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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
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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
BOB RIXON
A Picture Of Hell-In-Progress
In the lst circle the
Mayor was eating hot dogs.
Grinning, he said, "I'm still the Mayor.
They give me
all the hot dogs I can eat. I like it
here."
In the 2nd circle I saw a former girlfriend
being blown about in
the arms of her lover
by a dark wind. "I'm glad you got
yours,"
I shouted. She stopped & replied,
"The sex is great here. My genital herpes
have been cured. We’re thinking of getting
married
after we win the
lottery next week."
In the 3rd circle I heard Allan Freed
on Hell’s radio station. "I never play
a song
I don’t like," the great DJ announced.
Then he played "Little Darling" by the
Gladiolas.
In the 4th circle I met some familiar poets.
"We all have new books out," they
said,
beautifully printed
hundred pagers with
choice of original
artwork by DaVinci,
Monet, Kurt Schwitters
or Mapplethorpe."
In the 5th circle I found the old piano
I abandoned in an apartment 20 years ago.
"Don't touch me!" said the piano.
"You had your chance."
Art Tatum is due here any minute for his
practice.
In a dark hallway next to the elevator,
a door marked Janitor led me to this
small car parked
near Sandy Hook Bay
on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
[Originally
published in NHS 1999, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs99/1999/rixon.html.]