Desolation Blues 13^th Chorus

 

                     “But now I guess

                            I’m just talkin’

                                thru my

                                  empty head.”

 

    &  Ross  Lake  just  a  cerulean

             stripe  up  the  spine

                      of   the   park

 

    taking photos because we think

            they’ll last longer

 

     maybe longer than clouds.

           Some  clouds  are  menacing

                  Others  puffy  white

                        others,  non-clouds

                                 when you

                                  next look.

 

   Clouds who earlier misted

            meadows of wildflowers

            those furry red-headed

              flowers that dance

 

&  you  &  I  are

       mountains,  casting off

              evil  w/  an  avalanche

                    of  gray  snags.

 

    Hozomeen  in  our  face

          closer than pictures

          (gone world)   and we’re

             ready to go

            go   go   go!

 

 

 

John Burgess & Paul Nelson

2P - 8.2.08, Desolation Peak

 

(Opening quote, the last stanza of

Jack Kerouac’s Desolation Blues.)