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uncle willie’s travelin’ roadshow

Jack Henry

rolling through day light -
ambiguous storm clouds
litter pale blue skies
& thunder impacts
a final crescendo
as the road calls
3000 miles from home

washinton’s burning
thick honey sunsets
skies too heavy yet
nothing will fall

maryland makes me smile
people seem friendly
a prostitute spreads
her wings and
i feel like captured bait

angels lay in heaps
along black asphalt highways
their wings in tatters
they used to cry to heaven
but tears have all dried

jersey’s a hormone
pulsing through my black blood
veins -
ocean city flashback in
room 23

new york, a blur, wistful contemplation -
only time for
pissing and
a forty oz. malt liquor

hudson valley melodies
linger thick across my lips

connecticut surprises
middletown beatitudes
i read to save my life
but nearly slit my throat

there’s passion and fire
in the midst of millions
they burn the fantastic
and i’m suddenly alone

back down the turnpike
90 miles per hour
plus and climbing

virginia is a bad handjob
from a hag in the corner
she’s got no teeth, no vision
but a five’s all i got

nine minutes until sunrise
when i bump back to
los angeles
i gather my bag
and make sure i kiss the dust

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