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from "neither Pynchon nor Dan Brown"

young young young, searching only for the Word
tongue shapes words drifting unheard
into a graveyard of the weird
bourbon burning numb in your veins
pretty girls, shining lips, bright pastels
untouchable
sex deities shrieking sordid ballads
the great orgy of Twenty-One rushing by

sifting through the madness for the Word,
the Line
a Way,
hoping I’ll see their eyes widen
when they say
“Shit!  Rudd’s got talent!”