David Bowie in the Wild West

rootin'-tootin' misinformed opinions
a game of risk at an overflowing cafe
in t-shirts, shorts and straws all over the floor
napkins neglected and looking like bankruptcy on stilts 

i feel like a torn out page of my own sulwicket
or rather the shade outside, with its erroneous 
shaped patches on the cobblestones 
and non-fiction that isn't getting us anywhere

tennis court blues and the man waving from
another court, who believes he knows us,
but actually doesn't, but i return the wave
at break point

and a student has written a creative piece
set in the wild west with a character called
David Bowie, who comes in two-thirds of the
way through the yarn

about to duel in the town's empty and only crossroads.
"ch-ch-ch-ch-changes!' PEW PEW PEW  

get kettle on
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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