Come home honey now
from your late nite doggie walk
while car alarms and
two girls shriek
on dreamy dates
with college guys
Was that a dog's cries?
Come home honey now.
Not even you can
black belt defy
that reckless Harlem chill
Are those screams now?
Are they real?
Come home honey now
so I can hear those paws
that scamper on floorboards
like rinsed beans dancing in a sieve
Let me hear the key turn in the lock
and the leash tossed on the table,
so I can unharness my worry
let it drift off with city noise
like dreamdrops to a star
and you take off your coat
as I toss upon my pillow
Mr. Fur-belly's wet nose nudging my hands
and panting in your space
He'll soon be off to his place...
So come home
honey now.
