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I wore my mother's shoes
last night
She wore my
Jimi Hendrix hat
My father bounced a ball
while my sisters ate
jelly beans
I gave my mother's shoes
to Linda
and Judi gave me
all the black
jelly beans
I was barefoot
on top of
the Whitestone Bridge
Everybody was swimming
in the Northbound lane
Judi and Linda
were diving off
an Entenmann's truck
while the driver
flirted with
my mother
who gave the Hendrix hat
to my father
The barefoot boy
wondered what
it all meant
until the off-duty
tollbooth collectors
invited him
to play poker
in the room
below
the finial red light
on top of
the Whitestone Bridge
The barefoot boy
stopped wondering
and could only think of
two words:
THE END
He won $3.50
from the bridge workers:
fourteen quarters
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The music playing at the poker table in the sky
ReplyDeletemust have been Jimi Hendrix' RED HOUSE,
Therefore,
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In a rare moment of pro bono therapy,
ReplyDeleteDr. Raft hereby disallows his patient to say
no more about the Whitestone Bridge:
because your tears will fall
far and wide as an
alternative to
suicide.
Thank you for saving my alternative life, sir
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