Missouri Jane


I can't complain
but
who cares?
apothic red is here,
and the tv is working.

must be the devil.

she is here,
gun in purse.
we are prose
with tearducts.
better than the conway,
downtown kansas city.

stonewall jackson eyes.
I remember that ugly dress.
funny mornings, toast and coffee.

the love we made
and the songs we made-up.
let's go here.
let's go there.
let's make a deal.
to not make a deal.

for all the ways we can love
we can not kill each other
with enders and knives.
loft apartment love
and lost aparment love.
drug our fears,
drug out years.
say the magic werds.

la da da dee, la da da dum dee.
humming in mud.
banks of rivers.
bars called Beef.

let's bury this in crude oil
with mosquitoes.
somewhere in the town between.