His Only Dream Is Finding A Quiet Place To Hide

and the only home he’s ever known
is a few hours in a little bar
on a Monday afternoon
where happy hour starts at 1
and he can get a vodka grapefruit
in a pint glass for two dollars and
seventy five cents
he’s got just enough
money in his pocket
to get him where he needs
to be
and by three o’clock he’s
just about there
sitting on the corner stool
hiding from the day
and landlords hungry for rent
and other things
he can’t afford
outside the window there is Haight street
the sun is in the sky
and the girls look good beneath it
Bob Dylan on the Jukebox
and suddenly it’s summertime
and nineteen sixty seven
he lights a cigarette and
smiles to himself knowing
any time now
things are really gonna start
happening.