for JMR on his 62nd
waiting in a long line of
memory to get one
glimpse of you back then
handsome and half drunk
in that LA sun more crimson
than the Red Mountain
we drank lifeboats of our
poems smelling like panties
the drugs just an
afterthought and
criminology a subject
yet to whisper our names
how many highways
shimmer now with the
runaway ghosts stretched
out before us like one
long solo they ain't
looking back why should
we look back not much
time left now man it's
just another hangover
another small time hustle
check out her ass there is
nothing left to prove
it don't mean shit
to a brother