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Homecoming (Victorian Stylie)

rambo

Mucho gusto, me llamo autoridad	1

Bed-ridden—	2
the oxygen machine takes up the living room.	3
broken arm in a sling—	4
bleached cotton against blistered skin	5
frozen in	6

wheeling around a saline IV	7
brandishing tattoos of a forgotten life…	8
smoking cigarettes—daddy’s gonna love one and all	9
And we’re gone—	10

We ran down the sidewalk,	11
I lagged behind and started coughing,	12
You grabbed my hand	13
and carried me along –	14
your PF Flyers never touched the ground	15

you’re only a dream but I’ll never wake up--	16
we passed the back-alley slums of my mind,	17
you took off my shades and pointed to the Sun	18

you took me to church and sang gospel music,	19
I spoke in tongues and you understood.	20
Your voice rattled my bones until I gave in	21
It’s such a strange homecoming	22

As we all play parts of tomorrow,	23
You took away what I had to say—	24
I know we can’t all stay here forever,	25
But I’m beaming, ‘Cause today I found my friends,	26
(They never say a word)	27
Neither do I~	28
We live it up— you know we never get old	29

Not too late, through my deathbed— under the bridge	30
I’m through with broken arrows and stinging pistols,	31
Midnight raids and mortal combat,	32
The march of the wooden soilders	33

{France}	34
* Color-bleached Bastogne.	35
Penny-Royal blue china,	36
Set on a stalwart table—	37
Second floor [exposed]	38
A crumbled wall—	39
Ave Maria milks the rubble,	40
From somewhere (not too far away)	41

It’s such a strange homecoming.	42
A Victorian reformation blossoms—	43
My eyes see what I’ve always known,	44
What has been told!	45
I wear my beer gut like The Medal of Honor	46
I’ve llegó * all you protest kids?	47

04/13/07

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