From mithril@iafrica.com Tue Oct 21 11:56:45 1997
Newsgroups: talk.bizarre,alt.slack,za.flame
Subject: Re: anarchist poetry for the american road
From: mithril@iafrica.com (Grantland)
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 18:56:45 GMT
cuthulu@prysm.net (Palmer Eldritch) wrote:
> I
>
>the ghost ford knifes through the rainy night;
>eight cylinder madness roaring, atomic valves.
> english is a second language,
> the road speaks mother tongue.
>American sister of mercy, slattern on the highway,
> perched forever atop the hood,
> eternal ornament of freedom,
> grant us your piece
> of the action.
>the ghost ford passes on down the ocean highway
>leaving surf, sand, sinners, saints dusted.
> a fine conservative brings us here,
> liberal horsepower takes us away.
>unholy spirit of the West, torque to the tarmac,
> whitewall married to chrome
> burnt on the bloody pavement,
> scream hell with us
> in our patriot cars.
>
> II
>
> the hood, eternal ornament of mercy,
> slattern on the ghost ford
> knifes through the West,
> torque to the tarmac,
> whitewall married
> to the rainy night;
> eight cylinder madness roaring,
> atomic valves.
> english is a fine conservative
> brings us away.
> unholy spirit of the road speaks mother tongue.
> American sister of mercy, slattern on down the road
> speaks mother tongue. American sister of the tarmac,
> whitewall married to chrome burnt on down the action.
> the bloody pavement, scream hell with us
> your piece of the bloody pavement,
> scream hell with us in our
> patriot cars.
>
> III
>
>the rainy night;
> eight cylinder madness roaring,
> atomic valves.
>english is a fine conservative
> brings us in our patriot cars.
>
>
>-- *0* --
>cuthulu@prysm.net -- i grep
>ask me about my job in right-of-way maintenance
>"First thing we do, let's kill all the hippies." Shakespeare Nixon
>There is no black and white, only gray areas -- cheap philosophy 101
This is actually pretty excellent. I'd give it a silver badger if I
was "man enough"! mweh-heh-heh-heh
Grantland