Old Highway 61 Redux
God tells his people where to put the bleachers
while The Gambler eyes the odds
while a siren whistle screams
while a painter paints the sky
while Abram rocks his son.
People got problems.
Problems got people.
Problem people.
People problems.
I might be a problem person.
I might be a people problem.
That’s okay.
It’s okay.
Bleachers filling up as
The Gambler lays his money down.
Christians and lions
and hunchbacks
and starlets
ride The Beast,
hoping to catch a break.
Place yer bets, folks.
It’s the mother/father of all bombs,
right here on Highway 61.
Covenant be damned.
And Jesus wept.
HEY! JESUS! YA WIN SOME… YA LOSE SOME!
The dream again.
Night.
I look up and behold!
Oh starry night!
Weathered faces lined in pain
are soothed beneath the artist’s loving hand.
