to take it down is <br />to mix your color to the hue of a horned devil's envy with <br />strokes so bold that even dark eyed bluesmen turn <br />their heads for a second glance with <br />words so raw to raise your mother's brow <br /> <br />removing all trace of pride <br />allowing your image to be as vulgar as your thoughts <br />letting your soul chips fall to the wayside <br />to clatter and spill <br />a few will spin and <br />cash in from the ground they will <br />sprout to grow roots deeper <br />than the challenges of authority <br /> <br />taking it down is a place with naughty thrills, <br />a dark corner of heaven where <br />churchgoers refuse to play until <br />they can slip inside a back door unnoticed<br /><br />Lee Crowell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-answer-to-your-question/
