processed in
at 3:00 a.m. then
the nausea when
the jail house nurse
couldn't hit a vein.
the wire reinforced
window in the door.
the seatless steel toilet.
the sour orange juice
and runny eggs,
the cardboard toast,
the gray blanket,
and the permanently
unshielded light,
the clockless time.
the silence,
the embarrassment,
and the lesson:
don't jaywalk
at laurel canyon
and sunset boulevard:
teenage pedestrians
are always suspects
in beverly hills.
Mark - again - how do you know this stuff? And what I like is that the subject is so awful but you make it beautiful to read. J.
ReplyDelete