Two Stanzas of Smoke

February 1, 1976  (I was 31)

           

            Two Stanzas of Smoke

Smokin the afternoon in and out of the sun

in a smoker’s world of smoky politics

smokin big ideas in smoky corridors

smoky policies smokin inspiration

citizens wandering in their own smoke

with their smoky literature smoky records

smokin anxiety smokin rebellion smokin revelation

Smoke horse billowing stallion

smoke over the river smoke on the bridge

muffled cobbles pillowed in smoke

smoke breath from nostrils flared in cold smoke

fog smoke gray smoke

smoke posing as something real

something moving in the smoke

Some smoky horse tossing its smokin mane

across the visage of a smoke rider