Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume. 34, Number 8. 1971
Hopeless & Maria Nowhere
Hopeless & Maria Nowhere
raggity ann daughter of brazos & teeth in the necklace —ornery in the flesh & the border with the big laugh of bullfight ghost & Liberacion & she, with the leather mother thief & peeking Dos Pasos Mas ee & crazy Alla Luego un Rayo & insane De Sol & taking the brothers to bed & to boredom — heat in every corner like the silent parrot by Sala un Dia & mad like a hatter & the pig barker —maria Estas Desnuda she digs holes on my eyes the size of the moon while her father, he keeps the hill warm & uncritical from deacons & the youngster missionaries—maria sleep lightly Pero te Quitaras cursing blond dynamite & Tus Ropas. . .there is a hatchet in maria's make-up & the spike driver moans, they sound on her sink like the fornicating rattlesnake — friendly on her nature & Maria Porque Lloras? & I give you my twelve midnights & kick you with leapyear & protect you from the crooked words & loyalty to the power works & these little frogs with notebooks. . .maria Porque tu Ries? freedom! she's the yardbird, the constant & the old lady is made of marlas & dogs yelping & Recuerdcb oh how the furious yesterday, pyria Son Hechos laying bang De Arcaiccs with simple simon Nadas is still right now the poison nothln & maria, me & you, we make up three Te Quiero do not churchize my nakedness — i am naked for you. . .maria, she says i'm a foreigner, she picks on me, she pours salt on my love
ok, so i shoot dope once in a while.
big deal, what's it got to do with you?
i'm telling you mervin, if you dont
lay off me, i' m gonna rip you off some
more where that scar is, y'hear? like
i'm getting mad. next time you call me
that name in a public cafeteria, i'm
just gonna haul off & kick you so you'll
feel it like i aint even gonna get angry.
i'm just gonna let one fly. fix you good