it was that kind of night
it was after the eleventh drink
that i walked out on
janis joplin
and big brother
deejay just played a
slew of hendrix
and i really got a head
i slurped the last shot
and half beer
and damned it all
damned it
like school
work
religion
in-laws
and ricky nelson
driving the wet blackness
almost feeling my teeth
mesh into glass
wipers vainly attempt
to erase the impending horizon
as my eyes take
the white lines
homing in for
the
big
sleep
**********************************************
wherewithal
they sung it well
that song
written for you
arcane lyrics bled
honed pistol arrows
i carry mid-town
one hand on the dial
with jeans and tequila
a razor wit
that can guarantee
one total eclipse
for your open smile
my father lofted a pigskin
and young mother gave birth for you
i'm tall, raw and ready
nearly begging extinction
with radio up loud
**********************************************
deliver the darkness
i bark with a handful of your hair
sweat drips from my nose
your face a fist
solid eyes punching me
as sweatshop women bitch in
poor language on decaying porches
their mad men blasting late news
into laid-off brain cells
how many people follow the slaughter
while i fuck your little heart off tonight, honey
i can hear the thief
banging his car
i can hear the alley cat
ripping off the trash
i can hear firecrackers
i can hear the siren
i can hear a screaming housewife
and the sound of breaking glass
i can hear the pouncing of your body
hump to the rhythm of this night
and i know
this is ugly
understand
this is cruel
this is sad ecstasy
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