december 10th 1982 1am sleepless in the the neurotic wastelands she has fifty two cards each has a face none of them are mine but the jack of hearts is there and with her childbearing hips they could pump out a couple of rug rats start their own little civilization here on the backwaters she gives me a ride to the edge of the glades and drops me off at a truckstop in the rain
december 10th 1982 4:22am the salt of the earth diner on route 1 with the waitress chewing gum at the counter staring off into the distant light of highrise miami a sheen of sweat glistens on her deep tan but its not as sticky or deep as her mind thats wandering out in the Catskill mountains looking for Johnny Appleseed
december 15th 1988 10:00am doves take flight in the soft white afterglow of day with a stir of wings and her tender lips let slip of her longing for innermost peace her eyes seeing nothing but the golden glow of some distant day some half remembered day the time i wait for summers sweet song has been far too long this is a winter world
december 15th 1993 1:00pm leaning over the balcony rail she shouts her smiles down to the regular faces on the rows road petticoats of fine linen and her hair up shes a sea of smiles as they all shuffle in to see the show Broken Bernie and his girl Christa who snowbunnys down to the neon Florida sun round this time of year
december 13th 1996 6:00pm desperado's gather in the setting sun hunger in their eyes between the rock and hard place and with a hard eyed thought they move into the town she pours him a cup of coffee and lays a hand softly upon his shoulder urging him to stay and leave such things to lesser men but he knows he must rise to the call to do less would be treason to his nature to do less would betray everything he has stood for
today, now* the words waiting on lips as i stumble out of sleep make little sense at least to the waking mind but the world makes little sense when fully awake so this dream fragment hardy seems out of place wearing a stove pipe hat chewing on a whales tail and chatting with Abe Lincoln my guess would be he wanted his hat back