Saturday, May 25, 2013

The End Of The Road With Jack Kerouac


Clackety
Clack
Jack
Don't look back

Those dreams
Of
Denver
Are
Getting
Fierce
Dim

Ah
Man
It's
Time
Time
Time

Time
You know
We
Both
Gotta
Blow

Blow blow blow
No no no

Yes
I'm
Afraid


Scared
Petrified
Terrified
God damn it
Man
We're
HittinThe End

Coast to coast
Gasoline defiance
Jazz fumed
With the radio on
In love with the modern world
Always with the radio on
Beaming 24 Dean
Yappin yappin yappin
Jaw chewing
Non stop neon

Can't catch us
Can't catch us

We're on the road
We're on the road

The
Wide
Open
Road

Hurtling
Towards
The
Inevitable
End

But we out ran them all.
All.
Every last one of them
Didn't we Jack!
Showering their murderous Korean piety
In reefer brake squeal exhaust

The dreams
We dreamed
We lit
Alight
Dash dial guzzling
Bright
Hep Cat
Night
Zoooom zoooom
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Oooh shit
Feds on our tail
Time to bail

The boat to Tangier
The first whiff of fear


So
Farewell
Jack
Farewell
Kerouac

We've
Just
Run
Right
Outta
Right
Outta
Right
Outta
Road


2 comments:

  1. Great stuff, Kevin. Thanks. I'm going to read this at the Kerouac night tomorrow. If there's a rapturous reception I shall, of course, pass it off as my own

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    1. Have fun. Good to know someone may get something out of it. K

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