little Jack Horner and Molly

Three Musicians and Two Nudes
all of them Castro Street dudes
dealt with life on their San Francisco street
near a corner where little Jack Horner sat watching his thumb
as he pulled in a trick
and pulled out a plum
everyone in the crowd thought he was dumb
eating his Christmas pie and listening to jazz
he took a ferry to Alcatraz
he made his way back home
and gave five guys a happy wave;
they thought they were saved
but he gave them the bone!
on the subject of Chinatown
he juggled balls inside his pants like a circus clown
near the popular Anchor Oyster Bar
one shot would soon become twenty-nine
he said he felt very fine
he made his way slowly over to Pioneer Park
and fell asleep in the dark
everyone in the crowd thought he was a cheat
when he reappeared like a Jesus on Lombard Street
and he wore his pants baggy like a dwarf
panhandling tourists down on Fisherman's wharf
in the heat of the day or up really late
he often camped out near the Golden Gate
with his California date
a sweet thing named Molly
who came in on the F trolley.