Women in Tents
Posted: January 28th, 2012, 11:09 am
back door to the shed of the world
has a diamond window in it
o the moon is the girl goddess of hunters
of men on small ponies
who have cleared history
with the click of
a button
and cover their machinery
with blue sheets for the day when
it all will begin
to grow again
the six gun world
has its own myth
and the soil it brings
out of which it springs
along with all its targets
the horses neigh
& the riders are all
covered in dust
& the dawn is either grey
or orange
& the years that are gone
can now be populated at will
& every tongue stuck
down every throat
women in tents tend the fires
their daughters watch
what mama does
& mama says a lot of things
but what mama don't talk about
is because the only option
would have to be a lie
from top to bottom
through & through
wild animals circle the camp
but they can't get in
if mama don't tell no lie
has a diamond window in it
o the moon is the girl goddess of hunters
of men on small ponies
who have cleared history
with the click of
a button
and cover their machinery
with blue sheets for the day when
it all will begin
to grow again
the six gun world
has its own myth
and the soil it brings
out of which it springs
along with all its targets
the horses neigh
& the riders are all
covered in dust
& the dawn is either grey
or orange
& the years that are gone
can now be populated at will
& every tongue stuck
down every throat
women in tents tend the fires
their daughters watch
what mama does
& mama says a lot of things
but what mama don't talk about
is because the only option
would have to be a lie
from top to bottom
through & through
wild animals circle the camp
but they can't get in
if mama don't tell no lie