ART FROM THE STREET

Zebra is waiting as we set up the HIDEOUT mikes
She is sitting in state with a box labeled ZEBRA(she paid $7 for the box)-
and has mountains of stories she wants to share-
"Your aura is ENORMOUS!-she smiles
(we know each other from Austin streets,where
she has drawn and painted monkeys and zebras
sold them via ART FROM THE STREETS
She would like to exhibit @the hideout
compares her art to the current exhibition
Her stories stretch back to a Stevie Ray Vaughn 70's
(she ironed the rose shirt of Doug Sahm)
Her current adorer (Jason)-is quiet /respectful
She mimes"he is too soft for this world-
it is a crime someone like him is homeless"
(she has taken him under her wing-
she has $500 in her bra tonight.She commands him
to add to the tip jar.(this is before the poetry
and is an act of loving humanity-we
listen to each other.I know she must go soon
Her fate is the heat of these streets-mine is this room
She asks me to phone for a taxi-leaves with poetry/
IS poetry-her eyes have photographic memories
We will meet again,when she will tell you
all that i left out of this story...