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