Back in the USSA
back in the ussa back in the ussa yeah we’re back we’re back in the ussa and it is the very first day of august and the and the and the fog is so heavy that one might think it rain but it’s not it’s fog it’s not rain it just looks that way
it’s fog thick and rich like the milk that drips from your momma’s teet thick and rich
back in the ussa back in the ussa lawdy lawdy we are back in the ussa i touched my toe into the water of the goddess i walked the steep furry mounds that surround her waters her holy waters i spread my arms and kissed the sky she smiled
and it was good it was very good
i spin around and around and around until the dizzies slap my face brightens my cheeks and the world spins out of control but that’s oh kay that’s all right that’s oh kay we’re back in the ussa
it’s not rain it just looks that way
just looks that way
it’s the first day of august and it’s a sunday and we have the month before us the whole month ahead of us ain’t that something ain’t that grand ain’t it so ain’t it right all right all well
all right
it’s not rain it just looks that way
and the garden has a grey tint to it and the hot tub beckons but i ain’t interested and steve earle sings to me but i ain’t captured today i ran through the woods on muddy paths with redwood boughs slapping me with their wet fingers of wonder and snails darting to avoid my pounding feet my pounding head my pounding fucking heart
it all seems so easy sometimes what about the others
jesus walks the fences between the houses on our block dancing on ivy tiptoeing on rotted redwood beams atop some long ago misunderstood lattice and the crows sit in the boughs of the big tree in the middle and caw their dismay and the j-man skips a stone off the etherous floating fat man tethered to his barbecue
and it ricochets into the side pocket of pure fucking hell ain’t it something ain’t it special ain’t it ain’t it ain’t it just look at the arc just look at the spin man he sure can apply the chalk it sinks with a muted thud and a bit of a clink as it bumps into the two others already in the netting
the crows the crows nonplussed shrug their hunchback wings look at each other look at us turn their pointed little heads and look at us through a single eye looking deep digging deep i’m right here
rip open my gut expose my entrails that’s all they want that’s all they need the heart will beat with or without them the loins though when they take my fucking balls
when they take my fucking balls when they’ve feasted upon the delicacy of my fucking dick though that’s the nightmare eh that’s what none of us want take my fucking guts take my fucking stomach take even my fucking heart motherfucker just can’t take my balls
i won’t i can’t i just won’t let you
jesus walks on the fences and he laughs with the crows he don’t want my guts neither he wants my balls i wink at him i grin at him i blow him a kiss and whisper sweet nothings into the fog
it ain’t rain it just looks that way
and the red light shines
on the streets of hate
where the devil dines
who knows what he ate
it’s a simple thing
trying to stay afloat
if the captain says
without his boat
some things are getting better
other things are getting worse
it’s a situation
much like a curse
and the steel strings of the clothesline moan with the breeze they do moan and the crows croon in some harmony and jesus he lays down a bass line he lays down a rhythm some kind of bio fucking rhythm some kind of ironic wit brought up from the depths of time
it ain’t rain it just looks that way
and all that