jim behrle
The Charm of the Highway Strip
for
Fanny Howe
objects in the mirror are mirrors
backbeats
help strip it clean
we're
watching Al-Jazeera & getting high
beneath
a gray anvil of history
where are the poets? check the
discos
ask a stranger I'm fast and danger
madly
past shiny convenience and
cute
but reductive theories of inaction
come
take a seat upon my anger sword
sonic booms that got stopped by God
they had big dicks for hearts
black
telephones to light the way
in
thievespeak, sorry, how would you say
"go
ahead, gas up the family tank"
our boys march over hymens to
victory
the title was lifted from The Magnetic
Fields' cd, casting it in a twisting light, like "enjoy the vistas of the
road, you drivers, while plunging our country into countless wars for that gasoline." the line "where are the poets?" i
credit to anne waldman. some stolen
lines from ill mitch, russian hip-hop skateboarder (illmitch.com).
jim behrle edits can we
have our ball back? WHO
ARE THE BIG BOYS? (with matthew wascovich) is due out very soon. e-mail him at jimbehrle@hotmail.com