The Canal Street Swing Bridge
Hamburg Athletic Club Not in Hamburg. Germany
They cracked their heads and made them bleed.
They listened for 'others' and wondered why they crossed the street?
Idle men are waiting for their checks to arrive.
But they are late and so it is time drink
Preferably
a shot
and a beer.
No one cares about Men they are obsolete.
Westinghouse is a shopping mall now where you can buy equipment made in china. Allis Chalmers is an old age home.
their grandsons working
Taco Bell
Hating is okay as long as it is American
superfluous
Ignored like old slaves
Metal shards and boxes of old nuts and
Bolts.
The Problem is testosterone.
men are indolent
Tiger Woods.
Barack Obama
empty and alone.
Testosterone is the problem when a cop hits a kid
On the head
kills him—with a club
is it possible?
We cannot Listen anymore to the sound of electricity
The “L” train passes over the city and cuts by the Brach's plant
Testosterone is the problem. St
John of God sits on a park
That no one plays in anymore Because of the
gunfire
Abandoned Like those churches in Cologne that
were bombed
broken boxes. The CYO hall is torn
School convent abandoned
Streets bare of
elms.
The Poles have moved to Naperville and the
Italians to Arlington Heights.
There are no Mark Tardi's
anymore.
Did you ever notice that women of a certain
age start to paint themselves? They
try to avoid the inevitable. While
men of a certain age slowly descend
And become their fathers. We all want to be Clint Eastwood but
most of us look like Vincent Gardenia.
Driving an eggplant Cadillac and listening to
Elevator music.
“Get off my Lawn you Kids”
If you say this you have become THAT man you
always hated. There is a time when
you stop wanting innovation- and crave what is familiar.Like listening to Ernie Harwell- or George
Halas
a cat is red and she is a mutantBut
she purrs and lets you pet her
And that is okay.
“ Fat nineteen, A priest. Malaise” Gilbert Sorrentino
People used to want their sons to be
priests. But not
anymore.
Blue Army --My ass It
is all about the little kids
And taking advantage. St John of God
in Back of the Yards has a bowling alley and
A CYO hall
These
were good hunting grounds for fat priests.
I knew this priest in Bolivia
He was a real man—tough, athletic and
normal They got rid of him
Bob
Hardman likes to work in his garage and fix shit. He loves grease and the White Sox game
and he likes to tinker with broken shit.
You know old broken shit that no one else wants? Bob is Hardman. Fat but tough with a loud fucking mouth
and he does not
like lip from women…..Hardman says fuck you to stupid idiots who wear suits and
think they know everything…Bob is a family man but hates his fucking family