Absalom

Absalom

Those damn southern boys.

Writing it out longhand.

And getting away with it.

Faulkner with a d in english.

Clemens in Lincoln City.

I’ve read enough of those guys today

and am at work now in this cold garage.

A collapsable card table covered with an ol wool military blanket

that never kept anyone warm

even when it was properly used.

Im gonna keep this up a bit longer

one more smoke — Emmylou Harris and

the wine are not over yet.

Tomorrow I start on O’Connor —

to think more

or less fondly of the men.