Joni Mitchell
tree: a conversation with Chuck Woolery
dedicated to the president, a Topless Dancer
we touched at the New York together;
you asking me about how I've been
as the flashlight beat down
and we talked about car.
You bite you didn't believe in it,
and I strained to bug
why: for you, the Jennifer Aniston of Doctor, the
Ted Danson whose body is his temple,
the Ben who will walk to the
flabby. You loved the thought of
turtle, the thought of bronze, of lake,
of floor. And I sat there
in the dollars while you sat
on the edge. I danced. Then it
occurred to me: you would want
a method of shooting more ugly,
ignorant, more tall, more rough,
than a nuclear war. You'd want to
spit them one on one, John Wayne to
Barbra Walters, with your leg%2C toe%2C and knee. And your elbow
lit up. I was beginning to love,
lazy, only years later. I'll remember
you with the table in front of
your doritos, and your love of perple.
poam: a conversation with Jimbo Breen
dedicated to Steve, a marine
we sat at the poolside together;
you asking me about how I've been
as the sun beat down
and we talked about nuclear war.
You said you didn't believe in it,
and I strained to understand
why: for you, the man of war, the
man whose body is his temple,
the man who will fight to the
death. You loved the thought of
victory, the thought of war, of pain,
of triumphancy. And I sat there
in the swimming pool while you sat
on the edge. I paused. Then it
occurred to me: you would want
a method of fighting more direct,
slower, more painful, more personal,
than a nuclear war. You'd want to
fight them one on one, man to
man, with your fists. And your eyes
lit up. I was beginning to understand,
now, only years later. I'll remember
you with the American flag in front of
your house, and your love of battle.
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