New Moon Over Manhattan
Differ, argue, belch and holler,
Call for another beer and beat the table,
beat the table, bam, bam, bam.
Mixed company we keep it straight
no probing bulls or bulrushes,
bam, bam, bam -- outslips
our pocket protectors...
our toothbrushes,
and 30x mini-scopes,
then
architectural conservator's
last instruction,
scribbled on an envelope,
undecoded prescriptions
for clean flashing probes
hanging
from our
naked heels
from the
limestone crenellations of the parapet.
"What?" Bam, bam, bam...
"Hey Gus, can you read this scribble?"
Differ, argue, belch and holler,
"Yup, dats wud it says rot dere. Dats wud it says."
"Oh, man, I don't believe this!"
A pounding bam, bam, bam
alarm to morning to work we go we
find the headache dental pick in hand,
"Oh yeah!" bam, bam, bam, "Good morning!"
All smiles and cheers,
repointing our foibles and flaws.
"Yes, Mister Dick, we understand."
Bam, bam, bam.
Patching limestone with concrete
concrete with limestone,
as per the instructions
handed down from some nearby cumulus
sans dove or eagle but the NPS briefs
have an edict, a covenant we can only
wonder if he read them and if so
did anybody bother to tell him
this is sandstone?
We are re-building Hoover Dam
I say, re-constructing the F'n pier-e-mids
you think, but no:
this condominium was built
in 1920 by a troop of exotic
water nymphs on laudanum and we need
to preserve it special
like pickles and jam,
or worse like his deceased grandmother's
dentures.
I think, forgive me,
I thought, forgive me,
speak not a word of common sense,
my hands are headless
it is all a dream I plead
temporary insanity cause
we are short on hydrated lime and
Portland's plaque is overcoming
my state of mind...
I vow I'll show this numbnuts
diddle brain conservator
a stunt or two.
A little brush here, a little rush there
yellow polypropylene rope and ankle bracelets
kinky knots, drooped Dockers, whoosh
and wham bang rang it mangle it there it be
a toothbrush stuck in a dangling
new moon over Manhattan.
:)
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][<en Follett
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