Tuesday, June 08, 2004

1136

The rocks, bounding on the ice,
Make a metallic sound
A hammer on a guy-wire.
I want to jump on the crunch
Of the stream, I'm watching the flow.
Running, kicking the hard top
When I lift my feet, and I'm alone
With all this space but not too much.

Loneliness, out of order
As a subject, for all time. What
Must it have been like to look after
Double-you Double-you, off on a walk
Even when he was home,
The original cowboy Willie
Nelson said not to let my baby be.
A long-distance lawyer. Chambered clam.

Being nice is hazardous to your health,
As is thinking there's a way to live.
Only live, is
Highly recommended, and comes with
Much unavoidable suffering, tra la.
I want to go on that walk again,
Accompanying someone, as in music.
Spoken word with footstep percussion.