SHE SAID- NO!

SHE SAID- NO!

Ricardo Antonio Garcia

The

Greenwich Village preachers name

was John.

He said

the kid

was a bookie running numbers.

Ophelia said,

he had a hard time in school

maybe needed a Dad.

Tried to connect

but he wasn’t ready yet.

He’s married today

and drives a NYC train, and

he still ain’t ready yet.

Oh I’m sure

he’s heard

a head full of stories

about me

some

I’m sure untrue

but he grew

a genuine dislike for me

even though

he never met me.

Well now

that I am a familiar name

as a poet

thought I’d go back in time

and scribble

a few words about him.

We never

knew each other’s wants

and desires

or the aspirations that drove us.

Hell

he might of past right by me

doing book signings

ya never ever know.

The NYC love generation

is what I grew up in 

and sure

there were a few pregnant women

back then.

Ophelia, actually

kicked down a steel door

and found me

in bed

with another woman, and

I remember

chasing her down the street

in my underwear.

Never knew

what she told the kid

but I will say

I did want her

to come on the road with me

since

Woodstock was happening

I even asked her

if she would marry me.

She said- no.