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MISS LAKE MICHIGAN



I miss Lake Michigan


You were right Mona
The mellowing process worked
I like the white men in white
I dont kick them in the stuff anymore


I tell them I had a bike!
I say ŒOh Mona, where is my 1973 Triumph cycle?1
Of course they dont answer
None of them are named Mona


I know it is loaded with rust
I know I launched it into Lake Michigan in front of you
It was a very humbling experience...
when you didnt dive in to save me


I held the handlebars all the way in!
You didnt think I could
Your ugly boyfriend didnt think I could
You dared me Mona


I got so cold and I wondered if you were cold too, Mona
The exhaust pipe kept me warm down there
The headlight only worked for about a minute
and I tell the white men in white what I saw


Fishing lures dangled like medals from the strong feesh? fishes?
fishies?
mouth
They trailed clear strings of 20 pound test behind them
Bridal manes of fishing line-HAH!
That made me laugh cause everyone knows fish can1t get married
unless theyre arranged marriages
cause all fish are Japanese


Down there, I saw the bodies of the mob
Atlantis was there (just a suburb)
Thingamabobs? You bet!
I saw a beautiful crab named bruce
He was talking to me like he had a secret
Maybe about women
but I didnt understand
It was all in Japanese


It sure was neat


I miss you Mona
I have a dress I stole for you I still need to give you
It1s worth 600 dollars
I think you are worth 600 dollars


I am worth a cool 150-
bazillion.
Can1t you see that Mona?


I miss your well flossed smile
I miss the pictures you would tape to my hands
to remind me of the things
I used to touch


The steel table has a pole on the side
It feels like a handlebar
Vrooooom.  Vroom with Mona.
I miss my triumph Mona.
I do.

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