A Polaroid of young people at a beach
and the tale of the white Donald Duck tank suit
dripping with the full catastrophe begins . . .
A return to the days of then
soundtracked by 45s
the carefree exchange of goods and services
Jerry's Long Strange Trip . . .
high heels clicking on a 4 AM sidewalk
following an n of 2 or 3 or 4 . . .
all legs and arms and hair and words
streams flooded with binge
when . . . fanfare, please . . . a bread truck
rolls onto the scene
with Henry Miller at the wheel
Can I give you a lift? . . .
so you climb on
for yet another ride
costumes aplenty
experiences aplenty
memories aplenty . . .
Regrets? . . . A few . . . You too? . . .
La-di-da, la-di-da, la, la . . . à la Annie Hall . . .
years later . . . an ice storm cometh . . .
its outage an insult to the Age of Crocs . . .
The world teeters on the edge
of Hawking's uninhabitable . . .
yoked to this and that . . . this and that . . .
and your hand . . . their hand . . . a full house . . .
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| Antonio Palmerini |