SANTA FE REVISITED

    I trail the starved aged caves of Santa Fe looking for cactus Indians, who they say are all dry, who belly sharp stones at the slow motion spiders, the Indian chained women laughing at swollen Deer, the inept Medicine Men who can't find the cure, for Monkey Blood Spells, for sharp sky nights, the thunder screaming gods unseen, who haven't shown their faces in awhile, lost they say to White gasping smoke coughed up the Santa Fe trail, followed by the Madness Men and the age scented women, gray scarves, misery apparent, the long road driving to Santa Fe hasn't changed, the vulture acrobats still twirl the artist starved deserts, time for Plan B, men kissing men kissing men kissing women, all run by the Madness Men, the Romansch twisted, the Basque and Tlingit sailors in mist, the fog of the Whales Walls, the Whales Balls, Ginsberg and Kerouac didn't tell me about this, they didn't show me the warning sign,

    BEWARE OF THE HIGH ALTITUDES OF MARS

    BEWARE OF THE ALIEN CRATERS

    The orange sky exploded, red circles bounced, shining alcohol poisoned, the naked bone trail

    The Madness Comet smoked

    The planets aligned except Saturn

    Pluto died in the Nebula Cloud of Geronimo

    Jupiter smashed the Opera House

    just as I exited the highway

    toward Santa Fe

      Stephan Baley
      Copyright 2000