Kansas Calling Midnight
python asphalt stretching road
python asphalt stretching road
plain nighttime dark,
plain nighttime dark,
reflectionless,
reflectionless,
onwardless,
onwardless,
visionless
visionless
laid out drunken boxer,
laid out drunken boxer,
memory of static AM jazz radio from Rochester,
memory of static AM jazz radio from Rochester,
memory of my long dead father,
memory of my long dead father,
memory of escaping from Amerika
memory of escaping from Amerika
to find America,
to find America,
last chance to breathe free
last chance to breathe free
head west
head west
dig the vastness…
dig the vastness…
memory of 3:00 am
memory of 3:00 am
long trucks to Denver zooming past,
long trucks to Denver zooming past,
memory of distant suggested mountains this coming dawn
memory of distant suggested mountains this coming dawn
emerging from my consciousness,
emerging from my consciousness,
memory of static dreams from Paterson teenage bed,
memory of static dreams from Paterson teenage bed,
blueberries,
blueberries,
Motown 45s,
Motown 45s,
sunflowers scattered
sunflowers scattered
four windows down
four windows down
Ford wagon tearing ass 85 mph
Ford wagon tearing ass 85 mph
saluting the miserable flat wind
saluting the miserable flat wind
defining Kansas,
defining Kansas,
the Kansas that was,
the Kansas that was,
memory of a Kansas midnight,
memory of a Kansas midnight,
memory of a runaway car,
memory of a runaway car,
memory of a runaway son
memory of a runaway son