XIV

memories always sally forth
oh my word, how they sally
sallying like wild nudists,

charles manson has this song about a black pirate
a black pirate lives in this one corner of charles manson's mind

charles in the corner, smiling like a burning bush
holding a tiny black pirate
cupped in his manson palms

30 years after the murders,
charles manson is in this corner
glowering at the old hippies

"that shit
god dammit that shit
fucked the counterculture"

my dad used to say when he was drunk,
dad the drunk hippy vet
in his corner crushing a tiny charles manson
in his freddy palms

my mom used to say
she would go in my dads pockets
and find secret candy wrappers

secret snacking dad,
secret snacking daddy a-wanderin'

"everyone has their secrets"
mom smiled and said

i used to walk around looking up
and wonder what else dad had in those pockets



looking up at the sky
you dont see the shit on the ground



so you sometimes step
in it


in the shit

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