Highway 88
what did you take me into the mountains to see, Melda?
a willow twisting in the wind?
nobles in Prada boots?
a coyote I saw, lying dead on the double yellow line. I
would have moved if off the road, but you said no-
"would you deprive the crows of their meat?" I dont
know why. On the afternoon I saw the other one
on the shoulder. Did I miss it on the morning pass? Please
say yes. If only I had tossed the other to the side of the road!
What did I take you into the mountains to see?
Willow reeds twisted by mortal hands
or bankers in Armani suits?
Saw you one or two? Or did your eyes see what I saw?
Saw you two dead brothers, where I saw two
brothers reunited in their original form? Would you
have left the one to mourn the other alone? Did the blackbirds
make a nest of your hair, or wer they picking cobwebs? Please
Say they were saying hello and not cursing you.
What did we go to Amador to see, otorno?
Strands - woven from old roots, hina. Too deep for nobles.
With noses too dull to find them.
What a hopless case- I had to take him Past treasure island and kirkwood.
On El Dorado Hwy up the hill from twin bridges to cool his head
Until his tears froze in the snow before I dragged him home:
Look, bozo, there's one covering his scat... and there's another
in the tall grass on this side of the barbed wire, watching the cattle.
and there's another, hunting mice in the alfalfa...
What did I take you to see?
Neither guns nor liquor can free
the earth from flowers stars and trees.
Can we PLEASE finish this Wukking Exercise! Dammit - next time I'm sending
your invitation to Keikosan instead!
