throw on that ragged camel hair jacket and head out
wind throwing snow in my night-face
fingers digging for spare change for the bistro
“aha!” i feel that silken smooth luxury of money
lurid plows thunder past throwing slush like
great pawing bison
my socks are soaked but im delighted and happy
my shirt stale my pants need hemming
BUT who cares!! I am a RICH MAN
such sweet chocolate eyes
she takes my crumpled note and drops
change like burning stones into my fingers
comb or brush my hair?? whatever reason??
those treacherous gusts
my nose ring pinchs from the frost
as i thaw my palms on the hot ceramic
mind swirls
Cizaranno Black Russians
i look into the patterns of the Formica
check the ceilings reflections in my
cup
the library will be open in an hour
FREE INTERNET
write in my diary
get lost in a book
in the end
i walk around the frozen strait of
the watertront
daring the damned wind to
freeze me
jacket undone
past the train yards of rumbling
deisels
deliriously happy
suns just a greasy thumbprint
..O..
oh gush
I will embarrass myself if I say everything I love about this. It’s got the raw street truth I love (I think Bukowski would have liked it) along with elegant poetic expression. (enough, Jess, calm down, you will give him a big head)
damn! thought I spotted a typo to bring you in line, now I can’t find it.
Title works.
cheers,
Jess