By Misti
Date: 2002 Jun 09
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Aching to Go Back

today to keep it all at bay
I'm gonna make a new mix tape
"Chinese Rock"
"Gutless"
"Tangled Up In Blue"
"Go West"
"No Reply"
"Paint it Black"
"All of My Love"
"Across 110th Street"
"Aneurysm"
"Black"
"Would"
"Plush"
"More Than a Woman"
"Tyrone"
"Hey, Joe"
then I'll drive to L.A.
run through the sprinklers
in the Jewish cemetery
in West Hollywood
watch the men walking hand-in-hand
down Santa Monica Boulevard
go inside a gay bar
drink a martini
(I fucking hate martinis)
avoid Beverly Hills at all costs
(I love Beverly Hills despite myself)
yes, and I will find an orange grove
and pick an orange and peel it
and eat it section by juicy section
as I climb up the hill
with the Hollywood sign
I don't want to cause any trouble
I just want to look at the world
from atop a huge H
memorize it all in a glimpse
then take a boat to Catalina Island
and remember what it felt like
to be new
uninitiated
pure and brimming
with love at its
truest
and most shallow.