Little Richard Little Richard

"The Over Whelming Bird Inn"
And had crashed there for what they thought would only be a few nights
But wound up being trapped for the rest of their lives
And as time, hope and memory passed
Desperation was the most prevalent thing in most eyes
Desperation, confusion and hunger
Amplified by the basic drive to survive

Most times some of them would devise a plan
Others amongst them, out of fear, would sabotage it
Bind their wings behind them
And Soon you would find them at the bottom of the
Over Whelming Bird Inn
Tired
Pecked on
And With the combative weight of the others pinning them down

I was one of them who fell through the bottom of the rotting tenement wood
Our cries for help were ignored by the blind elders who had labeled us worm haters
(Debaters) "Worthless Chirps" who'd been "sentenced to cell hurt
By the wilt Of the Floor"

In starving desperation, we began flapping around
Some of us struggled towards a small pinhole sized light
That grew increasingly bright
As we worked our wing's atrophy out
The strongest of our break away crew
Took a leap of faith
And fell into flight
Some of which circled back to tell the others
Only to be stoned down as ghost sisters and brothers

There are almost none left who can fly
Who are still willing to attempt
To open the eyes of the mostly
Blind and confused ones left behind
In the Over Whelming Bird Inn
But there is talk of plans being laid
To try"

Ronnie Lee Daise