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Kerouac burnout
Springsteen hopped a Cadillac for Tijuana
& took Dylan along for harmonica backup
it’s a long ride down the road to nowhere
but we gotta be there when they free the hostages
we can orchestrate our own hipster punk crusade
get high on thunderbird & lemonade
smoke guamura till we fade to grey
‘cause all the good films were made in black&white
I’m looking for a new gig
anyplace where they don’t know my name
maybe I can set up a poetry thrift shop
at a truck stop this side of the Potomac
I booked a room at the Hotel California
we’ll get low & burn down the night
drift to the neverland in our tattoos
& I’ll keep you close in my be-bop dream
made for lovers
there’s a girl who only comes around
when I’m passed out drunk
but I’ll meet her sometime
at a carnival or a sidewalk café
& when she asks me if I love her
I won’t know what to say
I’ll be there when you read this
& when the little guy’s getting billy-clubbed by the cops
where men stand in line at the soup kitchen
‘cause there ain’t no work
women & kids dressed in rags I’ll be there
& when they pour the sacramental wine
made from the bitter grapes of Wrath
I’ll be there…
(Art: William Mortensen)
Published 27th Mar 2016
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27th Mar 2016 8:55pm
A freewheeling style full of illusory thoughts and references...kind of see-saws between reality and semi-consciousness...provokes words into action. Nice.
27th Mar 2016 10:03pm
28th Mar 2016 4:44am
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28th Mar 2016 12:43pm
Love it...
There may be a competition here... a write in the style of Kerouac... It would get me back into my copies of ON THE ROAD and DHARMA BUMS...
Then follow it up with a competition... a write in the style of Hunter S. Thompson...
I loved you poem, took me right back into my Subterranean days...
geoff
There may be a competition here... a write in the style of Kerouac... It would get me back into my copies of ON THE ROAD and DHARMA BUMS...
Then follow it up with a competition... a write in the style of Hunter S. Thompson...
I loved you poem, took me right back into my Subterranean days...
geoff
28th Mar 2016 4:21pm
This is beautiful lyrically ... Reminds me of a show I just watched - HBO's VINYL - the show constantly begs the question ... What happened to real music?
... I feel the same is being asked with your reference to Dylan's harmonica
... I feel the same is being asked with your reference to Dylan's harmonica
28th Mar 2016 6:25pm
29th Mar 2016 5:29am
i'm with taryn ltm would not recover the loss of your art, mister feddeler.
beautifully lyrical
xo
beautifully lyrical
xo
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29th Mar 2016 12:00pm
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29th Mar 2016 3:32pm
The weaving of words, marvelous! We all need a change of scenery, if only for a short moment. Love, love, love visiting your page. I'd be sad to search for it, to no avail....
