Chantal Pilz

A boy ran across the road in front of my car

with his fishing pole

vanishing down the bank to the roadside lake

in the raspberry sunshine

like Osama bin Laden

Steve Earle sang I Remember You and

when Emmylou Harris joined in

I felt sad and happy but mostly sad

it is great to be alive

like Osama bin Laden

In Princeton I bought the Race Day programme

opened it up at a

window table in the Lucky Dragon

ordered the #6 and drank beer

like a roller derby girl

Old couple sat down at a nearby table

the woman could sure talk

the man sat there listening like he had been

listening the last 50 years

that's love, motherfuckers

Two jockeys were hurt, in the gate in the 2nd,

and on the far turn in the 4th

the latter, Chantal Pilz, broke her leg badly

giving the crowd time to drink a few more beer

we were all bombed before the 5th

As the ambulance took the badly injured jockey

away the crowd cheered her

Bravery

then we returned to our gambling

and our beer

Good luck with your recovery Chantal

I Remember You