432 miles to Manitoba/Hank's best girl

Hank's best girl

stronger than most of you
or me

across oceans and universe as
pixie borne through
hells and lifetimes more
than most alive

stronger than most of you or me
seen it, like i seen it
motorcycle slides head
knocked of in the
red veiled helmet
or alone when i ran
at seventeen in D.C.

flex your head
XXX

stronger than most of you
or me

the unyielding tide-
-the acrid piles of
nutmeg
sweet nightmare
that forces backs to
bleed on bricks

stronger than most of you or
me

the cigarette deaths
and steam soaked streets
the billion broke up
stars that scream;

wrap it in her hand's palm
now...
feed for the birds on
Avenue B

stronger than either you
or me

-if i could sit and
cook a story drown in
silence of the drunk's


but watching and dadding
and waiting for sinking
just hopeful wishes and
wishful hopes and some
blueberry muffins and
432 miles to Manitoba