by Lenny DellaRocca

Because you’re living on reds, vitamin C & Cocaine
Because you do wah ditty
ditty dum ditty do
Because you love the colorful
clothes she wears
Because you wear
your hair
like heaven
Because Susanne
takes you down
to a place by the river
Because Alice
won’t answer
your question
Because there’s a man
with a gun over there
Because you want to see
what fell off the Tallahatchee Bridge
Because the world
is at your command
Because it’s
a Stoned Soul Picnic
Because people are strange
Because Andy is
painting a nude Nico
Because it’s a day
for a daydream,
man. Because all
the leaves are brown
Because it’s one small
step for man
Because they’re
coming to take you away
Because you dance
beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free