Dirt Street Café 

many fortunes,

rooted in the orange spots

on the lesser leaves we spotted

walking along a dry lake bank

splinter lights

discourage with factual fantasies,

distant tenement laughter,

an illusion to us now-

grandmother lives forever, hah!

so when you follow your crowd,

why pretend to not be paying attention?

maybe you should forget about oneside of yourself,

so you can

concentrate

on

one

thing

at

a

t

i

m

    e

like some sound of the Music

pulsating a bittersweet Blue Light in our faces

try whirling your head around a few times,

notice how the rest of your body

don’t mean a darned thing?

someday we’ll meet up again,

and i might consider speaking out loud to you

black eyes, tears and all,

for your weakness and my weaknesses

somehow might work together

THERE PLANS TO BE A SITUATION

REAL LIFE REVEALED

BUT DON’T THINK YOU’RE INVITED

JUST CAUSE YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM AS US

gotta ride in hard and fast on that buckskin,

and try unzippin yr eyelids, fella,

cause

it’s NOW

THEY COME TO DRAG YOU OUT

BY YOUR NIPPERS

whats this here talk about

n

 o

 n

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                    s                 d

                 e               l

              n           r

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e  in the w 

Does pretend shit appear by itself

or after someones manufactured it?

Then go tumblin on, Johnny,

park your back to a Dirt Street chair-

ITS STILL NOT

TOO LATE

TO QUIT YOUR OL CAFÉ!

1/23/71

Paterson