Sunday, April 20, 2025

the BOOK on the shelf
I've gotten in the last few years
it's got some stuff 
I haven't 
READ
by
some people I think I love
& some stuff 
by people 
I think 
I should ALREADY have read
BUT haven't 

& the cover picture I feel like has GOT to be
HOCKNEY, right 
& the McCoy 
MIGHT 
NEED
a PLANT 
but I'm resisting 

OH
I JUST 
REMEMBERED

WALKER'S JUNGLE florist
it was like it was up in the trees SOMEHOW 
it was SLIGHTLY elevated
BUT 
you walked up this little 
PATH

I WISH I could 
REMEMBER the VISUAL 
BETTER 

AMERICA
has a QUALITY 
WELL 
in fairness more than one

it's TWO sides
MAYBE 
MAYBE 
more than two, whatever, stop qualifying 

SPINNING STRAW into GOLD 

is the image I got
ALTHOUGH 
I'm not sure that's the best analogy 

& THEN there's parts of us
that RISE to the
SURFACE
EVERY now and AGAIN 

the HEAT coming off them
f*CKing MELTS
the GOLD
and having been alive and part of the
AMERICAN experience 
at the SAME time 

SMUDGES 
their 
GOLD 
on your 
FOREHEAD