Tonight's Write

A poem by Leo Shelton

Tonight when I start to write, yeah every night
I will again have butter pecan ice cream
Slightly melted and running
Big ole bowl of wonder
Cream up under
Crumbled up Famous Amos bite size cookies
Chocolate chip and pecans
Cause labels matter
When they are defined by you
Represent true who you are
If writing don’t get me far, okay
Pay my bills another way
And write, and write
And write
My history in other ways
Say what I want to say
Tonight
While I start to write, yeah every night
I will again be having butter pecan ice cream
Slightly melted and running
Big ole bowl of wonder
Creamed up under
With crumbled up Famous Amos bite size cookies
Chocolate chip pecans
Sticky hands
And this…