no am. Be!

no am. no m'am

Be! that's me.

coming

and

going.

can't sit

still

in transit

can't lie

not I

en route

reboot

rootin toot

life

a hoot.

*

don't need no peppercorns

to syncopate

the zigzag gait

to flop my feet

bleep my beat

crunch my fleet

suite

down towning street.

*

don't need no updo

redo

make do

soft shoe.

*

ain't no mountain dew

undo

in this retreat.

no cheat sheet.

just bittersweet repeat

constant tweet

time's sharp cleat

on bleak street.

*

quoth the raven, never?

ever!

the throbbin' bobbin'

weavin' despair

with nar

y

a care

or rhyme

of regret.

*

and yet

somewhere

a shimmer/glimmer

dar

ing flicker

feisty spicy wacky

flare.

*

of More

and Most.

host of

redo's must do's can do's will do's

new shoes

to reuse

refuse

old views.

*

ain't got no need

for peppercorn feet

got lots of shoe horns

new born

greenhorn

timetorn

eager morns.

*

still time

for Yes

*

I guess.

*

c. Corinne Whitaker 2014

Note: In her role as a hard-living, wild grandmother in the recent film "Tammy", Susan Sarandon put peppercorns in her shoes to simulate the walk of an aging granny. The New York Times review of Sarandon's performance is revelatory.