James A. Emanuel

JAZZ

from the

GOODHEALTH KING

Gone t’ the beach        gotta

Get outta the city

All the other here are contagious of the city

Fever dreamin             Lock the

keys in hot car            can’t    eva lose

Clothes comin off       cruise with ya hands in ya food

Pain of DUES             first of th’ month BLUES

           

            Come in kids an listen up

            That lifeguard  isa piece of shit

            yall swim out as far as yall needa swim

Somethin goin on wit the sand— sticks t’ our hands

Grain gums in d’zigned harmonization

Palm-scriptions recite rhythmic strans of bead         

Slam the door              Vacation down zipper highway

Return                         Complete metamorphosis

Through n to               the DAYSLEEPER opposite

Donchu got the sand   hitchhikes onto carseats

up legs             on yr sofa

what yr dog licked up                         noodley shit stinking

in yr garden. . . one day

                     . . . A Pretty Flower