2010

I was waiting for Sonja

Under the awning outside the Lennox

I wanted to go in for a beer

But I do not like to leave the Hammer

On the street

By herself

When I am in the city

I tied my dog to the pub

Patio's cold steel rail and

Let her greet the vicious

Sea of umbrellas

That will soon greet

The world in the Dope Olympics

2010

Turns out people do not like

Petting a wet dog

Finally somebody stopped

Guy gave my dog a massage

Dug his hands into her muscle

Like he knew what he was doing

The Hammer loved it

When he was done his hands

Were covered with wet fur

He looked at his hands,

Thought,

Then bent over and washed

His hands in a sidewalk puddle

Later two Chinese young ladies

Stopped

One of them said,

"Take a picture?"

They wanted their picture

Taken with my wet dog

The Chinese young ladies

Were pretty as a cherry tree's

Pink blossom

If cherry tree's pink blossoms

Had crooked teeth and

Knee high boots

Her shopping done, Sonja asked,

"Anybody stop to pet the Hammer?"

"Just the usual crazy motherfuckers."

If you are from out of town

You are going to have some

Stories to tell

If you come to our village

To see the Dope Olympics

2010