they're riding in the back
and the dogs are in the front
when the house is burned
the chimney still stands
the trees are all november,
they look so thin in front of the sun
who forgot their damn hat,
if you are who i think you are,
life is easy;
just avoid the mirror,
and go to bed on time
the tire tracks look the same
the leaves, however, are new
and dead
let them dogs loose
let them damn dogs loose
hes on the bank
owning no boat
he painted a new name
on the old boat
theres another warrant out
who can keep track of court dates
an old lover will show up
she'll look up from below
with mermaid eyes
later she'll get you drunk
and she'll be drunk too
you'll drive home
drive on home,
feel like a rock
skipping on the road
there are some places
that have no names
tomorrow morning
there will be a line;
a line to wait in
crossing the bridge,
you will see one white sail
between two shades of blue
union boys
werent ready
of course
the general was shot at once
the mississippi regulars
drove the bluebellies
off the cliff
they landed on the wounded
and sunk the boats
before he died,
the general said,
"one blast upon his bugle horn
were worth a thousand men"
in the summer,
a black carhartt
and long hair
the things we need,
water, a dimension
a cot, arms
raise red lantern,
it doesnt matter
if the master visits me
today, tomorrow
or never
all people
are a head
on the hydra
raise red lantern,
drain blue cup
are a head
on the hydra
raise red lantern,
drain blue cup
one of the sick heads
forever sick,
raise red cup that poisons
force the rest to drink
never go into the woods
hoping to meet someone,
they'll be far out, wasted
or 'getting exercise'
never go anywhere
hoping to meet someone
i went to the top of the mountain
and took a nap
when a boring person
meets a curious person
only one of them is bored
i drive by places
where i would like to sit down
to see what was there
knowing well,
i would be bored
before the duck flew out
the duck is in the reeds
there are snakes living there
every night i dream of a duck
the duck doesnt read
it hates sunday
the duck once saw a waterskier
tangled in a family of water snakes
she gives flowers
to them that smell bad
and fans herself
like shes swarmed by bugs
she taught me how
to use a sword
before the duel
she dips it in poison
she fights in the desert,
but i caught her lookin at me
in a church
"memory is an exquisite snowman, saying
i am made of the same stuff as the earth that bore me
a snowman is like a spermacetti candle
shedding tears of wax as it dies"
you bastards,
who stuck this crab
in my apple bunch
i cant pick a basket
without the skeets
taking what i earned
what i earned
god dammit
i moved my tent
closer to the woods
away from the pond
everywhere has too much meaning
if you take it in more than you should,
it could make you do rash things
in the name of the heart
here,
like every place,
where a war has been lost
is a cripple, and mean
it spends its days on the porch
shooting at stray dogs
when the cow died
i scooped it up
with the bulldozer
i drove on the road at sunset
and nobody followed behind
the cow was in the blade
its head hung loopy
like grampa's smile
its head looked down at the road
a plane was flying above us
and left a tiny puff trail
old earth,
its the flea bit dog in the space pack
it goes around the sun
it goes around the sun,
and its so damn old
the blue parts
are still healthy
when i took the cow to the hole
young boys had crowded around
they were acting simple
and crazy
their hats were backwards
also their pants
at first i was going to say
oh my god boys, get back
get the hell back
go home, take a bath
and beat the video game
but why shouldnt they watch?
i dropped the cow in the hole
then those boys
those naughty boys
they danced until
a small one
cried like a loon
as a young surfer,
i hated the french canadians
they showed up in vans
with boogie boards and flippers
my dream was bad
i rode the wave and fin sliced em
i told em to get the fuck
outta my way
with that fromagé
they kicked like guppies
in a warm bath
damn im a bad guy
damn what a bad guy
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