[02] Everything Happens To Me |
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Criss Cross
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Wednesday, 14 December 2005 11:29 |
everything happens to me
for mark ritsema
all my life I've paid & paid, until my dues card is punched up on all 4 sides,
a child of relative privilege who chose to take the way of the lowest
beatnik, dope fiend, poet provocateur, race traitor & renegade
, living from hand to mouth & euro to euro, sleeping on the couches & extra beds of my friends,
a man without a country & a post office box in new orleans for a permanent address, a pre-pay vodafone
& a laptop computer, one suitcase stuffed with clothing & a bag full of manuscripts & hand-burnt cds
to keep my head straight & my heart right, to keep up my travels & carry on the struggle
into another new year, taking my little verses & great big world outlook everywhere people will have me
amsterdam january 7, 2004/ rotterdam january 15, 2004 / amsterdam december 28, 2004 |