Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Requiem for the not quite dead




What if we all wore black, all the time?
 you know, Johnny Cash close enuf’
dressed in leather chaps to strut our stuff
with fringe naturally
safely buy groceries at Safeway

What if all the cars in the world were as loud as Harleys
Like fast and furious, roar-n-rip, fart can equipped?
V8 Cadillacs making ears bleed decibel drips
Extra sound becoming the new diamond earrings
Too much baby makes her rich

We could all wear corporate logo-ese
People wearing black t shirts with big letters
“MAYTAG WASHERS RULE”
Or “I-PAD to live, live to I-PAD”
 understanding our paychecks pain from afar

 me and ten friends “ride” to Duvall
Only on sunny weekends of course
In our 1996 white Chevy Luminas
All cherried out Sonny Jim, listen
We choreograph a lineup
 a big tinny line of car coke

Proudly milling around outside
Our chests like round red roosters
Dapper dressed in lithe Lumina regalia
We are LUMINA riders, god damn your eyes
We have accomplished something today