Put the Poem In the Basket: Public Access Poem 04/28/2021

I abandoned the 24 hour broadcast after only twelve and half hours. I had gotten slightly sick, and as I am beholden to none so far as the broadcasts are concerned, I canceled the event. But I was back at it again today - no days off. I had only two words written when I quit last night: "goodbye horses,"  a reference to the classic song. Using those words as a starting point I clacked out the poem below. 

Cue Lazarus 

Goodbye Horses. Tripping over

the red carpet all the way to Oz, 

tin heart roaring in Jack Ruby 

Vans, scattering crows swilling

emeralds drinking Red Bull -

all the while I'm crying over you.

Sputtering syllables must mean something 

if directed at someone. So I lasso the 

twisters with my tongue, crystallize

memories of us and sell them with

tin foil hats and anti-government

bumper stickers. Goodbye Horses, 

I'm crash landing next to you. Each time I get 

lit I miss us. Your aloofness gives me wings.