you look at me with the most aching eyes.
the virgin mary appearing on the flat face of a parking deck
perched above the flat city like a flag with only grey stripes. and bird shit
coming down one half.
those blue eyes masking something else which is unplaceable
the grey shock of hair the english coast on the irish sea swept by currents
no now part of your hair is failing and you wrinkle the side of a house made from stones collected from the sea.
sure i have seen your orange jumpsuit.
because you are sweeping up plastic cups along the highway i am driving on.
there are two dogs standing by in case you give up. they have sharp teeth.
sometimes they are used for biting. when you stare into
their oversized black pupils which have no feeling.
there is nothing better than that. i am driving in a car
eating french fries and dipping them into ketchup
scooped out of a hole i dug in the middle of my thigh.
owls are not thinking when they sit still in a tree for three hours.
neither are people, i don’t think at least.
they are watching sunbeams and starting to forget everything from their past.
have you heard the sound a clarinet and a cello make when they play together?
i have heard it when i press down on the accelerator of my car. it is beautiful.
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i like several lines from this poem.
i am specific in my comments.
good point ashley
someone is not an ex con if they are in the jumpsuit.
a change is gonna come.
ryan and ashley, you guys want to come over to my place tonight?
i am watching us rugby vs munster at molly o sheas from 3-is-6-ish or so.
after that me an allison can come over. call me.
ian my favorite part is the scooping ketchup out of a thigh part. i don't know why.
ian i know you like COPS too (the show not the uniformed gentlemen). have you seen the new show by the same people it's called Inside American Jail or something.
this reminded me of it a little bit. everything in real life reminds me of tv.
daniel, i don't know that show, but on weekends late night msnbc becomes basically the prison network and takes you inside jails like pelican bay.
possibly the greatest thing i have ever seen.
i must be some sort of sadist.
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