There was an eagle,

a lioness,

some cows-

a woman inside a gator.

The trees were popping.

And blooming flowers

spitting out bees.

Snakes upside down

smushed on the road.

Talk of rednecks, baseball bats and broken noses.

It was the best year of my life-

puking up truck driver speed at the pool.

Me pepper, him salt.

Chucky complaining

to Randy

about Kentucky threats.

Years later there was a stabbing over

the telephone

phone.