Francis Raven
Last
Cast Party’s First Call
The music
you own
Is never
as good as the
Music you
have overheard
Made of various lines
Merged
from items you had, the best of me
Mixed drinks: sweet, sour, strong:
Spilling the meaning between honorable duels
Over the ultimate recognition of symbols.
For
instance, bamboo is a symbol for longevity.
Some
verses you hear but cannot understand.
That
small bar underneath the main bank vault
Where
Neil Young used to strum whiny lyrics
While I
served cash and fell on bent ice-cubes.
