Rotary Park

Rotary Park is safe after dark Neighbors off porches, the playground is stark Wine stained a vacant old basketball court Dwellings surround a municipal fort Don't mind the stories of triumphs and glories Rotary Park is the jam after dark Be, leave and decide, stay and be blind Easy to claim when you've places to find We nearly died, be that inside Grinding the gears of all tides Rotary Park is at peace after dark Chief Pontiac stamped his name on the mark Mystery buried (Be, leave and decide) In flat dominos (Stay and be blind) Twilight atuned to (Easy to claim when) A creeping repose (You've places to) Don't mind the lion hid dreaming of Zion Rotary Park is ablaze after dark Rotary Park is swell after dark Coveting woes in bureaucracy throes Trials by pairings with (Be, leave and decide) Blood on the psyche (Stay and be blind) Victory airings not (Easy to claim when) Sponsored by Nike (You've places to find) Purple potato-faced (We nearly died) Comrade ascends (Be that inside) Vultures encircle (Grinding the gears) Abandoned amends (Of all tides) This morning I woke from a nightmare and fell out of bed And Lo! the ghost of a man ages thought to be dead A smile and a ribbon he wore with a dutiful pose A wink, a prick from the thorn of that beautiful rose Rotary Park is a gas before dusk Don't mind the four savage young horsemen of musk