the unexplainable man: from an old notebook

i was born in the wind and my brains blow all over the city throw a mouse out the window into the fog endless waves all crashing all keeping their secret some cheese always sticks to the wrappers enough to feed - picking up the paper cups and straws and napkins with delicate, birdlike precision america not so bad better than manila, man how did it happen who did what to me i didn't do nothing can't hear the voices can't hear the silence only hear the sirens a mother cloud and five fluffy baby clouds open mouths slobbering mouths say what automatic teller unblinking sentinel scrape of a duffel bag the wind stirs the paper cups at midnight baby sparrow tiny hops ripped garbage bag collapses i would never never never never never call elvis a bluesman i'm not putting him down you understand grab him by the throat throw him down the broken escalator tell you something what to eat is out on bail they've got beautiful shops very modern it's just a modern town