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Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 4286 Registered: 11-1998 |
Honorable Mention Unfamiliar Julius (Michael Sottak) Golf courses and mansions by the sea the homeless migrating south can't find my way around this town everything looks the same mall after mall until the gated communities black town crack town and the flare of the Highway Painters famous overnight after years of selling their work on US Route One and door to door in white neighborhoods that started here they taught each other with knifes and combs that brought mangrove to life, caught the sun and the cypress the shadows of technique necessity in texture of oil but that is all i can muster to give appreciation to this raped coast the shrew has cataloged my habits underscored them in a litany that probably drove her last crazy and now sends her searching for hubby number four she recites it for my edification to impress me with her memory I guess... but she's got my girls and torques that love for all it's worth so I just leave press "seek" and Christmas songs peek for moments between static stop at the Hess Station shut off my lights a fellow is sitting there atop his rucksack and blanket roll I'm waiting for his line but he averts his eyes stares at the concrete- I hate it when someone can't or won't look at me the temprature is dropping this is going to be a miserable night in the woods In the store I buy two lotto tickets one for him one for me outside I hand him his ticket and a dollar (he's going to need a coffee) tell him I'll see him in Tallahassee tommorrow night when we split the winnings |
