A Wild Ride

i laugh, just now
i really do
This aint no frikken kayak
no canoe, or pontoon
its an innertube down the
wild colorado after spring thaw

I spin this way, then that,

SLAM! BANG! GRIND!

sometimes my ass scrapes a rock
sometimes i cant find bottom
is that a rapids ahead?
are there falls, just

around the next bend?
will a stick blow up my ride?
will a bear rush out of the bushes
to eat me?

i laugh, just now
i really do

who needs a fucken map
that dont show the intangibles?
a compass that dont know depth?
or a sky with moods that lie?

i look back, just now
on this life
and where it might take me
and the surprises left behind

and i laugh
i really do
-just now

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