ON THE CONEY ISLAND BOARDWALK,
I SHALL NEVER DIE
Mel Waldman
On the Coney Island boardwalk
I shall seize an apocalyptic moment
dropped from the sky
I shall never die
On the Coney Island boardwalk
I reach for a pristine flash
shot from the sky
in a split...
to reveal
the meaning of existence
when I caught
the primal fire,
the furious force
lit my flesh
fried it fast
in the last moment of my life
the heavenly heat
was a knife,
separating soul from flesh
revealing
releasing
a whirling ghost
waits,
for a cold wind,
a holy howl,
to rush across the sand
& resurrect the dead
