"The art of losing isn't hard..."

lost the bootleg i am told
the bootleg was bootlegged
sort of an alice in wonderland thing
perhaps
if i write about it
maybe it will return

began laboring in ernest
a few weeks ago
it is important to be ernest
when laboring

escaped the sally at 4 thirty in the morning
on my last legal day
headed to the laboring job
and who should i meet in the parking lot
of the sally
at 4 thirty in the morning
but the local television news crew
number nine number nine number nine
and the bright lights of the crew
were suddenly turned on me as i walked to
the suite van
quite a joke on me
so i
grabbed my camera and began
getting a few shots of my own
film at eleven

went down town
peopled by plastic folks
trying to stay fashionable
labored on the 17th and 18th
floor of the bank building
construction clean-up
worked hard
real hard
but not hard enough
just got turned down
for opening an account at said bank
too un-unhomed

labored today at the school
resurfacing bathroom floors
piss really takes a toll
i should know
over-heard lots of gossip from the teachers
they seemed to be fascinated with
pornography
all damned day
porn this
and porn that
guess some of them must not get many offers
you know
some of them are a little
how shall i say this
porcine
if thats not to much a word
associated with livestock

well rumors being what they are
and everyone loves intrigue
me as much as anyone
there is apparently some fellow who
has been investigated for
years and years and  years
and whose life has been ruined
i mean what a crying fuckin shame
eh
better him than me i suppose

and then there is the possibility of murder
not to mention theft
and the implication of
the federal bureau of investigation
the united states attorneys office
the state police
the sheriffs department
and the city police
who would have thought

unfortunately i seem to have lost
actually had stolen from me
my notebook
my quote book
both of my garbage picker uppers
two bottles of dermatologist cream
and a few days ago my knife
nothing fatal
just annoying

rented a cheap room
and was able to watch some of the
classic movies i bought
notorious by alfred hitchcock
with cary grant and ingrid bergman
damn good movie
she was being poisoned too

so life goes on
until it doesn't i suppose

i had a picture to post with this
but i lost it

"The art of losing isn't hard to master;
So many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost
That their loss is no disaster."  Elizabeth Bishop
                                         "One art"
                                           Geography III

mr cayetano