He
used to meet the most beautiful women
because he was an odd figure
who drew cuts with his eye directions,
seeming like he had a photographic memory for the
notes in his head. Everything came out in smooth phrases
like there was a scroll up there
and he knew he would tell it to the judge some day:
‘Born
to Run’ judge by Bruce Springsteen was performed publicly at
The Roundup in Norman, Oklahoma on July 8, 1998 at 9:17pm.
Back at the motel now,
and he lays his badge on the table now,
a man free to show his allegiance as modern
roaming sheriff of the copyright,
looking for that
lateral
promotion move to the Treasury Department, where I could
really do my stuff and turn my corners like I wanted to.
And he lays down his keys and his
entrance tokens and he
pulls out all the
receipts for the expense report feeling kind of
glazed from the stale tap beer from the long tubes into the basement
and he
turns from the mirror to the chair
I’ll
treat this one right;
won’t think of the ex-wife when I
bang this one
and he whips out the Fifty in a grand way
turns from the mirror to the chair and takes off his
pants at the edge of the bed like a chore.
£
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
© 1995 Daniel X. O'Neil
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