Ostriches
and Camels
White Bliss scratched
Mr Munson scratched
Spicebomb change overcheck
The American Kings go on
at ten
complete with lights and
Morricone’s theme
The Good, The Bad, and
The Ugly
Elvis hips swing, the
velocity of slicked back hair
ancient couples in
matching t-shirts, matching socks, shiny shoes
swing, get low on carpets
that are an ocean on the
right drugs
Jimmy Reed covers as the
Pens start
period three, on one tv a
latino jockey
rides with an American
flag
they superimpose him and
the flag
layers of patriotism, all
the glory
Rickenbacker and Gretch
pretty in the backlight
nurses and business men
leopard prints and sequins
do the shimmy, the swim
the bunny hop, white hair
bobs
along to Louie Louie
The Pens are going down
The tv advertises stud
fees
ostriches and camels june
sixteenth
Corona bottles turn red,
lost in lights
as patrons cheer the first
set
shiny shoes still
shiny
a man from buffalo says
Why are we even looking
at ice
it’s goddamn fucking
June?
--Jason Baldinger
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