For

The Queen

of

my

Buffalos


by

Rawclyde

!



~ first passage ~


I am

a herd of

buffalos ~ my

name is Poo Poo Face.


My father is

  the fly in your eye ~

my mother

a limping mule race.


   I'm stampeding ~

   yes I am ~

thru your

   red traffic light ~


The one

El Vaquero shot

with his gun the

  other night.


The lead buffalo

of me

is Poetry ~ all

the rest are primitive.


I am

a thousand rages

raging

to run free and live.


Sharp machete hooves

shiny bullet eyes ~

Poetry

   has got 'em ~


And dancing

on his quaking hump

is a girl called Honey

   Bottom ~


Bluer than your

latest diamond

are the eyes in her

   face ~


Her balance is

a miracle ~ her clothes

a teeny bit of

lace.


Old Brag

has just fallen down

along

 the way.


Old Brag

always did have

too much to

say.


Bitter Truth

is still

thundering

 along.


But

Bitter Truth

has changed

 her bitter song.


   Desperate Time ~

his hooves

thump

   the same old constant pace ~


And condors

dive in 'n out

of

the dust behind Poo Poo Face.



~ chorus ~


 Dance,

Honey Bottom,

dance

   these buffalos blind ~


Dance

them

over the highest cliff

   you can find ~


You're

the queen

of these

   raging buffalos ~


Whatever

horizon

your hip bumps is

where we goes!



~ second passage ~


So Honey Bottom

and Poo Poo Face

break

   across your treeless plain ~


Where nothin'

grows

but nails and crosses

 so insane.


 Oops ~

Big Shot

and the one n' only

   Holy Nose ~


Who

call themselves

bison instead of

   buffalos ~


Fall

down

a haunted

   prairie dog hole ~


And a

buffalo with no name

lights a cigar ~ good

 for the soul.


Meanwhile, Honey

Bottom's

toes

   delight Poetry's spine ~


She dances

up and

down his back

   so fine ~


He kicks and

he snorts ~ charges

over a

   very high bluff ~


All the rest of

me

follows ~ feeling

 kind of rough.


The dust settles ~

where

did

 we go?


Are we

broken

and

 piled up below?


  Well ~

friend, take

a look at

   the sky ~


Take a

lonnnnnnng

look at those

  clouds driftin' by.


I know

you're not a

fascist ~ just

   a hungry lover ~


So I suggest

to you ~ you

ought to run

   for cover ~


Those clouds

are getting blacker

and blacker ~ and

   kind of blue ~


 Too late ~

Honey Bottom and

Poo Poo Face are pissing

on you!



~ chorus ~


Take it easy,

Honey Bottom, step

off the

   stage ~


Take it easy,

Honey Bottom, there's

no more

   rage ~


Take my coat,

Honey Bottom, we're

driftin'

   so high ~


Before

I met you

all I loved was

 the sky.


(Copyright Clyde Collins 1980/2010)


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The two photos here were taken in Iraq by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ted Green & Spc. Michael Snook.  I don’t know who took the photo of the buffaloes ~ perhaps some cowpoke in Wyoming.  The banner image is of the border fence somewhere around El Paso.

President Obama announced, via a speech on television, the end of combat operations in Iraq, August 31, 2010.   Hopefully, this will stick.  Love Peace & Freedom isn't just for hippies...