The Poetry Of...
Wayne Noone...................................................
irreparable
this isn't talk
there is no room for talk
this isn't madness
we haven't the luxury of madness
this isn't consolation
or healing
or starting over
isn't even rage
has nothing to do
with rage
this isn't about tears
or grief
or anything you might feel
feelings make no difference
words make no difference
you, and I
your daddy
your children
your pet cat
where you were
on this day
make no difference
so don't speak
shut up
they've called for
10,000 body bags
Poem for Jim
Saturday night we got talkin'
about people with brain diseases
famous or otherwise
how nobody knows what drove
Nietzsche mad some say his relentless
quest for truth others syphilis
tho he claimed he was only in a brothel
once in his life and all he touched
was a piano
and Brian the guy who comes into Dietz's
whenever we're there so he probably
comes in every night carrying
a walkie talkie which is never on
like he's some kind of
volunteer fireman they often seem to
attract these types
and really seems a bit teched
with a big bull of a head
somewhat like Nietzsche so I speculated
that poor Brian might have the syph
as well recollecting to Karen that
as a child I watched Dr Erlich's
Magic Bullet in black and white both the
movie and the set on afternoon TV
and asked my Mom what syphilis was
she saying it was a nasty thing you shouldn't talk
about in polite company which is just what happened
when Edward G. mentioned it at table
in the film everybody was shocked
then one day later Dancer mentions Erlich
in a poem which seems to me more than just coincidence
on good days at least seems part of a vast pattern
a pattern that appears more obvious as I age
but I pray that my recognition indicates
a touch of the divine and not the monomania
suggestive of tertiary syphilis although
like Fredrich and Brian I have
a large head
Driving through South Carolina
you're listening to WAGI, your
home for country
as y'all know the one and
only
George Jones
is coming to Gaffney
this Friday
an we have some tickets
for the first caller
to tell us
George Jones' middle
name
we're takin' your calls
hello, this WAGI, 105
in Gaffney
do you know George Jones' middle name
Earl
no, not Earl
hello this is WAGI
Lee
no, that's not it
possum
Well, that's George's nickname
but not his middle name
ol' possum
we've got some tickets to the George
Jones concert this Friday
at the Peach Festival
for anyone who can tell us George's
middle name we're
takin your calls
Robert
nope
Paul
no, that's not it
this is WAGI
poontang
what
this is WAGI, do you
know George Jones' middle
name
George
no its not George
let's go to a break
an when we come back we
have those tickets for anyone who
can tell us George Jones' middle name
it's the Greer Garden Center
1025 Chesnee Highway
Gaffney, seed, implements
the Greer Garden Center
for all your garden needs
coming Friday, July twentieth
to the Peach Festival Lake Whelchel
one night only the legendary
George Jones
in his only South Carolina appearance
this summer
the possum George Jones
tickets on sale now
don't miss it
you're listenin' to powerstation 105 WAGI
your home for county
this is Chuck Ramsay
we're givin' away tickets to the George
Jones concert this Friday
to anyone who can tell me the possum's
middle name
here's a hint its the same middle
name as our station manager
Dennis Fowler
Dennis and George have the same
middle name
hello this is WAGI what's George's
middle name
Lee
nope, not Lee
Roger
no
Arvil
nope
Lee
no, not Lee
Wayne
sorry, no
Glenn
say again
Glenn
that's it, you got it George
Jones' middle name is Glenn
what's your name
Etta
well, Etta you have won your
self some free...
