ATHENA
ATHENA IN DYSTOPIA
Crusty bookseller Edwina places my
slim volume next to Bukowski nearing
ee cummings!
On the way to BOOKMOBILE he
would share his dreams A cowboy
ideology the farm horses grasslands
Ever planning the Great Escape from
suburban netherworld
Flat cement parking lot beat up trailer
near Overbrook (street names decidedly Utopian)
Cigarette smoke curling out of window
Green Impala Cowgirl dismounts
thumbs crooked in pockets Enters temple
of the BOOK
Neat rows coloured spines slight smell of
mould Looking for a crack in the universe
to crawl through Now down the stairs Impala
growls Cowboy watches me carefully flicks butt
Black poodle stirs Giddy-up
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SPRING 2014 for the Horseman Lee Atkins 1921 – 1989
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