Wednesday, March 10, 2010

How To Escape a Boring Life



How To Escape a Boring Life

Go into a cave the end of March
Lie down next to the sleeping bear
Throw your arm softly around her
Listen for her heartbeat

Throw a rock at the neighborhood bully
Watch the blood soak the rag he puts to his head
Wait a minute before turning to run
Down the dark alley

Get on a bus and end up in Mexico
Walk down the streets with your backpack
Left open a little and bulging
Don’t walk very fast

Let the Hell’s Angel come to your place
For a drink or to look at your books
Have him stay over and fix him some eggs
Ask him to let out your dog

Stand on your chair
At the French restaurant
Make up a song for your lover
Get the others to join you

Open your coat to the rain
Step into the fountain
Grab the change at the bottom
And spend it on peonies

1 comment:

Pauline Rusert said...

Beautiful Valerie. -Quite exciting, as well!