Nathan Ruyle
In Memory of a Squeezebox
For Allen Ginsburg
Twelve thousand six hundred and fifty dollars
For a deflated
Black lung
Harmonium--
Put on display
In some glass coffin case
It will never decay
Twelve thousand six hundred and fifty dollars
For the trappings
Of the junkyard
Bard--
Who played the refrain
Screaming for change
For an end to the age
For a war to be waged
With cum and with brains
Twelve thousand six hundred and fifty dollars
For what remains
When the life-beat
Retreats--