the first bum of heaven.

by josh tonkin

Posted to Action Poetry on 2002-10-26 20:40:00

bathed in pools of absinthe while the capsules of deviancy were handed to the children.
sat playing apocalyptic noise to an audience of bums in burnt out underground cellars,
then sent girlfriends away with the original derelict of heaven.
smoked the pristine narcotic ciggarette at tables with a washup prostitute, a psychotic, a photographer and small time dope peddler.
then read newspapers in a low drawl over the sound of a single guitar note,
while the hate filled mettalic voice shouted out words about the love of jesus.
up to leave to cabs sharing with a deliquent old neo nazi.
drank bottles of beer and passed again the first bum.
divine, pristine, beautiful, subliminal.