World of Opportunity

June 24, 2003

It could be all lovely...

© 2003, by Ebony Zeigler

This is not a bad neighborhood
if you can take all of the drama out of the hood
it would be all lovely.

If you could take the drugs
out of the hood
it would be all lovely.

If you can take the weed &dope out of the hood
it would be all lovely.

If you can take the loud music out of the hood
it would be all lovely.
If they would plant plants
in the hood
it would be all lovely.

If they would grow flowers
in the hood
it would be all lovely.

If they would keep the trash
off the grounds
im the hood
it would be all lovely.

If they would keep the community clean
in the hood
it would be all lovely

If they would bring the church to the hood
it would be all good.....

Ebony Zeigler is a GED student and resident poet at World of Opportunity (WOO), Birmingham, Alabama