jim behrle
The Charm of the Highway Strip
����������������������������������������������� for
Fanny Howe
objects in the mirror are mirrors
����������� backbeats
help strip it clean
����������������������� we're
watching Al-Jazeera & getting high
����������� beneath
a gray anvil of history
where are the poets? check the
discos
ask a stranger I'm fast and danger
����������� madly
past shiny convenience and
����������������������� cute
but reductive theories of inaction
����������� come
take a seat upon my anger sword
sonic booms that got stopped by God
they had big dicks for hearts
����������� black
telephones to light the way
����������������������� in
thievespeak, sorry, how would you say
����������� "go
ahead, gas up the family tank"
our boys march over hymens to
victory
the title was lifted from The Magnetic
Fields' cd, casting it in a twisting light, like "enjoy the vistas of the
road, you drivers, while plunging our country into countless wars for that gasoline."� the line "where are the poets?" i
credit to anne waldman.� some stolen
lines from ill mitch, russian hip-hop skateboarder (illmitch.com).
jim behrle edits can we
have our ball back? �WHO
ARE THE BIG BOYS? (with matthew wascovich) is due out very soon.� e-mail him at [email protected]