March 26, 1974
(I was 29)
This is the Drug Abuse Workshop
After school the bells are
still ringing,
the teachers will not come
to order.
“This is the drug abuse
workshop:
on your 3x5 card write
5 causes (person or
societal) of drug abuse-
that is, list 5 factors
leading to drug abuse.
If your 3x5 is white go to
room 7
yellow go to 8
green to 10 blue 11
and goldenrod stays here
for discussion.”
I go out to the car and
smoke a joint.
Out in the canyon
the green road curves around
the swollen creek
and the railroad has secret
tunnels.
A lone bicyclist braces the
wind around the bend
then buys it, like a hawk
falling out of a stall
downwind. Tight muscles are stretched loose.
Miniature steamboats could
steam through the spring chutes.
I pass the cyclist in the
silence of a passing train
rushing into an abrupt
tunnel
away from the roaring
birds.
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