Lovely Things

Mar 02, 2006 23:57

I'm working on a novel right now. It's very fun, and I'm very into it. I was working on a totally different project for my senior project. But, I've decided that I'm just going to keep working on this, and make it my senior project. I've got about 40 pages done, and I figure I'll have at least 60 by the time I'm supposed to turn it in.

Your heart of gold will touch others.

I've been listening to a lot of jazz lately, and French singers. I wrote a song verbally abusing Travis and Adam's band. And, among other new things, I wrote this.

THE SUNNY SIDE

North of the Ohio a little
yellow building of arching
metal swoops like an orgy
of McDonald’s logos just
a jump from Louisville and
don’t they know it!

“The sunny side of Louisville”
in superman letters acrost pamphlets
the happy motto of southern Indiana
I pocket some coupons for best
Bar-B-Q joints and look out
the expansive windows spread
between yellow beams.

The man behind the desk
is a huge orb of friendliness
tottering over to find Famous
Dave’s pamphlets and a puppy
skids acrost the floor with the
scratching sound of claws on
slick clean tiles.

The man thinks business
has picked up with the slogan
which is way better than “Next
to Louisville” or “Close to Kentucky”
and when we leave he stays
his skidding puppy and him
so close but not there.
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