good times

by Lucille Clifton
Clifton. good times. The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton
my daddy has paid the rent and the insurance man is gone and the lights is back on and my uncle brud has hit for one dollar straight and they is good times good times good times my mama has made bread and grampaw has come and everybody is drunk and dancing in the kitchen and singing in the kitchen oh these is good times good times good times oh children think about the good times