next door gypsies

irish traveller man 

smokes a joint 

while irish traveller boy 

plays ball, in the tall 

yellow grass
and it kind of looks like
he's havin' a mighty blast

but on the other hand
irish traveller man
looks sort of troubled
as he smokes his joint
and stares at bits of rubble
on the yellow grass
side by side, together

tattoos cover arms

paint covers tattoos

and then, he whips out 

his blackberry

and gypsy boy

runs a hand through his 

raggedy mow-hawk

hmm and she told me about
him and his little brother

who got rammed by a bull

horns touched body
he's lived a life so full
travelled the world,
totes unschooled

nine years old yeah,

to be a gypsy, I swear
that be the life