MIDNIGHT COWBELL

One Night in a Lifetime

They must have been fine woodwrights,

joiners, masons, to build a tavern sculpted

After Dark

like flesh which wasn’t wagyu beef; not prime,

in fact, it gave off a cattle company vibe.

Deputy of Love

Who laid a foundation for my ghost town,

then desecrated it as a form of public art.

Can’t Slow Down

The venue was torched. & then the men.

Their hot bodies. The arsonist’s revenge.

Shame

Audacious rooks will chase away a hawk

with notes this flat and this intense

All Night Thing

and reassemble with a cachinnating laugh.

I’ve never known this lurid bunch to quit.

You Should Be Dancing