Sunday, September 8, 2013

Lake Cachuma: Artificial Lake

Even though it was quite wet
And fish would swim and shake
Shake is just the word I choose
Because it rhymes with lake
Fake lake fish shake
Pray the lord my soul to take
My sister has an Easy Bake
My father takes me to this lake

[A fashion designer begins staining the more wooden letters, leaving the "alphabete-plastique" to the latex paint]

Fish in dresses on the runway
Theodore Nugent lives the gunway
Just like hot dogs choose the bunway
Our fishing trip is on a Sunday

My father shows me how to sharpen a filet knife
While he tells me he knows I've been stealing his silver quarters
I deny everything
And he somehow lets it go
He pulls the long thin blade across the oiled sharpening stone
After four pulls on each side
He wipes the blade dry with a handkerchief

My brother's hashish still courses through my 12-year old body
And the song "Stranglehold" keeps me focused
There is a physical canyon between us
That can be seen from the Dragon Lady photos


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