Myal Ashanti Obeah Religiosity Afro-Creole Woman Mystical Magic Roots Her Being Ancient Cryin’ Blues Sung Entranced Believe Naked Blood Lay Earth Candles Opened Up Herbs Supernatural Powers Fragrance Oils Bridal Chamber Moanin’ Red Hot Thigh Slappin’ Jazz Fall Deep Trance Tastes Smells Moves Moans Feels Submerged Body Flew Off Skin DarKen Metamorphosis Young Man Tares Vessel Fire Engorged Thundering Hammer Heart Death Inside Will Escape New Moon Night Day Tourists New Suit Ticket North Intercourse Kissed Beautiful Myal’s Ass Goodbye No Way Out Bad Thunder Town Witch Panama Limited Time Forevermore Breed Renegade Rails Safe Out Of Angola New Orleans Blues Jazz Poetry Jack.
Now When I Die,
Bury Me in My Hat.
Right now, my Luck’s so so,
Some Roach been Livin’ in my Hat.
Mmmm mmm mm m,
Mmmm mmm mm m.
Beautiful Snake,
Undulating in my room.
She look she about,
To Bite.
Shake out the Roach, put on My Hat,
Head Across the Mississippi River.
To one Hot Red Light Voodoo Blues Mama,
Big boned, Baby, Only One Around.
Myal, voluptuous, curvaceous,
Ashanti named Obeah, Religiosity.
Practitioner, Afro-Creole,
Women.
Myal got Voodoo, Mystical Magic Roots,
Wound deep in her hair, hidden inside Her Being.
Myal sings Ancient Cryin’ Blues,
Sung out of her attic.
Myal sings Ancient Cryin’ Blues,
Sung out of her kitchen.
Myal sings Ancient Cryin’ Blues,
Sung out of her dining room.
Myal sings Ancient Cryin’ Blues,
Sung out of her living room.
Myal sings Ancient Cryin’ Blues,
Sung out of her bathroom.
Myal sings Ancient Cryin’ Blues,
Sung out of her basement.
Myal sings Ancient Cryin’ Blues,
Sung out of her courtyard.
Myal Entranced me,
In her courtyard.
Made me Believe,
Stripped me Naked.
Covered me in a warm,
Blood red fluid.
Lay Me,
Upon the Earth.
Inside a burning,
Ring of Candles.
The Earth Opened,
Up around Me.
Myal massaged my body with Herbs,
Supernatural Powers, Fragrance Oils.
Myal sings Ancient Cryin’ Blues,
Sung to me in her Bridal Chamber,
Myal teaches me Moanin’,
Ancient Cryin’ Blues.
Red Hot Thigh Slappin’, Jazz rhythms, rites,
Myal makes me Fall Deep, in a Trance.
Man, how Myal Tastes,
Smells, Moves, Moans, Feels.
Myal Submerged me into her Body,
I Flew drenched.
Myal lifted me Off,
The face of the Earth.
Myal makes my Skin smolder,
I Turned DarKen.
Metamorphosis,
Young Man, Tares Vessel on Fire.
My member Engorged,
With Blood.
Every Thundering Hammer beat,
Of my Heart, neared Death.
Myal took all of Me, in,
Inside her Being.
I had the Will to Escape,
With the New Moon, Night.
Always thought Day,
For Tourists anyhow.
Bought a New all white Suit,
For under My Hat.
A disguise, a Ticket North,
From Intercourse with Myal.
Kissed Beautiful Myal’s Ass a Goodbye,
For one last time.
Before, No Way Out,
No Return.
Bad Thunder it out of Town,
Before another Witch come my way.
On the Panama Limited, just in Time,
Forevermore Breed.
Renegade on the Rails,
Laying back in a sleeper car, until Safe,
Far away,
Out Of Angola.
Metamorphosis
Crescent City circa 1971
