A. D. Winans
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the thought control police
pay me an unexpected visit
chasing me through one way streets
placing nets down below
when they see me on the roof
of an abandoned hotel
they want me alive
I’m no good to them dead
they chase me up and down the
fire escape like keystone cops
there is no eluding them
much to the amusement of the alley women
munching on potato chips and sipping beer
at night they get serious
and bring in the big guns:
Bob Dylan and Arrested Development
Meat Loaf and The Grateful Dead
and should I somehow find shelter
there’s Joan Baez standing on a ladder
with no middle rung singing Amazing Grace
When I make it to the top of the mountain
I find a giant condo on top of a dinosaur’s nest
and while I don’t like the look on its face
I can’t bring myself to look down below
at the sight of the men with their torches
and flashlights looking like village idiots
in search of the son of Frankenstein
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