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from Tropic/of/CubicleRoderick MacleanHigh noon 'n tha lights go down 'n Wide Wide Wide Wyoming Yeah that's the ol' Brand ah done burned on this here dump of a quadrant but it ain't stuck Not like ah done after Learnin' Java 'n whatnot Movin' out yonder w/$$ creamy pies 'n ma cowboy eyes which hardly See nothin' presently what w/tha Rollin' Blackouts we got here 'n this Power Plantation called Cal-ee 'N as ma peepers 'n ears adjust ta hundreds 'o monitors fluorescent rods 'n mouths closin' Shop ah see li'l bitty ghosts 'o folks you'd think their souls burned out w/tha 'lectronic extra- Nets 'N dagburn it hits Big Jimbo that Shit 'Bo those tubes 'o glass is tractor beams fer all that's Umen 'n the upload is good 'n ON So here 'mong these shadows 'n 'neath moon surface ceiling Plates Where tha pup yuppies never seemed ta care fer a howdy 'r a how-do Ah take up ma lasso 'n Wranglin' hat 'n say This ain't no rodeo 'n it ain't no goddamn "Meritocracy" neither So go promote Yerself a fella who speaks like yerselves: all saddle 'n no horse Speakin' 'o which mine's is rearin' up Fer us ta ride 'n outta here "Off tha grid" so ta speak Where power 'n energy ain't so much Tha same thin' Adios dark day Ah'm a sandstorm mixed w/a whirlwind 'n this'll be ma night ta howl Roderick Maclean Read Bio Author Discusses Poems |
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