CALAVERAS

(attribution unknown)

SKULLS

Behatted Dandies

derbies & fedoras

with

Bonita Katerinas

in bonnets

and

fabulous French fashions


Skulls

grinning

teeth clacking

 cigarette chomping
and

biting necks off bottles

Skulls

connected

to

skeletons

by

scrawny

neck-bones

connected

to

all

the

bones

down

the

line

‘cause

that's 

the way

of the Lord.

Skulls

rattling parts

cutting rugs

eating flowers­­­

ripping down

country roads

on

antique Harleys

or

astride

bare-boned

long-toothed

long-gone

nags

(Rocinantes all)

trailed

by boney-assed

jewel-eyed

dogs.

Ain’t life

or

in this case

death

grand

and

ain’t you sportin’

in your top hat and tails

twirling that silver handled cane

cause

you know

ain’t no grave

gonna hold

your

old skull

down.

(spectre - james bond)

RW

Seattle

02.25.2018