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Gitting up a new sensation.

Legs and back stiff, aching.

Cup of coffee, earthy smell.

Steam rising from cup.

Hav'ta move 'round a bit.

Been sitting too long.

Lips sore, don't like the heat.

Cautious sips, looking mountain.

Time to take in the wire

run on down the road.

Wished had time to stay

and hang out with the Indies.

Might learn something

about how it's all put together.

But, already trouble in the air.

Better move on if there's a care.

Sitting, thinking.

Song that's playing,

well, it's hard not to feel.

Trying to take it apart.

Why it is what it is.

What makes a song.

How to match words

and rhythms to harmony.

Understand, just want to understand.

that pull and obsession of music.

Why every song played today

brings out the memories.

Dozed off, reaction and the pills.

Slipped into dreams, sweet dreams.

Walking by the lake in the park.

Laughing, talking holding hands.

Girls running wild chasing geese.

Sitting under the tree watching ducks.

Kids playing in the grass rolling down knoll.

Laugh, giggle little elfin smiles

Sunday afternoon dreaming of tomorrow.

Sleeping reverie.

Awaken, wishing for Morpheus

to return to summer day

When watched our children at play.

Sometimes the plan don't work out.

Just wanted to git on down the road.

Thought to hitch a ride get on the slide.

Just didn't work out, King Kong showed up.

Heading out on foot going down Main.

Pickup screeches by, Lumberjacks.

Leroy and two of his buddies

crawl on out like hungry bears.

Bad shit, not cool.

Hung case strap on sign.

Step up and waited, for shit to go down.

They all talking smack, well someone's

gotta pay the price, to bad to git caught.

Old fashioned ass whipping ensued.

Got a couple nasty shots in,

just made 'em madder.

Kong's buddies spread

this son of man out

against the wall.

Leroy takes his shots

one and two.

Then the siren gets their attention.

Two cops out of the car.

They make small talk for a while.

Lumberjacks take off in their truck

just like that, gonna meet for beers

later on, they said.

Fuzz kind enough to haul busted up dude

to the clinic, They don't talk much 

on the ride over, git let out by the door.

Sit a while trying to keep bloody nose

from spilling everywhere.

Whole chest and gut feel like pounded meat.

Squished flat with a sledge hammer

and tenderized with a cleaver.

Felt it coming on, bile rising in the throat.

That kind of thing can't really swallow back down.

Once the smell hits the nose, everything goes.

Spewed over everything, least got their attention.

Doc sewed up the cuts under the eye.

Put some balm on the lips.

Said it'll bruise, but swelling go down 

take just a day or two.

Writes a script for pills to take away the pain.

Anti-biotics too, he knows the score.

Took a while to git everything sorted.

Doc seen this kind before, just doing his job.

Back at Mickey D's, Coffee, just to git warm.

running the wire watching clounds roll in and out.

Scattered rain coming down, see the streaks

under thunderheads as they roll across mountains.

Couple kids come in; wanting to buy ice cream.

They're short on the green.  Little one almost in tears.

'Member when daughter asked ice cream

and didn't have the cash to make her smile.

Got cash now, It don't cost nothing.

They smile.