Tarántula
Hopeless and Maria nowhere
raggity ann daughter of brazos & teeth in the necklaceornery in the flesh & the border with the big laugh of bullfight ghost & LIBERACION & she; with the leather mother thief & peeking DOS PASOS MAS ee & crazy ALLA LUEGO UN RAYO & insane DE SOL & taking the brothers to bed & to boredom — heat in every corner like the silent parrot by SALA UN DÍA & mad like a hatter & the pig barker — maria ESTAS DESNUDA she digs holes on my eyes the size of the moon while her father, he keeps the hill warm & uncritical from deacons & the youngster missionaries — maria sleep lightly pero TE QUITARÁS cursing blond dynamite & TUS ROPAS… there is a hatchet in maria’s makeup & the spike driver moans, they sound On her sink like the fornicating rattlesnake — friendly on her nature & MARÍA POR QUÉ LLORAS? & i give you my twelve midnights & kick you with leapyear & protect you from the crooked words & loyalty to the power works & these little frogs with notebooks… maria POR QUÉ TU RÍES? freedom! she’s the yardbird, the constant & the old lady is made of marias & dogs yelping & RECUERDOS oh how the furious yesterday, pyria SON HECHOS laying bang DE ARCAICOS with simple simon NADAS is still right now the poison nothing & maria, me & you, we make up three TE QUIERO do not churchize my nakedness — i am naked for you… maria, she says i’m a foreigner, she picks on me. she pours salt on my love
k. so i shoot dope once in a
while, big deal, what’s it got
to do with you? i’m telling you
mervin, if you dont lay off me,
i’m gonna rip you off some more
where that scar is, y’hear? like
i’m getting mad. next time you
call me that name in a public
cafeteria, i’m just gonna haul
off & kick you so you’ll feel
it. like i aint even gonna get
angry, i’m just gonna let one
fly. fix you good
better watch it
The Law