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-12/18/03 - Jack Kerouac - And When you Showed me BB Hymn. (Pomes All Sizes.)

12/18/03

HYMN


And when you showed me Brooklyn Bridge
in the morning,
Ah God,

And the people slipping on ice in the street,
twice,
twice,
two different people
came over, goin to work,
so earnest and tryful,
clutching their pitiful
morning Daily News
slip on the ice & fall
both inside 5 minutes
and I cried I cried

That's when you taught me tears, Ah
God in the morning,
Ah Thee

And me leaning on the lamppost wiping
eyes,
eyes,
nobody's know I'd cried
or woulda cared anyway
but O I saw my father
and my grandfather's mother
and the long lines of chairs
and tear-sitters and dead,
Ah me, I knew God You
had better plans than that

So whatever plan you have for me
Splitter of majesty
Make it short
brief
Make it snappy
bring me home to the Eternal Mother
today

At your service anyway,
(and until)

Jack Kerouac
Pomes All Sizes


Happy Holidays All - Jerry & Estelle

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