Erick Harrison was born in 1966 in New York. He is the nephew of playwright Paul Carter Harrison and he enjoys the poetry of ee cummings and Langston Hughes.
Where You Want to Be
By Erick Harrison
Dry leaves rustle softly
‘Gainst the dusty suburban earth …
Dawn’s pink-grey-copper-green sky …
It’s a quiet Saturday morn
You awaken briefly
Then quickly go back to sleep
Into
A
Dream about a lonely town
On the Western Plains
Where there’s a weather-worn house
And a time-worn door
Leading to a sleepy bedroom
Again on a Saturday morn …
Where you want to be.
‘Gainst the dusty suburban earth …
Dawn’s pink-grey-copper-green sky …
It’s a quiet Saturday morn
You awaken briefly
Then quickly go back to sleep
Into
A
Dream about a lonely town
On the Western Plains
Where there’s a weather-worn house
And a time-worn door
Leading to a sleepy bedroom
Again on a Saturday morn …
Where you want to be.
