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The Pioneers

Crazy as this may sound to you,
Henry no longer feels like a stranger in a strange land.

The country has reverted to Mexico.
Mr. Bones looking illegally wet,

walks into Wal-Mart
and the predominate language is Spanish.

The girl behind the register no comprende
until he Spik in Glyph.

The soldiers: Alurista, Lalo Delgado, Ricardo Sanchez,
insisted this would happen.

But most of us didn’t listen,
and took the low road.

Ye of little faith reap small rewards.
Behold how brown, Texas has become.

The Father, Son And Holy Toast

Henry is old, old; for Henry remembers
Harry Belafonte in The World, The Flesh and The Devil,

as if it was yesterday, oh, I believe in yesterday.
However, not even Michael Rennie can save us now.

Turned-on by Patricia Neal’s sexy eyes
in the low light of the elevator, are ye?

Man can not be straightened out,
fix this guy, and that other idiot goes bad.

Then God looks yonder,
tens of thousands of Chinese die.

Or the moron sends the ocean inland
in search of high ground accidentally.

Henry has seen it all, yet waits for more---
in case that pretty, blonde co-ed edifies him.

Finally though, not even that seemed enough.
We be not flying squirrels, just nuts.     He leapt
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How Better To Void The Fate Of Icarus

Mr. Bones returned covered in ostrich feathers.
Henry looked smart wearing zebra stripes.

Berryman assessed the bridge.
Is it conducive to flight?

Perhaps consult with the spirit of Harry Kees?
And didn’t Hart Crane jump from the bridge of a ship?

Mr. Bones was afraid of heights,
and Hennery, well, so afraid of the deep end.

But Berryman waved to bystanders,
flashed and yearned, showing off his Achilles’ heel.

there sat down,once,a thing on henry's heart


The Scream Songs

I let John Berryman loose at the zoo.
But Henry and Mr. Bones freed all the animals.

Berryman entertained himself with a bottle,
and Berryman entertained himself with a girl.

Henry rode off on a zebra.
Mr. Bones galloped away on ostriches.

Berryman contemplated his past
as if it was his future.

Berryman mistook a bridge for the book
of nightmares he mistakenly kept calling songs

Give Peace A Chance

I let John Lennon loose at the zoo.
Right away he wanted to start a revolution.

He gave the monkeys marijuana.
He gave LSD to wildebeest.

Soon the anacondas were riding Hondas
and Kawasaki’s to Milwaukee’s Finest.

Tigers and lions gave peace a chance.
Became vegetarians, if you can Imagine that.

The giraffe had a delayed reaction---
its neck being so long, its stomach so far away.

The zookeepers shouted Hey Dude,
but even fossilized Lucy was in the sky with diamonds.

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