Hot Day in North Carolina

Odors of sweaty bodies.

Pain from the shots of tequila.

Smell of fish and cotton candy.

Country music drifts from a

dirty white tent

covering square dancers

swinging in praise of god.

A white fat man dressed in a

tight blue polo shirt

sings Earth Wind & Fire.

Life is absurd.

Skinny Elvis riding a blue rusted bike

peddling slow down the highway

his tired eyes shinning from

under his jet black hair.

05/14/2003

Posted on 05/14/2003
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