we were never caught



we partied the southwest, smoked it from L.A. to El Dorado 

worked odd jobs between delusions of escape

drunk on the admonitions of parents, parsons & professors 

driving faster than the road or law allowed. 

our high-pitched laughter was young, heartless & disrespected 

authority. we could be heard for miles in the night



the Grand Canyon of a new manhood. 

womanhood discovered

like the first sighting of Mount Wilson



we rebelled against the southwestern wind 



we got so naturally ripped, we sprouted wings, 

crashed parties on the moon, and howled at the earth 



we lived off love. It was all we had to eat



when you split you took all the wisdom

and left me the worry