TALL BOTTLE OF GOOD MORNING
i got myself a tall bottle of good morning
gonna put it somewhere soft
when the fire gets to licking at my heels
i'll take a good long drink out of it
i got myself a box of cures
waiting for the disease to show
sometimes you get mixed up
sometimes you forget to phone
think i'll go lay down on a beach in Florida
think i'll become a tune
i got myself a tall bottle of good evening
gonna bury it somewhere restful
when the snow gets to burying me
i'll take a good long drink out of it
---Scott Wannberg
TUCSON LOWDOWN
Go, get God a highchair
and his silver spoon
he's been somewhat ornery
howls too long at the moon
go, fetch the clowns
tell the tap dancers they gotta wait
we're rehearsing the Tucson Lowdown
make sure the vision stays straight
Go, take that gun from God's hand
tell him a bedtime story
he's been somewhat sad
forgot his place
we'll still be rehearsing the Tucson Lowdown
give the clouds your name
teach me color
all the coffee you can handle for free
---S.W.
MATINEE AMNESIA
did i write this script?
the coffee went cold
i'll be over in a few minutes
the pain channel asked for subscribers
told the cable company i felt like dumping it
hold the light steady now over this operating table
the seven dwarves came home tired, bloody from the war
Charles Foster Kane hired them for his paper
watch the wind blow Charlie Parker
feel my attempt at sway
the limos they are nervous
ice packs today
cross your legs, here is the six o'clock news
the furious river
unmarked grave
humans should one day learn how to behave
across the formica
down the last block
prune my hedge honey
identification, please
feel my attempted sway
Tom Joad ought to feel a bit afraid
no,amend that
have him come up and play
we got room here
---S.W. |
