Winkum, Dinkum, and Drod.
The Lawfirm. Saturday and the night has fallen. Carrol
calls Smith crow, winter calls me tomorrow. Summer
calls me when I am with Carrol. Lou lowers his voice
and whispers. Answer the day phone.
I answer your question. Summer
is never alone and Carrol knows her name.
What? I don’t have his voice? His talent?
Or do I? Says the table, says the chair.
Is Tony Lou Reed in Bakshi’s American Pop… it stands for tomorrow.
Bring me a flourish of silver.
Bring me a calling.
Bring me three dollars and I’ll tell Lou your name.
Bring me dollar for a candy bar and I will walk off and cry and come back
and have a new friend. Give me a Pepsi and I will
tell Carrol a secret.
And the doors never open but they close.
Tomorrow is a soldier whose hands fall
to his side who has never drawn a weapon
only a smile. Come here Carrol. I have
a new girlfriend named Suzie. Whispers
and drool pantomimes. I have seen a secret in Heaven
when I dream upon valleys and shores. I dream.
And then I dream of you. And then I die. And what of Suzie.
Who cares.
September 