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
e ?
s d
e l
n r
s o
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