282. IT'S A SAD, SAD WORLD WE'VE PURCHASED WITH A DIME

IT'S A SAD, SAD WORLD WE'VE
PURCHASED WITH A DIME
I was watching some moment go by me,
(not as Frank O'Hara said: 'I can ignore it;
it will go away without me'), but rather a dusty
James Dean-like poke in the sand - covered in
oil-fake molasses. Whatever brought that out
is today's best subject and I shan't let it go.
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A photograph dangled from his mirror:
a far superior car than the car should be.
Some girl, in white shorts, standing near a
lake and holding a multi-colored ball. Next
to her, looking up, was a small collie.
That was all I saw.
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I could have been 1956 again,
for all I knew. Another guy,
I noticed, was trying hard to
light a cigarette against the wind.