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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