Should I tell you
A Secret!
I know something
About you
And maybe
You dont know it
Yourself!
Now, now
Queen Candace
Did you know
Your mother
Was much more
Forthcoming
Than yourself
Guess what?
Your favorite
Day of the whole
Year is?
Christmas
I know that
And so does your
Family
Every year
They have to hide
It from the neighbors
As you celebrate
Your very special day
Your Birthday!
Do you know why
It is always that day
That Norma gets paid?
What is a woman to do?
Her husband got caught
Stealing from the Navy
Those Gillette razors
Were more important
Than he knew
And his name not
Even the same
But stuck with it
Those long razors
Were good for more
Than keeping the Navy
Clean shaven
Good for cutting throats
He was adopted
By a couple
Who ran a school
One of which
He ran away from
As soon as he could
They kept taking him back
Until he got stealing
From them
The old lady in the chair
Hated him for what
He took from her
Her husbands belief
In human beings
Some people are never
The same afterwards....
Poor Norma
Grew up poor
As an immigrant family
From Germany
In a new religion
That required tithing
Which meant every single
Penny they earned
Had to be reported
They did not have
Room for a stray daughter
Who got hooked up
With a criminal
And one with another wife
They told her at the prison
San Quentin
Is not Rykers
But it is still fierece
Anyways he could not
Provide for her and
Her two children
So she went to work
As a charwoman
Just a little clean up
At the theater
And no one would know
Her hours were after
The kids went to school
And before they came home
Of course
Ken decided to be his dad
And not go to school
Which is how she got caught
Having kids to feed
She had to do as she was told
But it was not too bad
Her husband was going to die
They told her not matter
What he or she did
She had to find
Something else to do
Which is why
When the baby arrived
She was certain her life
Was about to change
All she had to do was
Raise it as her own
See now I bet you
Did not know
You were adopted!
Caught you
Never ever trust
A woman with a secret
She told me one night
When I was not even
Paying attention
And she had no idea
That I knew who you were
How I came to know
Her is another story
It was more being
In the same place
When she was having
A moment
Of regret or something
Anyways
Candy your name
Is not candy or candace
But Christmas
That is what she was telling me
Why do I have these coversations
It is not like I am
Jewish or anything
Not that I am antisemitic
It is just awkward
Anyways she told me
The whole story
Not knowing I knew you
Let me see if I cant
It straight
You were an unwanted
Bastard born out of wedlock
To an innocent woman
She did not even know
She was pregnant
A married woman
Whose husband
Never you know...
Some women in theater
Do that, marry one of those
Who dont get women
Pregnant
Anyways she was not sure
How it happened
But it had happened
And she had to go
All the way to....
Where did you say
You were born?
I recall it was on the
River somewhere
You just did not know
Which one of them
In California.....
I hate to tell you
But you may as well
Call yourself
Rivers.....
It was not a river
But ....
Rio de Janeiro
Thats Brazil
By the way
You are not
A dirty little
Brown Mexican
Nor an ugly American
But a cute little
Brazilian Nut!
Do you know
How many times
I have been given
Brazil nuts?
And wondered
Why me?
I know where I was not born
And you on the other hand
Are an illegal alien
Without the right paperwork
What does John say
Anyways about that marriage license
You do know
That if you don't have
The right name on it
It is not legal
Nor legitimate!
Too bad, and hope
They will not find out
Down at the ICE
Hmm, how many times
Have you claimed
Your special
Christmas gift
From me or mine
The one day of the year
You cant get caught
Any other day
But that one
After all you might
Get kicked out
Or something.
Oh John
I have to tell
You something
That little license of yours
They is a mistake
The spot where it says
The name of her mother
It is not Taylor
But Stucker
And I hate to tell
You but you wont find
That name anywhere
On your wife's paperwork
You see her family
Changed her name
One of the grandmas
Was African American
And they just could not
Get caught with that name
So they changed it
Good luck in finding it
But your wifes
Should have known that
Before her adopted mother
Had a complete meltdown
Really, how do I get
Into these things
My mother was having
A heart attack
In a location outside
The normal
And there she was
Having a complete
Breakdown about something
Anyways you never
Did tell you husband
About your miscarriage
The one Norma took away
From you and got rid of
Before you came out of your
Stupor
Had to put you under
In order to have
Something you did not
Know you were having.
Merry Christmas
Keep on looking
And you might find
That you are seeking
I will give you
One hint
The middle name
Is Elaine...
Anyways many people
Dont know who
Their ancestors
Were before they were born
Amora for instance
Is one of the better
Known Pirates
Of the time
He was actually
A Corsairs
Which means he had
A legal license to
Rob other ships
During war
He was Spanish
Operated out of the
Canary islands
And Cuba
Had a Cuban wife
And son
But his family were
Canarians
And he robbed
The English
The British
Were his enemies
Funny thing about that
His family line
Are Spanish
With just a hint
Of cough
Jewish lineage
Not a good thing
In those days
Conversos were sentenced
To life in the New Spain
Many, many Mexicans
Are not Catholic
But just don't know it
As for him
His real ancestor
Was of course
From that other island
Known as Ireland
The last name on his
Birth certificate
Should have been
Peck instead of Perez
This guy named
William had a Puritan family
While the rest of them
Went to the colonies
Over religion
Eventually
Producing a guy
Named Gregory,
This guy changed his name
To Guillaume Perez
Fleeing to Spanish
Territories
Hence those islands
Off of Africa
One never does know
What is hiding in our
Closet does one?
I do know who
My parents are or were
We went to court
Enough times
I did not like
Carol but then she
Was the one I was born
To and not any of those
Other frauds
Even know where I was born
Can you guess?
In heaven!
I bet even your
Betty does not have
The real location
It was on a plane
In the sky
Should have been
Named Sky
Huh?
Instead of Aurora
After the aurora borealis
Those northern lights
Were dancing around
As those cries
Came out of my mother
Why or why
Did she do that
I have spent my entire life
With the idea that my mother
Just wanted to have her way
And could not understand
Why I would not just
Crawl back inside
Her womb as she did not
Want me to be born
In the first place
And you better not be
One of those crazies
Thinking you are going
To get away with calling
Me you daughter
I am not going to tolerate
Being your daughter
How would you like
A nice long trip
To a place with
Padded walls?
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