During a party somewhere in the southwest

by R.K.H

Posted to Poetry on 2002-01-08 12:25:00

Anna
A would be preppy girl straight out of New England
fell into the river and floated down stream
She eventually hit her head on a big rock and was left with a really big bruise
On her forehead
Before that she had been chugging tecate
And falling into the bushes
Making out with a young man wearing a codpiece ,glasses
and a cowboy hat
I think she dropped into the river after falling asleep
To his long story of why he was destined
To become a big Hollywood star
At one point I overheard her telling a group of girls how it was really no big deal to be approached on the street in New York and asked to be photgraphed
by a fashion photographer
Oh, but first, they make you smile so they can check out your teeth, she explained
That night Paul I gravitated to her
And we drove around everyday
For months
It was then I was educated in the theory
of punk band as meaningful passage
Into the artistic realm of self knowledge
However
It was really no surprise
When Anna moved to Prague
And noone ever saw her again