Nanshi wears black
For the "sombre" proceeding,
Like she's back selling "flares"
From an Arabber truck.
You've come a long way babee
To a place in history,
Not exactly Fort McHenry
But a cut above Pigtown at least.
Does the road ahead
Look like Liberty Heights,
A way out of time and of space?
Or it is just another labyrinth
In hopeless Locust Point?
It's hard for you -- or us -- to know ...
Except that they'll still be standing
In line for fried chicken
In Halethorpe no matter
What goes down,
They'll still complain
As if nothing has ever been done.
