By chris
Date: 2004 Oct 28
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(when the water's doubtful, drink the beer)

I met myself in a dream, and I just want to tell you,
Everything was alright.
Hey, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light.

(The Velvet Underground)

so two months ago i needed
to be alone
again
needed the desert
unadulterated
and terrifying
like christ experienced it
when he was tempted
that one time
in that famous
book

later that first night
when the sun had gone down
behind the mesa
outside of town
and the neon sign
in front of the cheap
motel
flickered to life
i called because i had to
hear
your voice
and to be reminded
that in a sere land
of hungry ghosts
like this
angels do in fact
exist

then in old mexico
last week
i got drunk
on free cerveza and salt
air
laced with possibility
faced with a future
consisting entirely
of whatever i decide to do
with it
but fell asleep still
wearing my tie
and dreaming of you