Water Damaged

 
Things To Do With A One-Way Ticket
About Me (click here)
The Unblinking Eye of the Lone Gunman

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“the presence of a living mythology
which explains religious practice”

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Have you been baptized?
Yes, I am water damaged.

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EIGHT MILES TO POINT LOBOS already receding in the
rearview mirror singing Allah B. Goode & scanning the dial for
the sound of gulls.   The sun a votive candle in a red jar balanced
on the horizon.   Drop a penny in the water & say a prayer.   Motor
oil incense, gilded sheetmetal icons w/glass eyes, sacrificial beer can huaraches.   Wind whisper in the dry weed vacant lot.   Psalm of the lone gunman.
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Momma gave you a one-way ticket
& a latin guide book
you lit candles & shouldered the load
“It was all about me”

Tide change foam
translucent turquoise extending into the kelp grove
stone cross cypress ledge above
strafed by digital cameras

A mythology of things to do
the cold wind cuts through unblinking
salt grass bending away from the sun

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anointed by waves baptismal

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You are your father’s son
                              genetic namesake
              let go & it’s gone