H e a r t S o n s & H e a r t D a u g h t e r s of A l l e n G i n s b e r g

N a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 4 : A r c h i v e s E d i t i o n

MARC OLMSTED

New Bohemia

Heavy metal blares white boy harmless in

the grim reaper traffic home past skater

punk homes of parked vans & trucks

on junk zombie lane

the real estate agents call “new bohemia”

where danger & rent are cheap barred up

flats & black crack alleys

- better to live on that old tour bus

by the curb w/ a good lock

and a gun

[Originally published in NHS 2005, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs05/marc_olmsted.html.]