the misery 

 of 

                superficial 

       contusions

- still at work

                       traffic is gonna suck

           - the world is 

 killing 

     - go world

          break it 

      don't shake it

              the 

 stand up bass 

 is playing itself 

in my file cabinet

                                                           - my dad never bought a station wagon

    we did have that grey 

Datsun wagon that my 

mom used to commute 

      to the peninsula to 

                                                 teach music to the children of rich people 

like GAYLORD PERRY

                                                     who made his career throwing the spitball

              good for him

the backseat was always filled 

with boxes 

    of music stuff

        i never learned how to play anything 

    until I heard Duane Allman 

     and then 

                                    ELECTRIC GUITAR

                                                                      took me forever to be able to play anything

(did I get off track here?) 

nah just the usual degree