errol miller
ON TIME
Now this
is the dimlit story:
all the leathery ladies
of the rodeo
will wither away
Shangri-La is really real
and the Tin Woodsman
works for Texaco
tomorrow, in the shade
of Cebia trees
a New blue Way, Cisco
see you later in
that ghastly bubonic ending
where artificial aids do not work
all the bars are closed
and the lilac-scented hills
of Southern homestead
have simply departed
for their long and tragic stay
somewhere near Star City.
