may we all be heard
words are bells
let them ring!


Thom World Poet Austin, Texas, USA
Global Radical networker and activist for promoting the live Creative Arts,
at every possible opportunity, especially in his home-city, Austin, Texas, USA


Saturday, July 2, 2011

YOU ARE YOUNG ENOUGH TO HAVE YOUR HEART BROKEN (AGAIN)

and to break her heart /in returning
You are new enough /to drum in a band in Casinos interstate
for enough money to pay your bills
You are raw enough to be in a van with 4 other boymen
the smell of lost rising like the heat/wave.No romance this
Ride the waves,boy!Ride your horses down every road!
You have a tattoo for every arm.No names on them.No name son you
Desert Storms/Siroccos swirl around every female oasis
And when you break/you mend/with a dose of drugs or love or drink or new tattoo
until your skin is a map of where you have been.Soon you will have tattooed
your eyes,your ears,your skull,your feet-you know this..Where you are -is Paradise!

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