Monday, August 4, 1997

what he said

loud old man…
“and a trash can
rosemary spice
up the plate
bet you can’t wait
another minute
jump right in it
spin it, just to
begin it,
I know all about your mind…

iced tea with
grapefruit juice
up all your defenses
add water and ice
down a swollen mind…

smoke in an eye too
understand the complexity
of a situation
that may, in fact
fix itself and chewing
at the gum in a mouth
of a dirty old man
on a mission
to search and destroy
drink from a broken
mug shot taken
and process information
and the hot cakes years ago
couldn’t compare to last night,
I can’t tell anyway
the lottery number tricked me again.”
and without missing a word,
this is what the old man said…

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